Duke football hopes to erase memories of 2015 kick return with Miami coming back to Durham
(09/29/17 5:51am)
Nearly two years. Seven hundred days. Duke has been waiting for redemption.
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Nearly two years. Seven hundred days. Duke has been waiting for redemption.
During the quest to keep the Victory Bell in Durham, the Blue Devils will look to match their win total from last season. As always, there will be bad blood between the Tobacco Road rivals in Duke’s first road and ACC contest of the season.
In their first two games, the Blue Devils were dominant offensively, scoring 101 points. Despite putting up 34 more in a win Saturday, the offense’s performance left a bit of a sour taste behind.
Right from the first offensive play, Duke starting quarterback Daniel Jones had top wide receiver T.J. Rahming streaking down the field and lofted the ball perfectly into Rahming’s hands. But Rahming dropped the ball, the first of many missed opportunities for the Blue Devils.
Two teams heading in opposite directions will face off this weekend in Durham, with Duke hoping its winning trend continues for at least another week.
Duke should cancel its football game this weekend.
After preaching redemption in an attempt to rebound from last season’s 4-8 record, Duke took out some of its anger on its crosstown rival in its season opener, setting a scoring record for head coach David Cutcliffe while also reaching a mark it had not touched in nearly 70 years.
With 12 straight ranked opponents on tap, Duke knew it had to get off to a strong start to keep another shot at NCAA tournament redemption in sight.
With Duke's 2017 football season kicking off Saturday against N.C. Central in Wallace Wade Stadium, The Chronicle's football beat writers and sports editors made predictions on how the team will fare and which players will stand out the most.
With the 2017 season right around the corner, The Chronicle's football beat writers break down each of the nine major position groups: quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, offensive line, defensive line, defensive backs, linebackers, kicker/punter and punt/kickoff returners.
With the 2017 season right around the corner, The Chronicle's football beat writers break down each of the nine major position groups: quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, offensive line, defensive line, defensive backs, linebackers, kicker/punter and punt/kickoff returners.
2016 season: 8-5, 5-3 in the ACC (2nd in the Coastal Division)
2016 season: 9-4, 5-3 in the ACC (2nd in the Coastal Division)
Rewind to about this time last year, when Daniel Jones was merely an afterthought on the quarterback depth chart. As a redshirt freshman working behind presumptive starter Thomas Sirk, Jones was battling for the third-string job behind veteran Parker Boehme.
Despite an impressive final month of the regular season, Duke was not expected to make much noise at the ACC championships, especially on the men’s side after finishing 13th in the indoor competition in late February.
In a must-win rivalry game for Duke on Senior Day with its NCAA tournament hopes hanging in the balance, most expected the Blue Devils to come out as the more desperate squad.
With a pivotal set of matches on the horizon, the Blue Devils took care of business this weekend to put themselves in position to play for an ACC regular-season title in the final week of the season.
The Blue Devils finally got the monkey off their back with a first ACC victory their last time out, making strides toward securing a 20th consecutive NCAA tournament bid.
Amid a season full of goalkeeper changes, turnovers, two top-20 victories and five ACC defeats, there has been little continuity for Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel, a rarity for the woman who has built the program from scratch since arriving in Durham in 1996. One aspect, though, will always remain constant for Kimel’s squads—their pregame introductions.