Top 10 Duke football stories of 2012
2012 was kind to the Duke football team, despite the dramating 48-34 loss to Cincinnati in last night's Belk Bowl. The game was Duke's first bowl game in 18 years and capped a busy year for the Blue Devils.
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2012 was kind to the Duke football team, despite the dramating 48-34 loss to Cincinnati in last night's Belk Bowl. The game was Duke's first bowl game in 18 years and capped a busy year for the Blue Devils.
Eighteen years later, Duke is back in a bowl game, kicking off against Cincinnati at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Belk Bowl.
In today's edition of the Duke Basketball Report, Bob Harris' radio show with Mike Krzyzewski, the pair took a step back from basketball to discuss the football team, which is playing in its first bowl game in 18 years tonight.
A Christmas Storify:
Jabari Parker, the No. 2 recruit in the class of 2013 will make his college announcement Thursday afternoon. Duke is one of five teams still in contention for the 6-foot-8 forward, along with Michigan State, Florida, Stanford and BYU. The Spartans and Blue Devils are thought to be the heavy favorites, however.
First the wrestling team got down to PSY's "Gangnam Style."
After Indiana lost to Butler 88-86 this weekend, it was only a formality until Duke became the top team in the country.
After a week off for finals, Duke returns to action this week as the No. 1 team in the nation after Indiana lost to Butler 88-86 in overtime this weekend. In a busy week with two games—against Cornell and Elon—and top recruit Jabari Parker's decision, we asked our followers on Twitter from our account @dukebasketball if they have any questions. Here they are and our answers:
For all the heartbreak Butler nearly caused Duke basketball in the 2010 National Championship game, the Bulldogs have some key upsets against Duke's top competitors this season.
With Duke off to a 9-0 start to the season, including three wins against top five teams, The Chronicle's Brady Buck and Andrew Beaton spoke to ESPN Insider and NBA Draft expert Chad Ford via email about members of the Duke basketball team and their prospects for the NBA Draft.
On a relatively quiet day, here is a fun video from the NBA Rooks series, which follows around former Duke basketball guard Austin Rivers on a grocery shopping trip.
Duke trustee David Rubenstein, Trinity '70, will donate $10 million to the athletic department, according to a press release, matching the largest gift ever given to the athletic department.
And the Jabari Parker wait appears to finally be drawing to a close.
Last week, The Duke athletic department announced that 500 tickets would be made available to students, free of charge, to Duke football's appearance in Dec. 27th's Belk Bowl against Cincinnati. The tickets were made available due to the donation of a then-unnamed donor.
No upset this time.
The ACC Council of Presidents released a statement today affirming their commitment to the league.
Duke has extended vice president and director of athletics Kevin White through June 30, 2019, according to a press release on GoDuke.com. White joined Duke in May 2008.
Here's something Duke basketball fans might get used to hearing a lot of this season: Rasheed Sulaimon and Mason Plumlee earned ACC weekly honors.
Sports Illustrated announced today that Miami Heat forward LeBron James will be the magazine's 2012 Sportsman of the Year.
Duke basketball had its most dominant of the season, destroying Delaware 88-50 at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday.