Duke Football 2024

I still have nightmares about that play. How, in God's name, did we allow them to get a first down on 4th and 16??
It's hard enough to forget without seeing a Déjà vu in NFL action yesterday (9/15/24)

Kansas City Chiefs vs Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati leading with less than a minutes to go, poised for the big upset; Chiefs final drive has stalled, they're down to a 4th and 16. What do the Bengals do on defense? Yeah, they rush 3 and drop 8, So Chiefs QB Mahomes scrambles around, looking, looking, eventually throws downfield and somehow get a 1st down (this by PI). Chiefs kick the winning FG as time runs out.

Plenty of 2nd guessing today about the Bengals rushing 3 in the final minute with the game in balance.

 
It's hard enough to forget without seeing a Déjà vu in NFL action yesterday (9/15/24)

Kansas City Chiefs vs Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati leading with less than a minutes to go, poised for the big upset; Chiefs final drive has stalled, they're down to a 4th and 16. What do the Bengals do on defense? Yeah, they rush 3 and drop 8, So Chiefs QB Mahomes scrambles around, looking, looking, eventually throws downfield and somehow get a 1st down (this by PI). Chiefs kick the winning FG as time runs out.

Plenty of 2nd guessing today about the Bengals rushing 3 in the final minute with the game in balance.

Did the Bengals make a quick phone call to Midnight Mike to get his advice on how to handle such a situation?? I STILL can not believe Duke lost that game to ND. It would have been one of the biggest wins in recent Duke football history, in front of a sell out crown and before a national TV audience.
 
Did the Bengals make a quick phone call to Midnight Mike to get his advice on how to handle such a situation?? I STILL can not believe Duke lost that game to ND. It would have been one of the biggest wins in recent Duke football history, in front of a sell out crown and before a national TV audience.
Yeah, Midnight Mike effectively ended the Cinderella story and began to look for the next dance.
 
Probably still too early for Sagarin ratings; however, after our win oner UConn we dropped five spots to #75. Seven of our eight ACC opponents are ranked higher with Wake Forest being the exception at #84.


Our next opponent, MTSU, is #160.
Sagarin, Smagarin. We are Duke Blankety Blank (and Blankety Blank isn't Happy Birthday) Football. We don't need no stinkin' rankings.
 
Sagarin is off due to initial conditions for at least a couple more weeks.
CBS has full FBS rankings that are taking into account actual performance a bit more:

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Sagarin is off due to initial conditions for at least a couple more weeks.
CBS has full FBS rankings that are taking into account actual performance a bit more:

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FSU's possible routes to the new 12 team playoffs appear to be narrowing.
We may need AI to compute other possibilities. A lot of teams would need to lose. 🤔
 
Home Field Advantage? Duke is 13-2 at Wallace Wade Stadium in the post David Cutcliffe era:

2024: 2-0
2023: 6-1
2022: 5-1

Of course the two losses were painful, Notre Dame (21-14) in 2023 and Carolina (38-35) in 2022.
 
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