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Mike Potter ·
17 Feb 2010, 11:45 AM ·
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Duke has placed a conference-high 11 players on the 42-man ACC All-Academic football team, while N.C. State has three players on the list and UNC one.
The list was announced on Wednesday by conference commissioner John Swofford.
To be eligible, a player must have earned at least a 3.00 GPA for both previous semester and his cumulative academic career.
Duke placed All-ACC linebacker Vincent Rey, a senior, and All-ACC kicker Will Snyderwine, a junior, along with sophomore punter Kevin Jones who was honored for the second straight year.
Other Blue Devils on the squad are junior linebacker Adam Banks, sophomore cornerback Lee Butler, sophomore defensive back Matt Daniels, sophomore tackle Kyle Hill, junior guard Mitchell Lederman, freshman guard Brian Moore, junior cornerback Chris Rwabukamba and sophomore wideout Johnny Williams.
From N.C. State are sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson, senior guard Andy Barbee and senior safety Bobby Floyd.
Junior tackle Mike Ingersoll is the selection from UNC.
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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 ·
3 Feb 2010, 6:08 PM ·
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BROOKS FOOTBALL BUILDING/DURHAM “Duke football got better today. Absolutely, Duke football got better today.”
That was Blue Devil coach David Cutcliffe’s assessment of the third recruiting class of his tenure, in which there are nine North Carolinians in the class of 19 players.
Cutcliffe announced the signing of two quarterbacks, eight backs and nine linemen to national letters of intent at his annual signing day press luncheon.
And a key part of that is the North Carolinians, most of them from across the Piedmont portion of the state. Smithfield-Selma running back Josh Snead and Tarboro offensive tackle Takoby Cofield are the two from the local TV market.
Cutcliffe said the Blue Devils’ recruiting efforts in the state are getting consistently better.
“I’m really thankful for the coaches in the state of North Carolina and what they’ve done working with us,” Cutcliffe said. “We’re just thrilled with the (in-state) results and we’re deep into that again. Looking across the state over the next few years, you’re going to see more and more and more players at Duke out of the state of North Carolina for lots of reasons and first and foremost because of the quality of the athletes and the coaches. …
“I have a lot of long-term relationships in the state of North Carolina. I came over here as a very young, full-of-hair coach back in the ’80s and signed some good players and made some good friends. Fortunately I’m not so old that all of those friends have retired. … I think the coaches in North Carolina realize that we’re going to listen to what they say. I don’t think there’s any question that recruiting and winning go hand in hand. When you recruit better it’s easier to win games, and when you win games it’s easier to recruit. The quality of the player that is interested (in Duke) is getting better.” 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 ·
19 Nov 2009, 4:10 PM ·
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Miami native Thaddeus Lewis, shown here against Georgia Tech, will need a big game in his hometown Saturday to lead Duke past Miami and keep the Blue Devils bowl-eligible. (File photo by Rob Rowe)
If the worst-case scenario happens on Saturday, at least Duke got this far.
The Blue Devils are facing, let’s face it, a “must win” game against No. 21 Miami, and they’re going to be pretty big underdogs on the road.
David Cutcliffe’s team will have to get its biggest win in 15 years to stay eligible for a bowl game. If the Blue Devils put together four quarters of brilliance, taking pieces of the kind of games they played in road wins over Army and N.C. State and Virginia, they have a chance.
And that seems to be all Cutcliffe has been asking.
“You focus yourself and your mind on accomplishing everything in your power to prepare to win,” Cutcliffe said about how to beat a team that looks better on paper. “We don’t worry about Saturday, we don’t worry about (last) Saturday. We’re in between. If you plan well and prepare well and focus on what you can do, you have to identify your challenges. I can tell you 5,000 reasons we won’t win. But if I tell you 5,000 reasons we won’t win I have to tell you 5,000 things we’re going to do about it. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
14 Nov 2009, 4:58 PM ·
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Georgia Tech proudly displays a sign created by a fan after clinching its championship of the ACC's Coastal Division. (Photo by Rob Rowe)
WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Duke still has a chance to accomplish plenty of things this football season as it goes into a home game against No. 7 Georgia Tech on a cool, sunny Saturday.
