Virginia did its best to give its ACC opener against Duke away. Unfortunately, the Blue Devils were not prepared to take advantage.
For all of Duke's miscues in the kicking game and its failures to convert key offensive opportunities, its inability to simply tackle cost the Blue Devils against Virginia Saturday.
When Duke opens a four-game road trip at Virginia intent on snapping a double-digit losing streak, it will have some welcome help at linebacker.
After suffering an embarrassing 23-3 loss to Wyoming last weekend, Virginia head coach Al Groh was disappointed in the team's performance considering he returned 18 starters from a year ago.
Any college football coach is justified in being upset about losing a game by 34 points after leading at halftime.
Georgia Tech fans expected a dropoff from last season after losing All-American Calvin Johnson and longtime starting quarterback Reggie Ball to the NFL and graduation, respectively.
Although the Blue Devils continue to emphasize the forward progress of their program, the fans Saturday did otherwise.
After the first 30 minutes of the 2007 season, the Blue Devils were up 14-11 and looked as if they might come away with their first victory in 21 games.
Following arguably Duke's most winnable game this season, the stat sheet seemed to suggest that the Blue Devil defense was largely to blame for Saturday's blowout loss to Connecticut.
Asack Appears Duke sophomore quarterback Zack Asack saw his first on-field action with the Blue Devils since Nov. 19, 2005, when he entered the game at the 2:53 mark of the first quarter. Asack,...
One of Duke's biggest question marks in 2006-the offensive line-may become its biggest strength in 2007.
After a disappointing 0-12 finish last season, Duke's offense cited its extreme inexperience as the root of its struggles.
During head coach Ted Roof's 5-34 career at Duke, his offense has suffered from a lack of consistency and leadership primarily because he has played six different quarterbacks.
Three years ago, Connecticut went 8-4 and beat Toledo 39-10 in the Motor City Bowl behind star senior quarterback Dan Orlovsky.
After 78 years, Wallace Wade Stadium is in line for a makeover.
Heading into his fourth full year as Duke's head coach, Ted Roof is hoping to steer the Blue Devils out of the bottom of the ACC. Duke finished 0-12 last season and has lost its last 22 games...
Duke's football program isn't shying away from taking on challenging schedules in its upcoming seasons.
It remains to be seen whether or not the Blue Devils will be able to snap the nation's longest losing streak, at 20 games.
After Saturday's game at Wallace Wade Stadium, head coach Ted Roof said running the spring scrimmage was like having to constantly change his cap.
Trailing eventual ACC Champion Wake Forest by just one point with less than nine seconds left on the clock, Duke was in excellent position to win the Sept. 9 game.
