re: Defense wins championships

You have an unbalanced offense (I don't think that's unfair to say). If we sell out to stop the run, like we did against ND, I think we'll be fine. Dalvin Cook was held to about the same amount after he broke off a blown play on the first drive. We have experience playing against quality RBs and we handled them every time. The good thing is that the long break should help our banged up defense get rested up.
And that ACC schedule includes wins over 3 of the 10 top ranked teams.