Category: Interviews

Former captain and defensive lineman Mike Ramsay took some time from his Saturday morning to talk to us about his current life, his college and pro football career and the start of his fiancé’s legal career. One fun fact – he played for the Orlando Apollos and Coach Spurrier!

Mike played at Duke from 2013-2017 and experienced a lot of great moments in Blue Devils football history. We covered those along with the injury-riddled 2016 season and the up-and-down 2017 season. And before you ask, yes, we talked about Miami. You’ve been warned.

Beyond the football talk, we had an interesting discussion about financial literacy, the social issues that are tied into our education system and we get into one of the most informative history podcasts ever, the Revolutions Podcast series on The Haitian Revolution. If you’re not interested in this discussion, just skip over 8:53-17:12. I enjoyed our talk, but understand that some of you may be here for just the football. If you don’t want to listen, that’s fine – skip past it. Don’t blow me up with negative emails, Twitter mentions and the like.

Going back to Haiti’s revolution, the first episode can be found here. I can’t recommend this series, and the entire Revolutions Podcast, enough. Mike Duncan is a great podcaster – start listening to him if you haven’t already.

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You all remember our first interview with Lee in which we discussed, among other things, politics and sports.

Lee was kind enough to return to discuss Spring football, Duke’s coaching staff changes and what to expect from the Blue Devils in 2021. You’ll get some good insight into the life of a Duke football student-athlete and what the team tries to accomplish in the “offseason”. Lee also gave us his thoughts on NIL laws and the Blue Devils’ new AD, Nina King. This was a fun talk that we hope you’ll enjoy.

Thanks, Lee, for stopping by!

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We hope you enjoy a really fun talk with Joe Ajeigbe. I’m sure you remember Joe from his time at Duke. He was on the team from 2013-2016 before transferring to Sacramento State for his final year.

During our interview, we discuss the transfer portal, the business of football, the life of a student athlete (after listening to him explain the football schedule, I don’t know how you guys are able to balance football and academics. Hats off to you guys for doing it because it sounds close to impossible) and, of course Blue Devils football. Joe’s in law school, so I apologize for the, at times, esoteric discussion about legal communication. Oh, and we talk Miami.

This was a very informative talk that we know you’ll enjoy. Thanks, Joe, for taking time to do this interview. It was a blast.

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Former Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk took some time out of his Saturday morning to talk with us about his current life, his time with the Blue Devils and his recovery from three Achilles injuries. As you might expect, we covered some great wins including the Pinstripe Bowl and the 4 OT victory against Virginia Tech.

Thomas also shared his thoughts on Duke’s new AD, Nina King. Turns out he’s impressed! This was a good talk that I think you’ll enjoy. Thanks again, Thomas, for taking time to talk Blue Devils football with us.

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You all remember Takoby Cofield from his time at Duke where he was part of a talented and hardworking offensive line that sent four players, including himself, to the NFL.

Takoby was kind enough to take some time out of a Saturday morning to talk about his professional career in the NFL and CFL, his current job coaching and developing offensive linemen through both TC3 Performance and being the OL coach / running game coordinator at SE Raleigh Magnet High School, the Duke experience as a student and a student-athlete and, of course, Blue Devils football. We do a deep dive into how the program turned a corner in 2012 and his thoughts on what to expect from Duke next season. Not to give away the ending, but I’m excited.

This was a really fun talk that covered a variety of topics. We hope you enjoy it.

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Fans will remember A.J. Wolf from his time at Duke. The man had a motor and wouldn’t be stopped. He had big plays at big moments, including a critical one against Arizona State in the 2014 Sun Bowl. A.J. was kind enough to take some time out of his schedule and join us on the podcast. We had a good talk about how COVID-19 is changing business, his track and field career, how he came to Duke, what his teams accomplished and the challenges they overcame. We do talk about Miami in 2015 and the 2016 season, so consider this your warning. Also, A.J. got me to discuss a planned post I have coming about the different eras of Coach Cutcliffe’s tenure at Duke. I hope you find that interesting.

Thanks, A.J., for stopping by. This was a fun talk. Listen here.

Ryan Stallmeyer, an all-time great linebacker at Duke, took some time out of his day to discuss his time in Durham. But more than that, we talked about him growing up in Cincinnati, his brother, Mike, who also played at Duke, Ryan’s family and his current career. In regard to the Blue Devils, we talked about the challenges Duke faced during the Goldsmith era and the start of the Franks era. This was a fun talk and our TENTH INTERVIEW! We hope you enjoy. Listen here.