COACH FISHER: Very excited to be back in game mode. Look forward to going up to Wake Forest, playing
a great game. They are doing a really nice job, that's why they are 2‐2 right now. Lost a tough one the other day and played Syracuse very well. We know Syracuse is a very good team also. You saw what they did to LSU this weekend.
So I think they are playing very good defensively. A lot of problems, a lot of issues, do a lot of blitzes, a
lot of different looks. Very deep at linebacker. Got all their linebackers back on the starting line. Seems like these guys have been there six years. I think they have been there forever playing against us, and a couple of the front guys and one of the safeties.
They do a good job on defense, a lot of multiple looks, fire zone looks and blitz looks, play a lot of man, alot of different looks on third down, bring a lot of pressure.
Offensively, they are throwing the heck out of the ball. Running it some, too, but really throwing it, spreading it out, making plays, getting yards, kicking game...all kind of different formations, fake punts, will do anything. A very well‐coached football team, play very hard, very fundamentally sound. Great leverage on defense. Like I say, account for everybody on offense, you can see they have a great plan.
[Wake Forest head coach] Dave [Clawson] does a heck of a job.
We have to go up there, play well, keep continuing to get better, improve on the things we need to improve on. The things we are doing well, we have to keep continuing to get better. We have to grow each week and take the steps necessary to keep being a better football team, so by the end of the year, we want to be who we want to be.
Like I say, another road game, another as I call, double‐whammy game and conference game, and inter-divisional game so those are doubly important and must play well and do a good job up there. They always play extremely well at home and play us very well.
