East Carolina..

one thing that I don't think has been talked enough about in regards to them beating NCST was their play in the red zone. This offense is almost identical to what Roper ran at Duke. ECU moved the ball with relative ease until they got to the red zone. Their wild cat qb was effective, however, stopping the run forced field goals every time. In fact, the only passing touchdown they had was a wheel route that went for 25 yards. NC State was able to move the ball on them pretty well themselves, they just missed several FGs when they had the opportunity to score.

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I see one of two outcomes. We put everything together and play like the coaches want us to, and win by 21, or we fall completely flat and lose by 21...

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Win or lose, the last thing I want to see today is the team coming out flat: This is the season-opening home game in Williams-Brice, with a sold-out stadium that you know is going to be electric. If the team takes the field in that environment and can't get fired up for the game, then we have serious problems IMO....

I can take the team coming out TOO fired up and hyper....but not flat with a lack of fire. ECU will definitely come out fired up, and we need to meet that energy with energy of our own in our own house, if we want to have a chance to win today....