Two weeks to go!!!!!! Woot!
Speaking of podcasts, the DBR podcast crew discusses football starting at 35 minute mark:
https://soundcloud.com/dbrpodcast/db...hoops-thoughts
Jason, Sam and Donald promise a full preview in a week or two...
Bob Green
Two weeks to go!!!!!! Woot!
Any news leaking out from last nights scrimmage?
Hey everyone, Matt from WXDU sports here. We managed to score an interview with the Peach Bowl CEO and President discussing the season opener which we’ll
Be airing on our show tomorrow evening between 6 and 7 eastern time. We don’t have a regular online archive but maybe I can get the interview up for people that can’t listen live. But if you can tune in, we’re at wxdu.org or 88.7 for you locals. Thanks!
Nice crowd at meet the Blue Devils Day - anyone else go? Also cool that they invited season ticket holders to join the team for the annual team picture.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Coach Cutcliffe comments on Friday's scrimmage:
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/...234119697.html
1. Team stayed healthy! That's a good thing.
2. First offense scored 24 points.
3. First defense held second offense scoreless.
4. The team is getting better every time it takes to the practice field.
Coach Cutcliffe commented the kicking game is progressing but my interpretation of his facial expressions while making the comment is it isn't where it needs to be.
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Steve Wiseman with more scrimmage information:
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/...234111737.html
Offensive Coordinator Zac Roper stated:
Roper also stated Deon Jackson playing in the second scrimmage helped the offense.“We are young at the tackle spots and that’s OK, we aren’t just playing young players. We feel like we are playing young, talented players.”
Bob Green
We are young at the tackle spots and that’s OK, we aren’t just playing young players. We feel like we are playing young, talented players.”....MAYBE BUT...
I gotta wonder how they’ll stack up on August 31st...and will they still be able to play the next game
I know I know ...Negative Nelly here...
..but I can’t help but think with all the positive thinking here that...ain’t no way Josea...just ain’t no way
This thread is about the whole 2019 season not the Alabama game. A game thread will be opened at the appropriate time.
I'm one of the more optimistic Duke football fans and while I am not predicting a victory over the Crimson Tide, I refuse to concede the game before they kick the ball. Lots of young talent on the roster, how talented remains to be seen.
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It's hard to believe that the season is just around the corner. We have a ton of questions to answer all over the field, but I'm excited to see how we stack up. And that it's us with the chance to hand Alabama a 2-game losing streak.
As it happens, I have a ticket available in the Iron Dukes section for the Duke/Alabama game. A few friends and I bought tickets a long time ago, but something came up and I'm not able to make the trip. I'd love for the ticket to go to a good, Duke home. PM if interested! (Apologies if this isn't the right place, but there's not a ton of other Duke football chatter so I figured I'd throw it out here.)
Zero, zip, nada from the 62 AP voters, as opposed to ten votes from the Coaches Poll. Not truly significant because, at best, ten of the 65 coaches gave recognition to Duke at #25. Or, possibly one voter out of 65 voted for Duke at #16 and the rest said, "Nah!" Anyway, let's win our ranking on the playing field.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Sure ain't a lot of love for the ACC at all in those polls. Three* teams total.
*reluctantly including ND, only because they will play more ACC teams than others.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
2019 Duke Football Digital Guide is available at GoDuke.com:
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200
I've just started looking through it. Barry Jacobs has an article on Quentin Harris (Belief in Quentin), Jim Sumner writes about Deon Jackson and Brittain Brown (Full Speed Ahead) and John Roth contributes an article on Michael Carter (Value Added DB).
There is a lot more content...
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Jacob Monk with a lot of love at 247 for preseason Freshman All American:
https://247sports.com/Article/Best-f...ley-134564281/
OL – Jacob Monk, Duke (No. 479, No. 27 OG)
Duke is not inexperienced at right tackle: 6-foot-7 redshirt junior Robert Kraeling started every game at the position last season for the Blue Devils. So the fact that the 6-foot-3 Monk looks well-positioned to win that job is much more of a testament to his ability than any playing-time-by-necessity scenario.