Remember when Duke used to beat Wake Forest? It started in 2012 when, after a decade or so of losing to Wake, the Blue Devils ripped off four straight and five out of six from 2012 to 2017. Well, times have changed. Dave Clawson has, like a lot of current ACC coaches, had David Cutcliffe’s number. 2018 saw Wake demolish Duke by 52 points. 2019 was much closer, but that score is misleading because the Blue Devils were helped by two touchdowns in the kicking game. Other than that, the boys from Durham didn’t do much. The only saving grace about 2020 was Duke didn’t lose to Wake – because the Blue Devils didn’t play Wake. It’s the little things in life, right?
Turning back to my habit of looking at trends when making game predictions, the trends say that Wake is a program on the rise. Clawson is currently two games over .500 at Wake and has taken this team to five straight bowl games. Wake comes in 7-0 and a perfect 4-0 in the ACC. While Clawson hasn’t been great in conference play, take out his first two seasons in which he went 2-14, and he’s just about even in the ACC. That’s pretty darned good.
Since Wake first cracked bowl eligibility under Clawson in 2016, Duke has gone off the rails. With just two winning seasons during that time, Cut has coached the Blue Devils to 29 wins and 39 losses. The conference record is an abysmal 11-34. That is just about awful no matter how you try to spin it.
Given how Duke has looked in two of its three conference losses this year, I don’t see the Blue Devils coming away with a win. This Wake Forest team has won about every way a team can win. They started by beating teams in a convincing fashion – look at the scores against Florida State and Virginia. They also put up SEVENTY against Army. And they pulled out two close wins against Louisville and Syracuse. Those are the kind of wins that good teams get. And, checks notes, Duke isn’t getting any of those wins in conference and hasn’t in what feels like forever.
So, what’s my prediction for Saturday? Well, Wake wins. No question about that. What’s the final score? Look, I don’t particularly like doing these because it isn’t easy to get them right consistently. But, since I know you guys like them, I’m taking Wake 42-13. Sorry, but I don’t see the Blue Devils doing much more so long as we don’t let our mobile quarterback run the ball to take pressure off of Mataeo. Maybe we need to think carefully about who calls the plays on offense? Maybe the head coach needs to stop promoting people because they have been there for a long time?
Let me know what you think in the comments or on Twitter.
Duke sure started the season hot at 3-1, but that seems like a distant memory at this point. The Blue Devils are 3-3 after a blowout loss to UNC and another blown lead against Georgia Tech. Tailspin would be a generous way to describe the feeling most of us have at this point. Even the usually upbeat Section 17 crew was pretty pessimistic in its most recent podcast episode. But not me, I’m never one who comes off as a downer and assumes the worst will happen … Yeah, right. This is me we’re talking about.
For my preview this week, I’m going to turn to what I’ve been doing a lot of this season — trends. Since Bronco Mendenhall arrived at UVA in 2016, the Cavaliers have gone 34-34, made it to 3 bowl games and captured the Coastal in 2016. Even in UVA’s worst season under Mendenhall, a 2-10 campaign in 2016, the Cavs still managed to beat Duke. In fact, Mendenhall has never lost to the Blue Devils. Let that sink in for a minute – not even with Daniel Jones could Cutcliffe get a win against Mendenhall. While I like the players on this team a lot, the trends tell a story – Mendenhall is outcoaching Cutcliffe.
Can Duke win this game? Of course. The Blue Devils have a good offensive unit that can score points pretty consistently. A good QB, RB and WR corps (including recent usage of our TEs) can do a lot of damage. Duke’s defense is getting better each week which is another good sign. Factor in the improved OL and you have to think that our boys from Durham have a shot. After all, this UVA team has been pretty inconsistent all season. That said, the Cavs have a real good QB (again, so do the Blue Devils) and won two close games in two weeks. That’s important to keep in mind if this game ends up tight late. Good teams overcome. Bad teams find ways to lose (like repeatedly covering zero instead of conceding the FG to send the game to OT).
To cut to the chase, because I’m starting to feel like I say the same darned thing each week, I like Duke to hang in there, but for UVA to pull it out in the third or fourth. It will probably be like one of those games I grew up watching in the 90s. The Blue Devils would give me hope for a while, but then let the game slip away late. With that in mind, I’m taking UVA to win by a score of 38-27.
