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OK. Time to refocus. Beating the Cheats is always wonderful, no matter the sport. But beating them in football is expecially wonderful. However, let us not lose sight of the fact that one week earlier they gave up 70 points to a non-FBS team. So, viewing this game outside of its UNCheat context, tells me that we have yet to be tested by a quality opponent. The GT game should be instructive. While I feel better about our progress after the UNCheat game, I have not seen enough yet to feel confident about our chances against really good teams. A 2 touchdown margin aganst GT would turn me into a glass-half-full guy. OFC
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Anyone know anything about the guys who got injured? Especially Howard, he's been great so far this season.

Hart you mentioned the Mike McGee years. You and I remember the 1971 team that started great but faltered due to injuries and lack of depth. I don't want to see that happen this season. I think we're deeper this year but not if guys keep going down, especially LBs.

Week 6 - Duke-GT - 8 p.m., 10/5

Welcome to another week of enjoying coverage of an undefeated Duke team.

I'm not sure how, and it wasn't without UNC's help, but the Blue Devils are 5-0 and won their ACC opener. The Victory Bell stays in Durham after two narrow losses over the last two years. Duke doesn't play the most astatically pleasing football ... but as one of my favorite golf phrases goes, "there's no room for comments on the scorecard."

(or, in this case, I guess the of that would be "in the standings.")

Anyway, Duke moves on to face a Georgia Tech team that got everybody's attention with the Week 0 win over FSU in Ireland. GT has lost twice though, both on the road in ACC games, at Syracuse and Louisville. As a programming note: I'm going to Atlanta twice in the next 2 1/2 months ... but will have remote coverage for this one. CTC is Friday night and Wake Forest plays in Raleigh at noon, if you're interested in the logic there.

To get yall caught up on some links before the PFF grades from the UNC game are posted -- coming Monday morning on that game's thread -- here you go:

Feature from last week on Duke's aggressive defense.

Buzzer story from the comeback win.

Feature on Duke "taking teams to the sewer."
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