2013 was a good season. We blew out ECU at home and beat Maryland. We had started slowing the offense down that year and ran Talliaferro a lot to help the defense out. I also believe it was Chuck Heater's first year as DC.
You may be thinking of 2012. 2012 was when we ran close to the most plays in the country per game, but defense under Rippon was horrible, we went 5-7. After that, Doc fired Rippon, found Heater, and slowed the offense down.