I tried to do an audio version of this, but it turned into me ranting and being a little too negative. So, with that in mind, I’m turning back to the written word. My preview will be short and sweet because there are really only two things that you have to look at coming into this game: 1) inconsistency from Georgia Tech; and 2) the larger trend for Duke.
Let’s start with Georgia Tech. Sure, they have been inconsistent. A loss to Northern Illinois, a win against Kennesaw State, a nail-biter against Clemson, a big victory against UNC followed by an embarrassing loss to Pitt screams inconsistency and a likely loss. But, while the Yellow Jackets have put together some bad losses, they have better wins and beat a UNC team that … you remember how that ended. Add to that the pattern of alternating losses and wins and you realize that Georgia Tech is on track to get a win on Saturday.
Now, let’s turn to the Blue Devils’ general trend since the 2019 season and why that’s important for Saturday – blowout losses in conference. Here’s what happened in 2019 – three blowout losses (defined as a margin of victory by the opposing team of at least 20 points) (and the Wake game could have been one but for DPJ’s play on the kicking teams):
Take a look at 2020 and we see the same general pattern:
I count a total of five such losses (BC by 20, UNC by 32, Georgia Tech by 23, Miami by 48 and FSU by 21). And 2021 is off to that same concerning trend with a 31 point loss to UNC.
All of this should worry us coming into Saturday. The coaching staff (notice I’m not saying anything about the players) are not able to field competitive games against ACC teams that have changed coaches in recent years. While other teams are moving forward, we’re still running the same bubble screens we ran when just getting to a bowl game was almost unheard of in Durham.
While Georgia Tech has been inconsistent, the inability of the Duke coaching staff to compete in conference has me thinking that Georgia Tech is likely to win this game, inconsistency issues notwithstanding. The Blue Devils have a chance and can pull it off, but not if we keep running WR screens, botching the Moore package and failing to let Gunnar run the ball. Until we get a different approach to the offense, expect the trends to continue.
My prediction – Georgia Tech 33, Duke 13.
But I want the Blue Devils, the players, to read this, get angry and use this as motivation to win. Make me eat my words, guys – I’ll be more than happy to do it. I’m rooting like crazy for you guys and won’t stop just because of a bad loss. Bull City Coordinators may be pessimistic, but we’ve still got your back.
Let us never forget this glorious moment of football history.
I’m doing a little something different this week for my game preview. Because I despise UNC so much, I cannot and will not engage in any sort of objective breakdown of what to expect on Saturday. I will only state the obvious facts which are more fully set forth below. In brief, Duke will win. And I will tell you how the Blue Devils will do that in a post inspired by one overlooked classic internet comedy bit – Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force giving you his stone cold lock of the century of the week. Be it “Carl’s Pissed”, “Carl” or the ESPN Radio bit “Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week”, this segment was perfect. Carl would make predictions each week, the reasons behind his predictions and would also generally discuss what had pissed him off. The first season when he predicted the Giants would beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl (which they did) was comedy perfection. It’s time to honor the legend. You can watch a few segments at the end of the post. Sorry if they’re a little dated.
That said, the only serious analysis I will do relates to our inability to use timeouts in two minute situations. I think it’s costing us chances to put more points on the board late. So, with that in mind, here’s my take on Saturday’s game. Just imagine a football themed musical arrangement playing in the background as you read this …
It’s Week 5 of the College Football Season and that means one thing, Rivalry Week. It’s that magical time of year when, just before midway through the season, some teams play their biggest rival instead of waiting for the end of the season when bowl games, conference championships and trips to the College Football Playoff are on the line. That means Duke goes to Chapel Hill to deliver a beatdown to North Carolina.
And I know what you’re saying, “There’s no way the Blue Devils can beat the Tar Heels. Look what happened last year.” First and foremost, shut up about that. Just keep in mind that this team was a Jump Pass away from beating the Tar Heels four years in a row back in 2019. And we have a new offensive play caller who is putting up four touchdown games like it’s nothing. That’s exactly why you bypass the former running back with almost a decade of offensive coaching experience in favor of a former walk-on safety who never played an offensive snap in college. Anther example of underappreciated brilliance from our offensive guru head coach.
