FWIW, our run defense has been really good, only allowing 83 ypg. Some of that is that Ball State and Akron suxes, and also that they both got way behind early and had to pass. OTOH, Pittsburgh has a good running game and we pretty much shut it down. Of course, their QBs were not mobile at all.
At any rate, at least we are matching strength for strength with our run D vs gaytor run O. So many times in the past it has been the other way around where we are forced to match weakness for strength.
It really does seem things are lining up for us this year.
