We are tied with Virginia Tech for the most players on the 2015 Bronko Nagurski Trophy (top defensive player) watch list. Of course, their All-Everything cornerback, Kendall Fuller made it. But their entire defensive line made it, too.
Certainly, pre-season lists of this sort don't mean that much - but it would be unwise to think their defense isn't going to be very tough - again.
I don't expect their offense to be that good, though. Our defense ought to be able to pretty much shut them down. I believe that'll be the biggest difference maker in the game.
Since they're probably going to run a lot of two tight end sets against us, It is also worthy of note, however, that both of their tight ends joined our own Nick Vannett on the Mackey Award list -
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