But I digress. Here’s why Duke can and will win this game. To begin with, we have a quarterback in Gunnar Holmberg. And I don’t mean “quarterback” in the strictest dictionary sense of the word like we’ve had from time to time in seasons past, I mean a real quarterback. With a name like Gunnar, you’re going to do one of two things in life – be a starting quarterback or be a special ops assassin for a government program of dubious legality ala Jason Bourne. Gunnar Holmberg is doing what he was born to do. And he proved it last week when he tackled that Jayhawk defender who thought he had a pick 6. Gunnar ran that guy down and went a little Jason Bourne on that guy and it was beautiful.
But it ain’t just Gunnar. We got a tough as nails tight end in Nicky Dalmolin. And when I say he’s tough as nails, I mean it. I met that kid’s mom at the Kansas game last week. She was so excited to see me that she slapped me right on the chest. And did I get hurt? You bet I did. But it wasn’t too bad. It only took an ER admission followed by five rounds of morphine and a brace for my sternum fracture and I was back in the stands cheering on our beloved Blue Devils. Look, Nicky got “get your game face on” slaps from his mom growing up and while he may have broken the occasional collar bone, he learned two valuable lessons: 1) don’t surprise a lady in line at the concession stand; and 2) be tough. There’s a reason that kid held onto the ball despite the missed PI call against Northwestern. Throw Nicky the ball and let him run through the Tar Heel defense so we can ring the Victory Bell to the sound of a bunch of crying Carolina fans.
And it isn’t just our players, it’s our coaches. We have David Cutcliffe and they have Mack Brown. What has Mack Brown ever done besides winning more than 260 games as a head coach, a national title and a couple of Big 12 championships … Okay, the Tar Heels may have an edge there. But David Cutcliffe is just as good at not winning ACC Championships and disappointing fans as any coach in the league, Mack Brown included. Did you know Mack Brown has never won the ACC? He hasn’t and it wasn’t just his first time in Chapel Hill when Steve Spurrier was taking photographs under the Keenan Memorial Stadium scoreboard.
But enough about Mack Brown’s underperforming distant history. What has Mack Brown done recently? Beat Virginia? Big freaking whoop. Beating a team whose fan base is made up of blazer and bow tie wearing, mint julep drinking losers who walk across “The Grounds” is meaningless. The Cavaliers need to go back to the cotillion where they belong and get off the gridiron.
And Carolina isn’t even losing to good teams. Georgia Tech? Pathetic. How can you lose to a team coached by a guy who can’t even spell his name right? Jeff with G? This is America – get with the program and stop trying to impress the Georgia Tech donor base by spelling your name with a G.
Look, I’m not saying this is going to be a blowout. Mataeo will fumble just enough to make the Tar Heels think they have a chance before breaking a long run for a touchdown on a beautiful Graham Barton pancake block which will seal the game for Duke. And if you say one negative thing about Mataeo and his ball control issues, I will come to your house in the dead of night and sue you like a Tar Heel football player suing a public university over the lousy education he received.
After the Blue Devils win, we’re all meeting at Porter Wilson’s house to party. I love watching that guy punt a football. It’s hard to believe a guy with that moustache-mullet combo doesn’t come on the field with a beer in one hand while taking a drag on a heater when it’s time to punt. Porter Wilson was genetically engineered to flip the field and party. And you know he’ll be partying on Saturday. But it ain’t just going to be him, it’s going to be the entire Duke kicking teams. We’ll celebrate with the finest beers that NIL checks can afford while dining on Charlie Ham’s signature dish – a rum ham. He’s been preparing that Rum Ham just for this game against the Tar Heels and it’s going to be … Wait … The Tar Heels are Rams … Rum Ham … Scratch the Rum Ham and get ready for a Ram Ham, baby – a ham basted not with brown sugar, but with the tears of Carolina’s wine and cheese fan base.
Ben Swain will have the Crying Jordan and the ceiling is the roof memes ready to flood the internet when the Blue Devils shock the world by beating the Tar Heels by a score of say, 52-9. We’ll pick a reasonable number of points for the Tar Heels offense to put up. Get ready for Duke to ring the Victory Bell for the first time since 2018 when Daniel Jones shredded the Carolina defense and got Larry Fedora fired. C’mon, Blue Devils, win this one and get us closer to a bowl game!
It’s hard to believe, but Duke is on a winning streak. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, our Blue Devils have won two straight games. With a 1-2 Kansas Jayhawks football team coming to town, Duke has a chance to get to 3-1.
