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View ArticleFIFTH QUARTER: A Devilishly historic Saturday
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look back at the good, the bad and the offbeat from the week that was in ACC football.… Read More »
View ArticleFive questions to ponder before kickoff
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look ahead at today's games and five key things to watch around the league.… Read More »
View ArticleAs unnatural as it might sound, Duke really is a football title contender
At 7-2 overall (3-2 ACC), Duke has already clinched its first winning season since 1994. It has qualified for a bowl for the second straight year, the first time in school history that’s happened. Now,...
View ArticleView from the top looks good to unlikely Coastal champion Blue Devils
Just six seasons ago, coach David Cutcliffe took over a Duke program generally acknowledged to be the worst in college football. Saturday, he and his Blue Devils celebrated a gritty 27-25 win against...
View ArticleChick-fil-A Bowl rewards Duke for its play on the field; local appeal helps...
College football’s bowl selection process isn’t always fair. In many cases, the number of tickets a particular team can help sell or its appeal to a national television audience weigh more heavily than...
View ArticleFive questions to ponder before kickoff: Chick-fil-A Bowl edition
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look ahead at five key things to watch in Duke's Chick-fil-A Bowl matchup with Texas A&M… Read More »
View ArticleSpring has sprung … at least, for the Duke football team
Less two months after playing its final game of 2013, 48 hours after signing day and a full two months before the first day of spring – the Duke football team will be back on the field for the start of...
View ArticleDespite Coastal title, Duke still has something to prove … but not to itself
The Blue Devils received 33 first-place ballots, more than anyone in the league other than defending national champion Florida State. But because a corresponding number of participants picked it to...
View ArticleNew season, new challenge for Duke: Can Blue Devils handle success?
The Blue Devils have already proven that they have the talent and motivation to become champions. Now that they’ve gotten to the top of the mountain after spending the better part of two decades as a...
View ArticlePostcards from camp: Duke defense adjusts to loss of its leader
With the season opener against Elon rapidly approaching and the reality of linebacker Kelby Brown’s absence beginning to set in, the Blue Devils have turned to others to fill the leadership void...
View ArticleACC FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Duke
For the 15 days leading up to the official season opener on Aug. 30, ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look at the upcoming football season one team at time. Today, it’s Duke… Read More »
View ArticleTen bold predictions for the 2014 ACC football season
Another season of unfulfilled promise at Miami? A coaching change at Virginia? No dropoff for Duke despite two key injuries? A bowl game for N.C. State? Hey, it could happen.… Read More »
View ArticleThis week’s ACC/ECU football preview capsules
Previews for this weeks games ... Georgia Southern at NC State, Liberty at UNC, Elon at Duke and NC Central at ECU… Read More »
View ArticleFive questions to ponder before kickoff
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look ahead at today’s games and five key things to watch around the league.… … Read More »
View ArticleState, Duke, Wake, ECU players named semifinalists for Scholar Athlete Award
N.C. State fullback Tyler Purvis, Duke linebacker David Helton, Wake Forest running back Jordan Garside and East Carolina placekicker Warren Harvey are among the record 62 FBS semifinalists named...
View ArticleThis week’s ACC football preview capsules
Previews for this weeks games … Florida State at NC State, UNC at Clemson, Duke at Miami and Wake Forest at Louisville… Read More »
View ArticleACC openers serve as measuring sticks for State, Duke
That’s when both 4-0 teams can finally stop answering questions about the caliber of nonconference opponents they’ve played and start giving themselves and the rest of the ACC a more accurate read on...
View ArticleBelieve it or not, Duke-UVA a pivotal game in chaotic Coastal
If not for Florida State-Notre Dame, Saturday's game between Duke and Virginia would be the game everyone in the ACC would be watching this week. Believe it or not.… Read More »
View ArticleGritty win another stepping stone in Duke’s development as a program
This will be the first time in school history that Duke will appear in three straight postseasons. But these days, earning those six wins as become nothing more than a happy stepping stone toward much...
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