Here's some outside (and upbeat) perspective on 15 Duke players likely to make an impact next season.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/2...uke-prospects/
We're favored over Temple! Small steps...
It was very befuddling to many of us that Duke wasn't more successful on the field given that we DID have talent. Thankfully we still have some coming back; the portal wasn't nearly as brutal as I was expecting. (It sure would have been had Cutcliffe been given another year.)
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Bob, I agree. How many times did the defense come to and around the line of scrimmage looking befuddled, at the sidelines as the offense was hiking the ball.
There were other issues also. A drop off in conditioning, a predictable, stale playbook.
The program just seemed to hit the proverbial wall. Like Cut said over and over, thats on him. Great guy, resurrected the program from the dead, but he seemed to burn out badly, and I would say he burned before COVID.
We have some kickoff times!
September 2 (Friday) TEMPLE (3-9) 7:30 p.m., ACCN
September 10 at Northwestern (3-9) 12 p.m. (11 a.m. CT), FS1
September 17 NORTH CAROLINA A&T (5-6) 6 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+
November 4 at Boston College (6-6; invited to the Military Bowl) 7 p.m., ESPN2
Nice to see night games at home in September.
I may go to that one. Although for me it's a 15 minute walk ... 😀
I went a few years ago to witness the Duke victory and got cheap tickets in the Northwestern player family section somehow (great seats). Everyone around was super nice too even though I was wearing Duke gear.
Went to the game at NW in 2016 (and the next week win at ND). The folks behind kept saying all game how little they knew about football as if it made their academic status more worthy or something.
My lower lip was probably bloody from biting it the whole game. The ND game though was outstanding!