The Duke football 2021 schedule is out. We open at Charlotte and have 7 home games including one with Northwestern.
https://goduke.com/news/2021/1/27/20...announced.aspx
2021 Duke Football Schedule (2020 Record; Bowl Game)
SEPTEMBER
4 – at Charlotte (2-4)
11 – NORTH CAROLINA A&T (playing in spring, 2021)
18 – NORTHWESTERN (7-2; Big Ten West Champions; defeated Auburn, 35-19, in the Citrus Bowl)
25 – KANSAS (0-9)
OCTOBER
2 – at North Carolina (8-4; lost to Texas A&M, 41-27, in the Capital One Orange Bowl)
9 – GEORGIA TECH (3-7)
16 – at Virginia (5-5)
23 – Open date
30 – at Wake Forest (4-5; lost to Wisconsin, 42-28, in the Duke's Mayo Bowl)
NOVEMBER
6 – PITTSBURGH (6-5)
13 – at Virginia Tech (5-6)
18 – LOUISVILLE (4-7)
27 – MIAMI (8-3; lost to Oklahoma State, 37-34, in the Cheez-It Bowl)
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
We have a reasonable chance of coming out of September 3-1, or worst case 2-2 - anything worse than that is really bad news. But at that point we need to manage expectations as the rest of the schedule is tough.
Interesting that despite how far flung the ACC has become, all of our games are relatively close geographically.
Which 3 ACC teams are you calling likely wins? I assume it is some subset of Virginia, GT, Louisville, Wake Forest, Pitt, or VT.
We lost big to VT and GT last year. I would expect all of those teams to improve next year, while I expect due to some personnel losses (especially on the defensive side) that Duke will be worse next year than they were last year.
Not too bad a schedule IMO for any half-way decent team. Interesting/sad that Duke-UNC has been relegated to a conference opener instead of a rivalry closer. But truth hurts I guess.
Gotta get some substantial forward momentum this year. Gonna be tough. Hoping we meet or exceed the minimal "half-way decent team" standard.
The Louisville home game is a week night game.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Will the guy be our starting QB?
https://twitter.com/Hudl/status/1354549750914109440
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
An article on Northwestern football (SI, November 2020)
https://www.si.com/college/2020/11/1...n-revival-tour
2-3 wins maximum.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Pop quiz: Name 4 players on the 2 deep at DL without looking at the roster.
If that's too hard, try it for the front 7 (er, 6 I guess) instead (DL/LB).