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When news broke late last week that the University of Tennessee had its eyes on Duke’s own David Cutcliffe, the result could have been all too familiar for even the most casual observers of college football.
After a winter break where No. 7 Duke turned in a series of strong performances, an unexpected January slipup in Atlanta was a rude awakening to the Blue Devils that their vacation is over as ACC play gears up this month.
ATLANTA – Duke’s locker room was deathly silent in the wake of the team’s first conference loss—so quiet that the celebratory screams of Georgia Tech’s players were faintly audible through the thin walls in the lower levels of the Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
The signs are pointing up for Jon Scheyer as he enters his fourth and final season as a Blue Devil.
The future of Duke Basketball was on display Friday in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
CHAPEL HILL — Three steps forward, one enormous step backward.
For a program that had only taken baby steps of progress in efforts to escape the ACC cellar, the Blue Devils' 4-8 record in 2008 under new head coach David Cutcliffe qualifies as a Usain Bolt-sized stride toward a bowl berth.
Although much of the pre-draft speculation coming from Seattle Mariners' blogs and beat writers was that Duke recruit and top prep catcher Steven Baron had agreed to a pre-draft contract with the team, a recent report in the Miami Herald shed some doubt that Baron's signing is a fait accompli.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - If the Blue Devils were already six feet under when the scoreboard hit 14-6 at the end of the third period of Syracuse's 17-7 whitewashing of Duke, the shovel that dug Duke's grave was shoddy defense-particularly in pivotal end-of-quarter situations.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - A bit of tension and anxiety could certainly be expected of anyone about to compete for a national championship, and the Blue Devils weren't immune to some early jitters. But when a familiar song came on near the end of warm-ups, the team's nerves were calmed just in time.
At 9:47 a.m., Scottie Montgomery's hip vibrates.
Patrick Bailey didn't start on offense or defense in the NFL last year. He didn't even get drafted. But he did make his mark.
With a late defensive lapse costing Duke dearly in Wednesday's 70-68 loss to No. 6 Wake Forest, head coach Mike Krzyzewski responded in a predictable fashion-by running his squad through a physical, man-to-man defensive practice on Friday.
At least for the season's first four games, the Blue Devils' longest trip will be a short one-the new pregame "Devil Walk" from the Duke Chapel to Wallace Wade Stadium. And they won't trek much farther the rest of the season.
The green room at the NBA Draft has been a frequent stopover for former Blue Devils waiting to hear their name called and have their professional careers determined. So it wasn't surprising that yet another Duke player spent an evening in the company of the league's top draftees-except he wasn't there to hear his own name called.
David Cutcliffe has prowled many a practice sideline in his long coaching career, but the focused work done by his Blue Devils on Brooks Field this spring surprised him more than anything he has seen before.
When Vince Oghobaase attended his senior prom at Alief Hastings High School in Houston, the star defensive tackle's 6-foot-6, 300-pound frame was not what struck his classmates most.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -In the second half of its NCAA Tournament game versus West Virginia, the Blue Devils forgot who they were. They forgot that they were beating a Mountaineer team by five at halftime. They forgot that they were a 28-win team once ranked No. 2 in the nation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With the memories from last year's Tournament opener and Eric Maynor's season-ending dagger still fresh, Gerald Henderson couldn't stand to go through the same experience again.
When David Cutcliffe opened his first practice as a college head football coach, he didn't go easy on his team.