The team captains will look to continue their strong play Saturday at Wallace Wade.
For this week’s preview, here are four things the Blue Devils have going for them heading into this game:
While Duke hasn’t put together a complete game yet, Kansas is reeling right now. The Jayhawks skated past South Dakota in Week 1 and followed it up with two losses against Coastal Carolina (49-22) and Baylor (45-7). Losing becomes contagious and, given the circumstances surrounding Les Miles leaving, the program is in a state of uncertainty. That’s never a good thing.
The Blue Devils have two really, really good running backs that can control the game. Given that Kansas has given up over 200 yards rushing in each of the last two weeks, expect Mataeo Durant and Jordan Waters to get lots of touches. And if Durant and Waters are carrying the ball a lot, expect Gunnar to do what he does best – make plays to keep drives going. Gunnar is currently completing 71% of his passes and coming through in the clutch (like that great pass to Eli Pancol last week – it must be The Wolitzer Group connection!). When you go heavy on the run, you need a quarterback to do what Gunnar has done all season – convert passes on third down to keep the drive alive. Between Gunnar and the running game, you have to like Duke’s chances.
Moving to the defensive side of the ball, the Blue Devils are coming off their best game of the season. Duke forced five turnovers and picked up two sacks. The defensive line looked much improved and all signs indicate that it will continue next week against a team that only managed 57 passing yards against Baylor.
Finally, the kicking teams continues to play well. I see no reason that won’t continue. We have a really, really good kicking teams unit. Expect that unit to keep us in a lot of games this season.
Despite all the positives, there are some things that we need to be worried about. Those things are:
Kansas has a mobile QB. Duke is susceptible to running quarterbacks, as was established by the fact that Northwestern’s backup almost brought the team back from a 30-0 deficit. So, yeah, I’m a little worried about that. If the defensive line doesn’t maintain coverage, doesn’t stay gap disciplined and tries to make a big play on every down as opposed to making a play, it could be a long day.
No one is expecting Kansas to win. The Jayhawks have nothing to lose in this game. All the pressure is on the Blue Devils. With a big rivalry game coming next week, this could turn into the proverbial trap game for Duke.
Concerns aside, I don’t think that Gunnar, Jake and Mataeo will overlook this game. Expect the Blue Devils offense to do whatever it takes to win this game. Further, DeWayne Carter, Ben Frye, Josh Blackwell, Lummie Young and the rest of the defense will come out ready to prove that the Northwestern game wasn’t a fluke. I like Duke in this game. And I can’t wait to be in Section 24, Row C cheering for the Blue Devils. If you’re at the game, please stop by. It’d be great to meet you guys.
Tell me what you think in the comments or on Twitter.
Duke is back in the win column after beating NCA&T last week. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win. And after what happened against Charlotte, we’ll take the W and be happy about it. But a much, much tougher challenge awaits this week, the Northwestern Wildcats. This is a team that hasn’t looked great so far this season, but nonetheless remains a dangerous team. They are in the Big Ten after all. As far as a breakdown for the game and what to expect, I’m going to do something a little different this week and go over key parts of the soon to be competing teams to see who has the edge coming into the game.
Gunnar Holmberg looking happy after bringing home his first win as Duke’s quarterback.
Let’s start with the head coaches. Northwestern has Pat Fitzgerald. The Blue Devils have David Cutcliffe. While Cutcliffe has done a lot of good things at Duke, I’m going to give the edge to Northwestern on this one. Fitzgerald’s career is remarkable for its consistency. His overall record is 107-82. He is 5-5 in bowl games – that’s 10 total bowl games (more than Cutcliffe has been to since he became head coach at the end of the 2007 season). Fitzgerald’s teams finished in the Top 25 five times. He has a winning record in conference. On top of that, he has three ten win seasons. Pretty impressive.
Compared to Cut’s time in Durham, Fitzgerald has a clear lead, especially of late. Cut is sub-.500 at Duke and his conference record isn’t much to write home about (35-71). Duke has been trending down since The Jump Pass – compiling a total of four wins since that disastrous play. The 2020 season is particularly instructive in understanding the differences in directions for the two programs. Northwestern finished in the Top 10 while the Blue Devils fell to 2-9 (1-9) and tied for 14th in the ACC. Advantage goes to Northwestern on this one. If you disagree, I’d love to hear why.
