Data digging: Duke football on third downs
(09/03/14 8:27am)
Control the line of scrimmage and you control the running game. Control the running game and you control the clock. Control the clock and you control the game.
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Control the line of scrimmage and you control the running game. Control the running game and you control the clock. Control the clock and you control the game.
Depth is a good problem to have. By that logic, Duke has a big problem with its offensive attack.
With the first Saturday of the college football season in the books, the Blue Zone takes a look at how the 14 teams in the ACC fared:
With the Blue Devils starting their bid to repeat as ACC Coastal Division champions Saturday against Elon at 6:00 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium, we break down every team on Duke's schedule and every other ACC squad:
It was an offseason of attrition for the Eagles, who return just 16 percent of their rushing yards, 31 percent of their receiving yards and .08 percent of their passing yards from a season ago. After reaching the Independence Bowl in 2013 under first-year head coach Steve Addazio—Boston College's first postseason appearance since 2010—the Eagles have a lot to replace if they hope to make a repeat trip to the postseason.
Pittsburgh enters the third year of the Paul Chryst era looking to return to a bowl game for the sixth-straight season. To do so, the Panthers must transition to a new quarterback and adapt to life without wide receiver Devin Street, who reeled in 51 catches for 854 yards and seven touchdowns last year before departing for the NFL. Sophomore Chad Voytik takes the reins from also-departed quarterback Tom Savage, and figures to always have his eye on sophomore sensation Tyler Boyd, who racked up nearly 1,200 receiving yards and seven scores as a true freshman in 2013.
The ACC released the 2014-15 men's basketball conference schedule Wednesday afternoon, after announcing the season's conference matchups several months earlier. The Blue Devils drew a back-heavy schedule, with all four matchups against Syracuse and North Carolina coming in the final four weeks of the regular season.
There will be two former Blue Devils headed to Spain with Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and Team USA basketball.
Rebecca Quinn grew up going to soccer matches in Toronto’s National Soccer Stadium. On August 5, she set foot on the field herself as a member of Team Canada.
As the dog days of August drag on, The Blue Zone takes a look at how Blue Devils are faring in the major leagues.
Orientation week is spent meeting new people, figuring out the campus bus routes and exploring Durham. But when you’re going to play a pair of soccer games before you ever take your first college class, you have to do all those things well before O-week kicks off.
With the regular season opener just around the corner, the Blue Devils got their season started on the right foot.
A 10-win season, ACC Coastal Division championship and an exciting New Year's Eve shootout with Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M helped catapult the Blue Devils into the national spotlight in 2013. But despite all the progress, Duke will begin the 2014 season the same way it has begun so many others—unranked.
North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora was teased Monday during an appearance on ESPN's SportsCenter for his physical fitness. The evidence: a photo posted by his daughter on Twitter, which you can see below.
The ACC's all-time receiving yards leader has a new team.
With the MLB trade deadline less than a week away, some Blue Devils are already on the move. The Blue Zone takes a look at notable Duke products making news on the diamond.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is synonymous with many things. Heavy metal is not one of them.
The summer's biggest NBA free agency domino fell Friday when LeBron James announced his decision to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers after four seasons with the Miami Heat.
Owners of the NBA's worst record in 2013-14, the Milwaukee Bucks have taken major steps toward rebuilding in the last week. At the NBA Draft Thursday night in Brooklyn, they selected former Duke forward Jabari Parker with the second overall pick. But Parker won't be the only asset traveling from the Barclays Center to Milwaukee.
Things were not going well for the Blue Devils, trailing 10-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning April 13 against N.C. State. Head coach Chris Pollard didn’t like the way his team looked in the dugout and lit into them, trying to spur the squad to life.