jimsumner
10-25-2016, 03:13 PM
What do you do with an open week?
Bryon Fields went home for a few days. Dominic McDonald went to the NC State Fair. Everybody looked at a lot of film, got a few days off and hopefully some folks got healthier.
"looing at young people, address schemes, address mistakes, get a jump start on the next opponent." According to the head coach.
Duke didn't even bother looking at the Army film until after Louisville but has spent a lot of time since then looking at the Cadets.
But, as every one acknowledged, Georgia Tech has ACC athletes and Army doesn't. Cutcliffe says they also have more versatility than Army, more weapons.
Duke has done reasonably well against GT the last couple of times out.
The keys?
According to Ben Humphries "Everyone doing their job, everyone trusting the D line to do their job, trusting the secondary to clean up the mistakes. You have to trust your eyes and read your keys and you can't miss because if you miss, they will exploit it."
Humphries calls Tech "A tackle-friendly game for me. I love playing against triple option, because we're pretty good at that around here."
David Cutcliffe says limit mistakes, minimize explosives.
Fields says first down is crucial to stopping those long, soul-sapping drives. Turn GT into a third-and-long team and you can get stops. "It starts on first down. If you can get them in second and long, then it becomes third and long. You have to be disciplined on first down to hold them down."
Two years ago, in Atlanta, Duke slowed down Tech's option game and jumped to a big lead only to see Tech start throwing the ball and coming back. Duke has spent more time in practice defending Tech's passing schemes. "We realize we have to do better in the passing game," Cutcliffe acknowledged, while lamenting the lack of time to practice everything. "You have to manage your practice schedule."
How does Duke manage the loss of Anthony Nash? Chris Taylor will start in Nash's position, with Aaron Young as the backup. Cutcliffe says Taylor "needs confidence" to maximize his talent. Sometimes overthinks things.
Duke also hopes to use its tight ends more in Nash's absence.
Keyston Fuller? He's recovered from knee surgery and is practicing without restriction. But he doesn't yet trust his knee, not uncommon in these situations. Still, a work in progress.
Place-kicking? Cutcliffe still has confidence in Reed. Says he's kicking great in practice but hurried his miss at Louisville. Cutcliffe also threw out the possibility that walk-on Will Kline might be used on long field goals. He has a range up to 60 yards.
Danny Stirt will continue to punt. Parker Boehme is the backup punter.
Bryon Fields went home for a few days. Dominic McDonald went to the NC State Fair. Everybody looked at a lot of film, got a few days off and hopefully some folks got healthier.
"looing at young people, address schemes, address mistakes, get a jump start on the next opponent." According to the head coach.
Duke didn't even bother looking at the Army film until after Louisville but has spent a lot of time since then looking at the Cadets.
But, as every one acknowledged, Georgia Tech has ACC athletes and Army doesn't. Cutcliffe says they also have more versatility than Army, more weapons.
Duke has done reasonably well against GT the last couple of times out.
The keys?
According to Ben Humphries "Everyone doing their job, everyone trusting the D line to do their job, trusting the secondary to clean up the mistakes. You have to trust your eyes and read your keys and you can't miss because if you miss, they will exploit it."
Humphries calls Tech "A tackle-friendly game for me. I love playing against triple option, because we're pretty good at that around here."
David Cutcliffe says limit mistakes, minimize explosives.
Fields says first down is crucial to stopping those long, soul-sapping drives. Turn GT into a third-and-long team and you can get stops. "It starts on first down. If you can get them in second and long, then it becomes third and long. You have to be disciplined on first down to hold them down."
Two years ago, in Atlanta, Duke slowed down Tech's option game and jumped to a big lead only to see Tech start throwing the ball and coming back. Duke has spent more time in practice defending Tech's passing schemes. "We realize we have to do better in the passing game," Cutcliffe acknowledged, while lamenting the lack of time to practice everything. "You have to manage your practice schedule."
How does Duke manage the loss of Anthony Nash? Chris Taylor will start in Nash's position, with Aaron Young as the backup. Cutcliffe says Taylor "needs confidence" to maximize his talent. Sometimes overthinks things.
Duke also hopes to use its tight ends more in Nash's absence.
Keyston Fuller? He's recovered from knee surgery and is practicing without restriction. But he doesn't yet trust his knee, not uncommon in these situations. Still, a work in progress.
Place-kicking? Cutcliffe still has confidence in Reed. Says he's kicking great in practice but hurried his miss at Louisville. Cutcliffe also threw out the possibility that walk-on Will Kline might be used on long field goals. He has a range up to 60 yards.
Danny Stirt will continue to punt. Parker Boehme is the backup punter.