What about the defense? I’m going to have to give the edge to Northwestern again. While the Wildcats didn’t look great against Michigan State, they did hold Indiana State to 6 points. Duke’s defense is still a work in process. This unit has continued to struggle on third down, particularly third and long, and just doesn’t look right. Maybe they will come together on Saturday, but until we see it, I think we have to expect Northwestern to do more on defense. Fitzgerald was a linebacker at Northwestern back in the day, so expect his defense to do well. I’m hopeful that everything will click for the Blue Devils on Saturday, but the inability to get stops against Charlotte and A&T is concerning.
What about the offense? I’m going with Gunnar, Jake and Mataeo on this one. I’ve said it a lot, but this team was real close to scoring 40+ points against Charlotte and looked pretty darned impressive last week against A&T. Gunnar has a swagger and Mataeo and Jake look like men on a mission. Northwestern hasn’t looked particularly strong and has had injuries to key players to deal with. Cut is supposedly an “offensive guru”, and given how well Gunnar has played these first two weeks, I’m taking Duke’s offense. I mean, we have a quarterback who can throw deep. Why wouldn’t I pick the Blue Devils?
Kicking teams (that’s what I call the special team – deal with it)? Sorry, but we have the best punter in the country. Don’t @ me. Duke by a mile here. I think our kicking teams can give us some points and help keep us in the game.
So, where does this leave us? I think that Duke can win. Gunnar, Mataeo and Jake have a swagger about them and if we’ve learned anything from the podcasts we’ve done, it’s that confidence goes a long way. Once a team starts to believe in itself, anything is possible. The offense looks pretty confident, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to expect them to play well and to carry this team to a win. I think it’ll be a close, hard-fought game, but a fun one to watch.
To conclude, I’m taking the Blue Devils to win. Go Duke!
Duke returns to action Friday night to play North Carolina A&T at 8pm at Wallace Wade. This is a must-win for the Blue Devils in every respect. Duke inexplicably lost to Charlotte last week and cannot, repeat, cannot afford another loss. A bowl game was always going to be tricky for the Blue Devils this season and a loss to Charlotte made the difficult even more so.
David Cutcliffe trying to comprehend the decision to let the quarterback try to sneak for a touchdown instead of handing the ball to either of his two running backs who were dominating the game.
What should we expect from Duke this week? I’m not sure. Losing to Charlotte is embarrassing. There’s no way around it. And it’s hard to comprehend how this team could go out and lose to a team that they resoundingly beat last season. Because of the nature of this loss, fans are upset – but who cares about us? Really, we’re not that important when it comes to making a difference on the field and we should remember that when we interact with players on Twitter and social media. That said, alums are upset – that’s significant because alums can force change at the top. Former football players are very, very upset – and that’s also significant. Given that Cut is nearing the end of his current contract, what the former players have to say will be important when it comes to the decision Nina King will ultimately have to make.
I hope that the team is more upset than the fans, alums and former players. And I hope that they demonstrate that against A&T by playing extremely physical and disciplined football. The margin of victory isn’t important to me – whether this team comes out focused and seeks to win every play and every down. How physical this team plays will be telling as far as what we can expect from this team going forward. The defense can’t give up 218 yards on a total of 6 plays. That just can’t happen.
These three men will have to demand accountability from the players.
If this team comes out, makes plays, shows leadership and plays physical football, we can be cautiously optimistic heading into Week 3 against Northwestern. If this team comes out and coasts, it’ll be a long season. I’m hoping this team gets the message, is humbled by an embarrassing loss and comes out focused and determined this week and every other week.
But it will take more than just that. The coaches will have to pull players who aren’t being focused, aren’t showing leadership, aren’t being disciplined and aren’t where they are supposed to be doing what they’re supposed to do as well as they can do it. The staff will have to end the “it’s your turn to play” approach and bench people who aren’t productive. Loyalty is nothing without accountability and both the players and coaches have to demand it.
Duke will (mercifully) finish its football season this Saturday in Tallahassee. If the Blue Devils’ history against the Seminoles is any guide, Duke will lose. If this season, particularly the last three games, is any guide, the Blue Devils will lose. Badly. I thought about doing an analysis of FSU’s relative struggles this year, Duke’s anemic offense and now horrendous defense (you can’t say you have a good defense when you give up 48 or more in three straight games) and how two pretty lousy teams will match up against one another.