But for the Blue Devils to accomplish any major goals, they probably need to win today.
They’re already having their best season in 15 years, but it could get a lot better.
With three games left in the regular season, Duke needs to win two to get into its first bowl game since 1994. With three wins the Blue Devils could actually make the ACC Championship Game, and they wouldn’t be heavy underdogs if they get there. The winner of that goes to a BCS bowl. But those big dreams all depend on today, and that means Duke has to figure out a way to beat the No. 2 rushing team in the country.
The Yellow Jackets, who are trying to claim the Coastal Division title and a spot in the ACC Championship Game, could still win the National Championship if five teams ahead of them lose.
Scouts from the Champs Sports and Chick-Fil-A Bowls are in the house again.
Tech has won five straight in the series, and handled the Blue Devils 27-0 last year.
There will be no miracle today, as the Yellow Jackets recover from a rough first 13 minutes to win 49-10. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
13 Nov 2009, 12:41 AM ·
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Duke’s Will Snyderwine is one of the 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award, given annually to the nation’s top placekicker.
Snyderwine has made 11 of 12 field-goal attempts this season, including his last 11 attempts.
Three finalists will be honored at the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Awards Banquet on Dec. 8 in West Palm Beach, FL. The winner will be announced on the ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Dec. 10.
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Mike Potter ·
12 Nov 2009, 6:46 PM ·
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Duke's Thaddeus Lewis, #9, shown in action at N.C. State, may need something akin to the 80 percent passing effort he had against the Wolfpack to lead the Blue Devils past Georgia Tech. (File photo by Rob Rowe)
Duke will have to believe in miracles on Saturday.
The math says that the Blue Devils are still in the race to win the ACC’s Coastal Division and somehow wind up in a BCS bowl. But Coach David Cutcliffe’s club would have to pull off a couple of big-time upsets to accomplish that.
The challenge in front of their noses comes on Saturday as the Blue Devils (5-4, 3-2) who had their three-game winning streak snapped in a 19-6 loss at UNC in the annual Battle for the Victory Bell, host a No. 7 Georgia Tech team (9-1, 6-1 ACC) that is on a seven-game winning streak and still has a smidgen of hope for playing for the National Championship.
Tech has won 13 of the last 14 meetings, each of the last five, and rolled Duke 27-0 in Atlanta last year. So a Duke victory would be one heck of a big upset.
“When you’re playing a team that possesses the ball as well as Georgia Tech does, the best way to prevent them from dominating the ball is try to stay on the field yourself,” Cutcliffe said. “Your offense is not just playing their defense, your offense is playing their offense. You don’t want to put your defense right out on the field after they’ve just put together a 12-14 play drive. Last year we just couldn’t generate much offense against them.
“With the wishbone offense, what you try to have, and I think it’s a necessity, you’ve got to have a quarterback who can operate and they’ve got that (in Josh Nesbitt). You’ve got to have a fullback who is tough, durable and a big-time threat. They have that (in Jonathan Dwyer). And to me the other great variable is to have a great wide receiver (like Demaryius Thomas) that’s a difficult one-on-one matchup.” Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
2 Nov 2009, 6:44 PM ·
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Three Duke players and one from UNC are on the list of weekly football honorees from the ACC released today.
Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis shared offensive back of the week honors with Miami’s Jacory Harris, while kicker Will Snyderwine was named specialist of the week and wide receiver Conner Vernon rookie of the week.
The Tar Heels’ Tydreke Powell was named defensive linemen of the week.
Lewis was 24-for-40 for 343 yards and a touchdown in the Blue Devils’ 28-17 win at Virginia on Saturday. Snyderwine hit five field goals of between 25 and 44 yards, while Vernon caught seven passes for 103 yards and the go-ahead touchdown.
Powell was a standout in the Tar Heels’ 20-17 win Thursday night at then No. 14 Virginia Tech, registering a sack, a forced fumble and a deflected pass with three tackles.
Duke (5-3, 3-1 ACC) will visit UNC (5-3, 1-3) on Saturday at 3:30 in a game to be shown on ESPNU.
The ACC’s other weekly award winners were Florida State’s Rodney Hudson (offensive lineman) and Boston College’s Luke Kuechly (defensive back).
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