Sportswrap: BOWL SO HARD
(10/22/12 5:14pm)
Eighteen years later and Duke football is bowl bound again.
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Eighteen years later and Duke football is bowl bound again.
On Nov. 28, 1994, the Hall of Fame Bowl offered a bid to the Duke football team, which was subsequently accepted. Bowl games worked differently then—unlike now, when six wins guarantee a bowl berth, bowls had to extend bids to the teams they wanted.
A dramatic 33-30 victory against North Carolina. The Victory Bell. A bowl berth.
After Duke football suffered a crushing 41-20 lost to Virginia Tech last weekend, the Blue Devils will take their second shot at a bowl game as they host North Carolina at 7 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Reporting by Brady Buck
Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski may not place a lot of value in preseason polls. But for those who do, the Blue Devils are ranked No. 8 in the preseason USA Today Coaches' Poll.
N.C. State is bringing in the hype even before the season has started, ranking No. 1 in the ACC men's basketball coaches preseason poll.
The Duke basketball team is currently practicing in front of the troops at Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina. The practice is being aired live on ESPNU until 2:30 p.m. today.
At 5-1, the Duke football team kicks off against Virginia Tech at 12:30 p.m. in Blacksburg, looking for the team's first bowl berth since the 1994 season. While the Blue Devils are off to their best start since that bowl campaign, the Hokies sit at 3-3 and are off to their worst start since 1992—the last season they didn't make a bowl game under head coach Frank Beamer.
Now at 5-1, the Duke football team is within its first bowl berth since the 1994 season. The Blue Devils have a chance to clinch that Saturday in Blacksburg as they take on the Hokies.
CBS Sports released its top 100 college hoopsters yesterday, with three Duke basketball players checking in. Senior forward Mason Plumlee leads the Blue Devils at No. 26, freshman guard Rasheed Sulaimon ranks No. 87 and senior guard Seth Curry rounds out the crew at No. 98.
Five. And. One.
Generic Script
Duke will look to move to 2-0 in the ACC and 5-1 overall beginning at 3 p.m. this afternoon as the Blue Devils host Virginia at Wallace Wade Stadium. A victory would put Duke within one win of a bowl game, a feat the team has not achieved since 1994.
With Duke football sitting at 4-1 and off to its best start since the 1994 campaign—the last time the Blue Devils reached a bowl game—they are set to take on Virginia Saturday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Two weeks ago, former Duke basketball player Lance Thomas settled his lawsuit with the jewelers Rafaello and Co. after the Manhattan-based firm filed suit regarding a 2009 jewelry purchase.
The last time Duke football beat Wake Forest was in 1999. The last time the Blue Devils reached a bowl game was 1994.
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The Duke football team will begin ACC play taking on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, with both teams sitting at 3-1 on the season.
With Duke football sitting at 3-1 for the first time since 2008 and gearing up for a game against Wake Forest, who they have not beaten since 1999, The Chronicle's four football beat writers sat down to hand out some awards now that we're one-third through the 12-game regular season.