Originally Posted by
75Crazie
It's a cheap shot to call his former players, who were playing at an institution of higher learning, good students?
The reference to "future doctors and lawyers" has been around for at least 50 years. It's a harmless description and probably better than just blurting out that Duke has few future NFLers.
Kindly,
Sage
'Heck, Bill Futrell ran for a long TD against UNC in 1963 as a Duke med student'
Sage Grouse
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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