More accurately, a lack of sacks. Tech only had one sack, for a loss of seven yards on Saturday. The Hokies pressured the QB fairly well, but the real sign of success are the sacks, which weren't there. In particular, after dominating spring and fall practices, Corey Moore was eerily quiet on Saturday. I noticed him getting good penetration on ECU's first few series, and then I didn't notice him at all after that.
Tech still has no long passing game .
The Hokies still can't go deep with authority. It's not Al's forte, and it never will be. This makes it imperative that the offensive line continue to improve, because the Hokies are going to have to steamroll teams with the running game and short passing game. This offense can't strike from anywhere on the field like the Druckenmiller offenses of 1995 and 1996 could. Except for the score, the stats were even .