Philip Nelson panning out to be one of the highest-graded quarterbacks the coaches have ever evaluated after exploding against Western Carolina is a big confidence boost. Seeing star wide receiver Zay Jones and how unselfish his play was is another confidence boost. However to the coaches, the passing game wasn’t even the most impressive dynamic of the day.
“The shining part of our offense on that night was our ability to rush the football,” said Montgomery. “We had a great game rushing and it came from perimeter blocking and inside blocking. Our offensive line did a good job, they stayed on some double-teams, they did some things that you really want to see done from a football standpoint in the run game.