But what’s the point of that? It presupposes that the Blue Devils will actually show up and put together a complete game in all three phases. When was the last time that this team did that? Charlotte? How can a team play well when the offense is insistent on turning the ball over at every opportunity. Let’s be honest, all indications are that this team quit, gave up, mailed it in (it’s hard to blame them when the head coach doesn’t demand accountability). Other than the punter and the kicker, this team is just plain awful.
Instead of analyzing how two bad teams will match up against each other, I am going to put this team’s final record, win or lose, in historical perspective.
If Duke loses on Saturday, it will finish the season with 2 wins. You read that right. 2 wins. That would be the fewest under Coach Cutcliffe’s tenure and Duke’s worst season since 2007 when Ted Roof was the head coach. The Blue Devils finished that year 1-11 and Duke got a new coach. A 2-9 finish would be the same record Roof put together in 2004, his first full season at the helm, and the same as Fred Goldsmith’s 1997 team, his second-to-last in Durham.
If the Blue Devils somehow win the game, the team would finish 3-8 – one win fewer than Cutcliffe’s first year and practically the same result his teams put together in 2010 and 2011. 3-8 would be the same record Carl Franks amassed in 1999 during his first season as head coach. Goldsmith had the same record in 1995, his second season on the Wallace Wade sidelines. Barry Wilson put together a 2 win season in 1992 and a 3 win season in 1993. He was then asked to leave. So, regardless of whether Duke wins or loses the game, the result is a season that is in line with when the program was at its absolute worst. Like I’ve been saying all year – we’ve come full circle.
Win or lose, there is no disputing the fact that the program has regressed. Cutcliffe supposedly raised the bar in Durham. More is expected of the Blue Devils in football. And, if that is true, then Cutcliffe has to be held accountable.
Oh, and before I conclude, I am going to predict a Seminoles victory. Sorry, but I don’t see it happening any other way.
There are two games left in this long and miserable season. For reasons that aren’t particularly clear to me, Duke will play Georgia Tech in a prime time game this Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 7pm. At 2-5, there isn’t much to expect from the Blue Devils. We’ve written extensively about the sloppy play all season, so I won’t rehash that here. All I can hope for is that something will change on Saturday.
Will it?
Coach Cutcliffe speaks to his quarterbacks.
If Duke plays Chase Brice, I have to say no. In doing my prep for this article, I was surprised to see how many close games the Blue Devils had this season. NCSU, VT and Notre Dame were all two possession games. (Don’t forget that Virginia got away late.) If you cut out the turnovers (by which I mean, don’t play Chase Brice), Duke may well have gone 2-1 in those games. That would give the Blue Devils 4 wins and would make it a much more palatable season. If this team were hovering at .500 in the time of COVID-19, none of us would complain. (Well, we might, but we shouldn’t.)
But wins haven’t been forthcoming because the quarterback turns the ball over too much. Since you can’t expect Brice to stop doing that this late in the year, Cutcliffe will need to start Gunnar Holmberg if he wants to get a win. Maybe Holmberg isn’t the answer. Maybe he won’t turn things around. While we don’t yet know what he’s capable of, we do know what Brice is capable of. And that’s why I think we all agree it’s time for a change. Let’s see what Holmberg can do before the season is over so we can plan for next season.
But even with Holmberg in, can Duke beat Georgia Tech?
Despite my generally negativity, I think there’s a decent shot. The Blue Devils got a win last year (I was there, it was a fun game) at home. And recent history has been kind to Duke. Since 2015, the Blue Devils are 4-1 against the Yellow Jackets. This year, Georgia Tech has struggled to a 2-5 record, lost three straight and haven’t played since October as a result of games against Pitt and Miami being postponed. The Yellow Jackets also lost to Syracuse which is Duke’s lone conference win of the season.
So, a win is possible. But will the Blue Devils do it? If Holmberg plays, I think so. He gets rid of the ball quickly, throws the ball better and can run. That gives the offense an opportunity to click and get rolling. However, if we see more Brice, this game is a loss, no question about it. He’ll turn the ball over, make mistakes and cost us the game.
We’ll have to see what Cutcliffe decides to do. I can’t see why he would play Brice again, but there’s a lot that he’s done this year that hasn’t made sense to me. Let’s see what happens Saturday night. Regardless, Go Duke!
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