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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...
Head coach Ted Roof said multiple times in the preseason that the Spiders, quarterfinalists in last year's I-AA playoffs, should not be taken lightly. His message may not have reached all of his...
Quarterback controversy heats up In Saturday's loss to Richmond, starting sophomore Marcus Jones and true freshman Thaddeus Lewis split playing time at quarterback Head coach Ted Roof said no...
"We're very disappointed," head coach Ted Roof said. "We weren't counting on losing two of our kids who we center things around, but that's no excuse. It's just part of football."
Duke's offense was unable to mount any successful drives in the shutout loss. Whenever the Blue Devils (0-1) threatened to score, Richmond (1-0) either capitalized on Duke's mistakes or stuffed the...
In 2006, the Hokies will try to build on that success, even though they begin the season with many unfamiliar faces. Only nine starters return from a team that finished 11-2 and defeated Louisville...
Following a season in which Duke finished 1-10 and failed to win a single game in the ACC, the average football fan might assume that opening 2006 against a Division I-AA team is a good thing.
Though head coach Ted Roof is hopeful more veterans will step up to lead his team in his third full season at the helm, the depth chart is looking green once again.
It's not the famous Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales that scored touchdowns and kicked field goals in so many commercials but rather a trio of thoroughbred running backs.
When the No. 11 Florida State Seminoles travel to Miami the first weekend of the season, the only Hurricanes they will be concerned with will be on the field.
After a four-game turnaround for Wake Forest in 2001-Grobe's first year-followed by a victory in the Seattle Bowl in 2002, the Demon Deacons have finished the last three years under .500.
Every team has a motivator. This type of player is frequently portrayed as a loud and enthusiastic screaming lunatic. On a football team, this player often comes from the offensive line.
"I am never going to change my expectations for this great school, this football program that we are building," Amato said. "I am not going to change my enthusiasm about the game, about this...
This season could be significantly tougher for BC, after the loss of nine starters-five on offense and four on the defensive side--including wide receiver Will Blackmon, 2005 first-team...
No. 12 Miami doled out a number of suspensions in the offseason and will be without many key contributors from last year's team at the start of the season.
The green Terrapins of last season are now a group of tested upperclassmen that wants to erase the memories of two consecutive 5-6 seasons. Seven starters return on offense, and the entire...
Vince Oghobaase was Duke's best recruit in years. One of the top defensive tackles in the country, the five-star recruit graduated high school early to get a head start on his collegiate training...
The Blue Devils kick off a new season on Saturday, seeking to recover from last year's 1-10 record with no ACC wins. Click for The Chronicle's Complete Coverage of Duke and its ACC Football rivals.
Sometime during the 13 years Virginia head coach Al Groh spent working under Bill Parcells at several NFL stops, the now-Dallas Cowboys' coach gave Groh a piece of advice he still has not forgotten.