Duke coach David Cutcliffe said that NC State's offense is a balanced attack, but he plans to put an emphasis on stopping the Wolfpack run game.
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00:00Well, they're balanced on offense.
00:02They do a great job of mixing things up, but run and pass, great balance.
00:08That's one of the greatest elements you can have offensively.
00:13They can throw it.
00:14They've got receivers, as I mentioned.
00:15They're protecting the quarterback well.
00:17He's playing really well.
00:19And then Person and Knight are both outstanding backs.
00:23We watched them play when they were in high school, and they run the football.
00:29And they run the ball a variety of different ways, but they're well coached.
00:33Their scheme is good.
00:35What we have to do defensively is we've got to be complete.
00:39You have to try to stop the run.
00:41And everybody in football says it.
00:43It's much easier to say it than it is to do it.
00:46But we've got to do a tremendous job of being in gaps.
00:50We've got to do a tremendous job of trying to whip blocks.
00:54And you got to stop run game before it really gets started.
00:57And then outside of that,
00:58hopefully you have to be able to apply some pressure on the quarterback.
01:02So it's a combination of things defensively that you have to do to stop
01:08a very balanced offensive team.
01:10Well, first of all, in the passing game, again, you rush the passer.
01:14You can't let people hold the ball.
01:16Secondly, you got to keep the ball in front of you as well as you can.
01:20But matchups sometimes get in the way of that.
01:23And we're a very aggressive defensive team with a lot of man coverage.
01:27And when you do that, you've got to be a great technique team.
01:31But you also have to limit, as I said, the amount of time a quarterback has to
01:36hold the ball to throw it down the field.