Roof looks to resurrect Blue Devils program
(09/06/04 4:00am)
At first glance, one might have wondered if anyone could have lifted Duke’s football program out of its perpetual doldrums.
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At first glance, one might have wondered if anyone could have lifted Duke’s football program out of its perpetual doldrums.
Armed with a new attitude, the Blue Devils strolled into Navy-Marine Corps Stadium hoping to sink Navy�s ship. In the end, the Midshipmen emerged victorious, battering the Blue Devils through the air and on the ground on their way to a 27-12 victory.
For head coach Chan Gailey and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, last year presented the best of seasons and the worst of seasons. The year included a 7-3 victory over Maryland and a 52-10 rout over Tulsa in the Humanitarian Bowl, a game that saw the Yellow Jackets set the school bowl record for points scored. Yet Georgia Tech struggled with consistency all season long. Despite their impressive wins, the Ramblin’ Wreck also lost 41-17 to Duke in Durham and suffered a 39-3 drubbing against Clemson. It was that sort of erratic play that led many to question the Yellow Jackets’ chances this year in the even more competitive ACC—Georgia Tech is eighth in the preseason poll. Yet the Jackets have many of the tools necessary to turn in their eighth consecutive winning season and become a force again in the ACC. Defensively, the Yellow Jackets return preseason all-Americans James Butler and Eric Henderson. Butler, one of the nation’s top free safeties, was also named to the preseason Thorpe Award watch list. The award is presented annually to the nation’s best college defensive back. Henderson, a defensive end, looks to build upon last season’s first-team all-ACC performance, where he notched an ACC-leading 11 sacks. He is on the Lombardi Award watch list for the nation’s top lineman. On the other side of the ball, the Yellow Jackets are solid at a number of skill positions. Former walk-on P.J. Daniels, who rushed for over 300 yards in the Yellow Jackets’ Humanitarian Bowl rout, returns for his junior season. Daniels rushed for 1,447 yards last year, a school record. Although the Yellow Jackets lose second-team All-ACC wideout Jonathan Smith, Nate Curry, Levon Thomas and Damarius Bilbo look to spearhead a relatively deep wide receiving corps. Additionally, Calvin Johnson, one of the nation’s top recruits last year, figures to add size to the receiving corps with his lanky 6-foot-4 frame. Starting quarterback Reggie Ball returns as well this season, albeit under a microscope. “We do have higher expectations for Reggie [Ball] this year,” Gailey said. “He has some talent, which is obvious, but he has some improving to do. He has the opportunity to be a very good quarterback because he has talent, he knows the game and he's a great competitor.” Most of the Yellow Jackets’ problems will lie on offense, where the team must address significant questions about its offensive line. Three out of five starters return, but the Jackets must replace All-ACC center Hugh Reilly and NFL draft pick Nat Dorsey.
It’s finally starting to come together for head coach Al Groh and the Virginia Cavaliers.
The wait is over.
Duke has a pretty impressive football history, though it may not seem that way.
Help is on the way. Eric Boateng, the nation�s second best center prospect, committed to Duke Wednesday and will get playing time as soon as he arrives next fall. Boateng will complement already committed Josh McRoberts and Jamal Boykin in Duke�s frontcourt of the future.
Eric Boateng, a center from London, England, committed to Duke Wednesday. The standout from St. Andrew�s High School in Noxontown, Del., chose Duke over Michigan, Georgetown, Virginia, UCLA, Villanova, Boston College and Georgia Tech.
Eric Boateng committed to Duke Wednesday as the fourth member of the recruiting class of 2005. The 6-foot-10, 230-pound center choose Duke over Michigan, Georgetown, Virginia, UCLA, Villanova, Boston College and Georgia Tech.
The NCAA made a number of changes to its football recruiting guidelines that are intended to end the "celebrity atmosphere" that surrounds visits. Coaches say the ban on the use of private planes may be the most disruptive policy alteration, especially for ACC schools like Virginia Tech and Clemson located in relatively remote areas.
Jamal Boykin, a 6-foot-7 forward who knew he wanted to attend Duke from the moment he stepped on campus, verbally comitted to the Blue Devils in the recruiting class of 2005. The California native is a self-proclaimed natural leader, and his AAU coach says he is a versatile offensive threat who also plays hard nose defense.
Just weeks into the fledgling football season, head coach Ted Roof is making his intensity felt in the Blue Devil football program.
With his NBA Draft status in the balance and a decision only days away, Shaun Livingston may yet end up in a Blue Devil uniform, according to his father.
It wasn't supposed to be like this for Duke.
Just one year ago, former head coach Carl Franks was having serious trouble attracting recruits to Duke's football program. Before his mid-season firing, he had only extracted three verbal commitments in a class that would eventually grow to 24 incoming players.
Several weeks ago, Coach K turned the college basketball world upside down with his public negotiations with the Lakers. For just a few days, Duke fans and college aficionados everywhere held their collective breaths, anxiously anticipating a decision that could have hurled Duke into mediocrity and punctuated an offseason full of misery for NCAA basketball.
Last September, Shaun Livingston was a self-proclaimed "college-first type of guy."
Duke Athletic Director Joe Alleva confirmed today that men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been contacted by the Los Angeles Lakers and has had "serious discussions" regarding their vacant head coaching position.
At a press conference in Cameron Indoor Stadium Thursday afternoon, Athletic Director Joe Alleva confirmed that men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski is participating in discussions with the Los Angeles Lakers to fill their vacant head coaching position.
Mr. Livingston, we presume? Not at Duke next year.