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With the Super Bowl approaching and only two teams left, there are no Blue Devils playing in the final game of the season. Here’s how the final pair of Duke alumni fared in the playoffs.
No. 18 Duke returns home to play Miami Saturday, looking to draw back to .500 in conference play after a week off to recover from two straight losses. The Blue Zone takes a look at a player from each team who could be the difference-maker in the game.
Russell Westbrook has to be the NBA’s Most Valuable Player this season. Right?
None of the top 10 teams lost this week, as North Carolina survived a scare against Tennessee Sunday night and UCLA and Villanova held tough at the top of the polls.
Following Duke's 4-8 season, The Chronicle will evaluate the Blue Devils' offense, defense and special teams this week, starting with the offense today. Check back later this week for our grades for Duke's other units and how the team can improve going forward.
Despite losing 56-14 at Pittsburgh last Saturday, the Blue Devils are still in bowl contention, but need a victory in their final game of the regular season to have a chance to play in the postseason for the fifth straight year. Duke’s opportunity comes Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Miami, which is riding high on a three-game winning streak in what has been a rollercoaster season for the Hurricanes. Every week throughout the football season, the Blue Zone will break down a player on each team who could be the difference-maker in the upcoming contest:
Week 11 was arguably the craziest week in college football history, with the second-, third- and fourth-ranked teams in the nation losing on the same weekend for the first time since 1985.
Daniel Jones
Update: Blue Devil Network reporter and former Duke offensive lineman Dave Harding tweeted a picture of the decorated Victory Bell Nov. 29.
On a night when the Blue Devils ran for more than 230 yards, it was only fitting that junior running back Shaun Wilson and injured teammate Jela Duncan were the ones riding the Victory Bell into the night.
Two years ago, 5-5 North Carolina traveled to take on 8-2 Duke for a primetime Thursday night game at Wallace Wade Stadium.
For more than 17 minutes Saturday, the Blue Devils were on track against No. 23 Virginia Tech.
After Georgia Tech’s triple-option offense victimized the Blue Devils, Duke will go back to defending a traditional spread offense this week. But its task will not be any easier against a high-octane Virginia Tech offense that has the No. 23 Hokies atop the Coastal Division entering the final month of the regular season.
ATLANTA—For the second straight game, the Blue Devils found themselves playing from behind for much of the second half.
During the Blue Devils’ current four-year bowl streak, they have never lost coming off a bye week. Duke sits three wins away from a guaranteed bowl berth, so an end to that streak Saturday could derail the Blue Devils’ postseason hopes.
Crystal Primm
Michigan State Spartans
Rhode Island Rams
Once again, another team has been victimized by the NFL’s system for calling penalties—more specifically, by its rule that does not allow instant replay to apply to pass interference.
Daniel Jones
