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Football Friday, the extended version – previewing the Duke Offense
If you think football season is close, consider this: there is only one more Football Friday before Duke opens training camp. If that doesn’t get you excited, hopefully the rest of this column will. Early analysis suggests that this may be the longest Football Friday ever, so pace yourself! No sales pitch this week. If [...]
Football Friday: the book light that comes with your Snuggie
If you haven’t joined BDN Premium yet, you don’t know what you’re missing. My wit and insight alone are worth the price of admission. Well, not really. It’s more like you get all of watzone’s scoop, Andrew Slater’s recruiting analysis, a great Duke message board community, and then my column is that last add-on in [...]
Football Friday evokes spring break memories
March Madness is in full swing as Duke takes the court tonight in the ACC quarterfinals against Maryland. Is it just us, or do you also find that the weeks in March go a lot faster than the rest of the year? It probably has something to do with conference tournaments streaming on television and [...]
Stats Update: Sean Renfree has record setting performance in win over Navy
Duke beat Navy 34-31 on the strength of a record setting performance by Sean Renfree and a strong first half by the entire offense; however, the defense played great and acknowledging true freshman linebacker Kelby Brown’s 12 tackles, along with Abraham Kromah’s 11 tackles, and Matt Daniel’s huge tackle on 4th down is appropriate. The [...]
Stats Update: Red Zone Miscue, Big Plays Sink Blue Devils
With 4 minutes and 38 seconds left in the second quarter, Duke failed inside the red zone for the first time this season when on third and eight from the Maryland 17 yard line Sean Renfree threw an interception. The mistake ultimately proved fatal. If Renfree’s pass had been incomplete instead of picked off, Will [...]
Stats Update: Conner Vernon has an Excellent Game but Turnovers Tell the Tale
Sometimes statistics can be misleading while other times they concisely tell the tale. In Saturday’s 35-21 loss to the Army Black Knights one needs to look no further than the five Blue Devil turnovers to understand the outcome. Sean Renfree threw interceptions on two of Duke’s first three possessions, which resulted in the Cadets jumping [...]
Stats Update: Josh Snead and Lee Butler Shine
Except the lopsided final score, Duke survived the Alabama game from a statistics perspective, which goes a long way toward validating the humorous saying often quoted, “Liars, damn liars, and statisticians.” There is more to football than numbers. However, that is equally true of the final score, which was the result of being overmatched against [...]
Duke WR Austin Kelly talks about the Devils big win over Maryland
Not to be lost in all of the basketball hullabaloo is Duke’s second consecutive ACC win in football. The Blue Devils took care of business against Maryland posting a 17-13 victory. BDN caught up with Austin Kelly to get his thoughts on the game. Kelly had a team high nine catches for 61 yards. Just [...]
BDN Quick Hitter – Austin Kelly talks consistency going into the NCSU game
Coach David Cutcliffe lauded the improvement of Austin Kelly on Tuesday and the Blue Devil Nation caught up with the eldest Duke wide out shortly thereafter to get his thoughts – Just press play!
Duke looking for a playmaker at wide reciever
The Duke Blue Devils kick off their second season under Coach David Cutcliffe when Richmond visits Wallace Wade Stadium this Saturday evening at 7:00. Duke will look to build on last season’s four wins, but to do so will require that playmakers step up at the wide out positions. Last season the Blue Devils leaned [...]