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Mike Potter ·
23 Feb 2010, 9:30 PM ·
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Matt Lubick, who spent the last three seasons on the staff at Arizona State, has been added to the Duke football staff.
Lubick will serve as Duke’s passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator while coaching the wide receivers.
At ASU, Lubick was assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator while coaching the safeties.
Lubick is replacing Scottie Montgomery, who left to take a coaching position with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers.
Lewis, Oghobaase to NFL Combine
In other Duke football news, 2009 senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase are headed to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
The event, which begins Wednesday and runs through March 2, will include 329 draft-eligible players.
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Mike Potter ·
14 Feb 2010, 3:30 AM ·
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YOH FOOTBALL CENTER/DURHAM David Cutcliffe says if his Duke football team wants to have spring practice in warmer weather, it would best start winning enough games to get bowl bids.
But the third-year Blue Devil coach wasn’t saying that just to be a tough guy. He just wants to get back to serious work as quickly as possible and figured his team has had plenty of rest since November.
The Blue Devils will have the first of their 15 spring practice days today. They won’t be 15 straight days, of course, but 15 total sessions leading up to the Spring Game on March 27 at Wallace Wade Stadium.
“I told the players when I changed the first day of practice from Monday to Sunday, that it was appropriate to call it the ‘Valentine’s Day Massacre,’” Cutcliffe (pictured) said during a Friday press conference. “Be prepared for a work day. I’m excited about it. … If they want to go a little bit later in the warm, then play in a bowl game. It’s been too long since we’ve played football.”
Cutcliffe also said he would rather have more time for him and his to evaluate his 2010 team than to continue rehashing the 2009 season.
Duke returns 40 lettermen including 18 starters from the 2009 club, which finished 5-7 in earning the most wins for Duke in 15 years. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
21 Jan 2010, 5:19 PM ·
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Four Triangle ACC players are scheduled to play in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Texas vs. The Nation Challenge on Feb. 6 in El Paso.
2009 seniors set to play in the contest include UNC offensive tackle Kyle Jolly and defensive end E.J. Wilson, Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, and N.C. State running back Toney Baker.
Players selected are rated as among the Top 15 at their position by NFL scouts.
Other ACC players on the rosters include Maryland’s fullback Cory Jackson and defensive tackle Travis Ivey, Virginia Tech punter Brent Bowden, Miami tight end Derrick Epps, and Virginia offensive guard Will Barker. Also in the game will be two East Carolina players, running back Dominique Lindsay and defensive tackle Jay Ross.
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Mike Potter ·
5 Jan 2010, 5:20 PM ·
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Duke seniors Vince Oghobaase and Thaddeus Lewis have been invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, scheduled for Feb. 24-March 2 in Indianapolis.
Over 300 players have been invited to the event, which was first held in 1982.
Oghobaase (pictured), a defensive tackle, had 37 tackles including 7 ½ for losses and 2 ½ sacks this season despite missing four games with injuries.
Quarterback Lewis finished his career with 48 school records, and passed for 10,065 yards as a Blue Devil. He completed 274 of 449 passes for 3,330 yards with 20 TDs and eight interceptions for the Blue Devils. Continue reading »
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Jacob Swiger ·
30 Nov 2009, 11:16 PM ·
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Thaddeus Lewis earned second-team honors over several other worthy ACC quarterbacks. (File photo by Rob Rowe)
With the ACC regular season wrapped up, the first and second all-ACC teams were announced Monday, including 13 players from the Triangle.
Duke
The Blue Devils’ high-octane offense was led by quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, who was voted on the second team. Lewis’ primary target, Donovan Varner, made first team and led the league with 5.4 catchers per game.
Kicker Will Snyderwine made the second team as well as linebacker Vincent Rey.
N.C. State
Glaringly absent from the selections is quarterback Russell Wilson, who led the Wolfpack to a dramatic win over UNC Saturday and accounted for 35 touchdowns on the season.
Tight end George Bryan made the first team, and defensive end Willie Young, who recorded eight sacks this season, was on the second team.
North Carolina
Four North Carolina players, the most of any school, earned first-team honors as voted on by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Defensive end Robert Quinn, linebacker Quan Sturdivant, cornerback Kendric Burney and safety Deunta Williams were all selected to the first team.
Burney picked off five passes this season and racked up 200 return yards to reach second in interception return yardage in ACC history.
Defensive tackle Marvin Austin, who is considering turning pro after this season, and linebacker Bruce Carter, who told the media he would be returning for his senior season, both made the second defensive team.
UNC’s only offensive selection came in kicker Casey Barth, and the Tar Heels’ four first-team selections are the most since the 1997 season (six).
For the complete list, visit theACC.com.
