Duke-Alabama: More than a game
Duke Football takes the field in Atlanta on Saturday in its first season-opening game with Alabama since 1972. In this one, like the '72 game, Duke will play before a full house (in the Mercedes Benz Stadium) against an Alabama team ranked No. 2 nationally preseason polls. For all of that, the game stands for so much more in the lore of college football and in the Duke program's return to the national stage under Coach David Cutcliffe.