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Brandon Connette will have an expanded role in 2011
Duke Football will run two different packages this season when on offense and Brandon Connette is looking forward to showing off his improved passing skills. Connette, of course, is known as a runner and he is not afraid of contact and perhaps even invites it. Connette recently took a vicious hit from Matt Daniels in practice [...]
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 [...]
BDN Free Football Friday Encore
Is it Friday already? Time flies when you’re knee deep in recruiting season. As we did last week, we’ll share Football Friday with everyone this week. If you like reading what we have to say, please consider joining BDN Premium. We’ve quickly become the best resource for all things Duke athletics around, and we’d love [...]
White defeats Blue, 21-14 in Duke Football Spring Game
DURHAM, N.C. - Anthony Boone’s 32-yard touchdown pass to Tyree Watkins with 11:15 remaining in the fourth period lifted the White squad to a come-from-behind victory over the Blue unit in Duke’s annual Spring Game on Saturday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium. Saturday’s event brought spring practice to a close for the Blue Devils. The Blue team [...]
Sean Renfree and Brandon Connette post game comments
ATLANTA – Here are two post game interviews with Duke quarterbacks Sean Renfree and Brandon Connette after a heartbreaking loss to Georgia Tech. Brandon Conette -
Stats Update: Duke runs over Virginia
I remain convinced a team must successfully run the ball to consistently compete to win. After rushing 45 times for 142 yards in the win at Navy, Duke followed up by rushing for 230 yards on 45 attempts with six rushing touchdowns in Saturday’s 55-48 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers. So far in 2010, through [...]
BDN’s Sunday Quarterback – Recapping Duke’s win over Virginia
The Duke Blue Devils earned a win on the football field in Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday afternoon by scoring 55 points, the most of any team in the past decade. While it is true, the defense struggled to stop Virginia, the real story was that these Blue Devils had no quit in them no [...]
Resilient Blue Devils down Wahoo’s 55-48 in a barn burner
The Duke Blue Devils came out on fire scoring 21 first quarter points and they ended the fourth quarter with another 21 points in a thrilling 55-48 victory over Virginia. In between those quarters was an offensive showdown but in the end Desmond Scott danced down the sidelines for a 35 yard run for a [...]
BDN checks in with true freshman QB Brandon Connette
DURHAM – BDN caught up with Duke quarterback Brandon Connette this morning and we got his thoughts on his play of late where he is used in the red zone. Just press play -
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 [...]
Spring Flashback – Brandon Connette audio
DURHAM – player to keep an eye on in the future is freshman quarterback Brandon Connette. Patrick Cacchio talked with Connette after the spring game where he took several snaps in an effort to replace the mending Sean Renfree. While Renfree will be the starter going into the season, Connette seems destined to earn the [...]