Game Preview: Virginia Tech, Part 3

Nate Lyles and his fellow safeties must play pass first and then help stop the run.

In some ways, it is the most basic adage of defensive football. Stop the run. Coaches say it all the time, analysts harp on it throughout broadcasts, and players repeat it ad nauseam. If you want to win, you have to stop the run. Against Virginia Tech, that old proverb is taken to new heights, though.

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