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The school that bears the state's name of Virginia, however, falls somewhere in the middle of the spectrum of Virginia football and poses a new challenge for Duke-overcoming an opponent that is on...
While the Blue Devils found their starting quarterback in Thaddeus Lewis after he threw for 305 yards in week two against Wake Forest, the Cavaliers have had a harder time fixing their problems at...
"We gave them a couple days off at the beginning of the [bye] week," head coach Ted Roof said. "They were able to kind of recharge their battery a little bit and get a fresh start."
Three games into the 2006 campaign, Duke is once again facing long odds of playing meaningful games as the season progresses into late autumn and winter.
Although the current Blue Devils have beleaguered through 11 consecutive losing seasons, Pascal still believes they can return to old, forgotten glories. And he is challenging former players and...
Duke added its 12th member of the class of 2011 earlier this week, as Danny Parker verbally committed to enroll at the University next fall.
The NCAA instituted the changes during the offseason in an attempt to cut out between 10 and 15 plays per game in order to shorten television broadcasts. So far, average game times have fallen...
Now, recovered from what he called a "very, very, very mild concussion," Lewis is still looking forward, hoping to move on from the incident that knocked him out of Duke's 36-0 loss in Blacksburg, Va.
During the week leading up to last Saturday's Virginia Tech game, sophomore Marcus Jones-who had been benched in favor of freshman quarterback Thaddeus Lewis after week one-approached head coach...
As Virginia Tech's vaunted punt-block team charged at Feinberg's right foot, the punter barely got the punt off in time. The punt came out low, and the Hokies' Eddie Royal picked up the bouncing...
On the game's first play from scrimmage, Virginia Tech completed a 60-yard pass down to Duke's five-yard line. Four plays later, Hokie tailback Branden Ore punched the ball in for Virginia Tech's...
Every coach preaches the importance of special teams, but perhaps no one embodies this belief more than Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer.
When Virginia Tech takes the field Saturday against Duke, Branden Ore will be lining up at tailback despite not returning to school for the spring semester.
Good athletes are defined by their technique and form. Great athletes separate themselves with something that cannot be coached-the intangibles.
In a game in which Duke (0-2) squandered numerous offensive opportunities that could have opened up a big lead for the Blue Devils, the final result came down to a last-second field goal from...
Every ounce of Duke's 14-13 loss seemed to sit squarely on the coach's slumped shoulders as Roof pinched his eyes shut between his thumb and index finger.
Whoever head coach Ted Roof ends up going with as starting quarterback Saturday--Marcus Jones in his second career start or freshman Thaddeus Lewis in his first--Duke will still have a slight...
Defense wins championships. It is the mantra that sports figures preach and that sports fans often repeat. After limiting Richmond to 225 yards last Saturday, the defense will have to hold firm...
Sitting in Wallace Wade Saturday evening, one thing became very clear to me. Ted Roof needs to go.
Quarterback controversies are not new to the Duke football program. Although sophomore quarterback Marcus Jones started the game, freshman quarterback Thaddeus Lewis received the majority of the...