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Mike Potter ·
28 Nov 2009, 5:30 PM ·
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WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Duke hasn’t been in this position in quite some time.
If the Blue Devils can beat long-time Big Four rival Wake Forest on a cool, sunny afternoon in the Bull City, they’ll be 6-6 and avoid a losing season for the first time since 1994.
But David Cutcliffe’s club is going to have to break a jinx to do it, as Duke hasn’t beaten the Deacons in the last nine meetings.
Neither team can go to a bowl - Duke because the win over N.C. Central doesn’t count for bowl qualification and Wake (4-7) simply because it can’t win six games.
The ‘what ifs’ are obvious, as Duke opened with an eight-point loss to visiting Division I-FCS power Richmond in a game the Blue Devils would just like to have back. The Deacons had TWO overtime losses, on the road at Boston College and Virginia Tech. That’s probably why Wake is the favorite in Las Vegas, and the oddsmakers turn out to be right as Wake wins 45-34.
Duke has no trouble scoring on its first possession. It takes just three plays to go 58 yards, with Thaddeus Lewis (pictured) hitting Donovan Varner in stride for a 56-yard touchdown. Will Snyderwine adds the kick at 13:56. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
26 Nov 2009, 11:40 PM ·
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Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, #9, could lead his team to a .500 finish if the Blue Devils beat Wake Forest on Saturday. (File photo by Rob Rowe)
Duke’s senior class won’t be going to a bowl game, but the Blue Devils definitely have a chance to accomplish something special on Saturday.
The visitor to Wallace Wade Stadium at 1:30 won’t be multiple arch-rival UNC, since the ACC decided it would rather have the Tar Heels end the season with N.C. State this time.
Instead coming in is Wake Forest (4-7, 2-5 ACC), the Blue Devils’ permanent cross-divisional foe from the Atlantic Division.
Wake has dominated the series against the Blue Devils (5-6, 3-4) in recent years, winning the last nine games.
But if Duke can put together a win in front of the home fans, it will mark the Blue Devils’ first non-losing season since 1994. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
24 Nov 2009, 9:41 PM ·
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Duke coach David Cutcliffe and his team will go for the Blue Devils' first non-losing season since 1994 on Saturday against Wake Forest. (File photo by Rob Rowe).
WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Duke won’t have a possible bowl bid on the line when the Blue Devils host Wake Forest in the season finale for both football teams on Saturday.
So this time, it’s going to be all about Senior Day.
Duke (5-6, 3-4 ACC) can finish its first non-losing season in 15 years with a win over the Deacons (4-7, 2-5), but a couple of losing streaks will have to disappear.
Wake has won nine straight in the series, while the Blue Devils have lost three straight games.
“I didn’t want this to be the damn last press conference in football this year, but it is,” Cutcliffe said, deadpan, at his weekly press luncheon at the Brooks Football Building, at which he gave all the attending media small boxes of baked goods as parting gifts. “Well, Happy Thanksgiving. …
“Our seniors are pretty special people and this is about those nine guys (running back Re’quan Boyette, safety Catron Gainey, offensive tackle Jarrod Holt, quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase, defensive end Ayanga Okpokowuruk, linebacker Vincent Ray, defensive tackle Kinney Rucker and cornerback Leon Wright. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
21 Nov 2009, 7:04 PM ·
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Duke’s hopes to play in its first bowl game in 15 seasons are apparently gone.
Jacory Harris completed 25 of 43 passes for 348 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 21 Miami used a big fourth quarter to put the Blue Devils away 34-16 at Land Shark Stadium.
Duke led 16-10 early in the third period before the hosts recovered to put the game away. Miami (8-3, 5-3 ACC) outgained the Blue Devils 252 yards to 118 over the game’s final 26 minutes.
Miami native Thaddeus Lewis (pictured) completed 20 of 37 passes for 303 yards for Duke, which fell to 5-6 and 3-4 with its third straight loss. The performance gave Lewis the Blue Devils’ career passing yardage lead with 9,678. Fellow Miami native Donovan Varner caught eight passes for a career-high 165 yards and a touchdown for Duke.
Even with a win over Wake Forest in the season finale in Durham, the Blue Devils would likely not be able to play on a bowl game since one of the victories was over transitioning Division I (FCS) N.C. Central.
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Jacob Swiger ·
19 Nov 2009, 7:36 PM ·
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North Carolina (7-3) at Boston College (7-3)
[12 p.m., Nov. 21, Alumni Stadium]
Televised by ESPN2
North Carolina travels to Chestnut Hill to begin its two-game stretch of revenge games — with the first against a Boston College team the Heels thrashed 45-24 in Chapel Hill last season.
BC needs a win and a Clemson loss in order to advance to the ACC title game. UNC is jostling for bowl position, including an outside chance of reaching the coveted Chick-fil-A Bowl.
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