Early but this would be fine by me

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Lane will absolutely run it up if he has to chance

I hate this matchup because Kiffin is going to do everything possible to try and stomp us in the ground to drive his point about the ACC being a joke. And now without Murphy I’m not sure what to expect from the Duke offense. As inconsistent as he could be he also made some amazing passes as well. Our defense will come to play though for sure.

I read somewhere else that some of Ole Miss' stars have announced they are playing in the Gator Bowl. This will be Manny's biggest challenge yet. Our defense better be stout. I hope the coaches are able to put in some wrinkles with Belin and Loftis playing.

I predict Cameron Sheffield gets his first points in a Duke uniform tonight.

ConorONeill said:

He started 5 games, in which Duke went 3-2, last season.

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* first of the year my bad

I've never heard of them. They were 8-23 last season. Why are we playing them? Is their coach Jon's brother-in-law?

…and looked better with each game.

LetsGoDuke83 said:

I don’t think this has anything to do with Brewer and I really don’t think the staff expected this. I could be 100% wrong tho but if that was the case they didn’t prep any qbs for next year. Putting Loftis against an sec team for his first start could be a disaster

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He started 5 games, in which Duke went 3-2, last season.

I just want to see us have a fast start and take an early big lead.
Incarnate Word is the 350th defense out of 364. Offense needs to go crazy.

Duke 105
Incarnate Word 55

Evans has 20.

hart2chesson said:

Anyone else see the Murphy move coming? Loftis start vs Rebels??? Could this be a sign Brewer is headed out too? OFC

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I don’t think this has anything to do with Brewer and I really don’t think the staff expected this. I could be 100% wrong tho but if that was the case they didn’t prep any qbs for next year. Putting Loftis against an sec team for his first start could be a disaster

Easy win like 94-57

Kon shoots better, Mal blocks a shot.

Glorified scrimmage game. Hopefully a guy like Darren Harris(really our only freshman of note not in rotation), gets serious burn at guard. Duke 92-58.

OFC

Anyone else see the Murphy move coming? Loftis start vs Rebels??? Could this be a sign Brewer is headed out too? OFC

Duke and the entire bench plays a lot of minutes .

Liftee said:

I can't make this one, but I went to the Pinstripe Bowl the year Duke beat Indiana and had a great time!

Represent us well Jeffrey!

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I certainly shall!

OFC

I feel the same way, LGD, but i guess if he wants to transfer, he probably doesn’t want to risk injury. Kind of the same thinking behind the guys who have NFL aspirations in a few months and decide to sit out a bowl game. Although we had a couple of guys suit up last year for our bowl game against Troy last year, even though they were going to transfer.

As many of you know, i wasn’t a big fan of his, due to his reluctance to run, and relatively weak touch and accuracy. But I acknowledged his great plays as well, such as the clincher against Wake. He always seemed like a good kid and represented us well. So I hope he continues to improve (unless it’s against us) and lands in a good spot.

OFC

RJ Barrett led Toronto with 30 points and eight rebounds in a 113-108 loss to the NY Knicks.

I’m honestly not surprised but to not play in the bowl game is shitty

I agree Mitchell was ok, Duke has had plenty of ok players, it doesn’t mean they cannot contribute.

All I’m saying is Mitchell did what was asked of him, he was arguably Duke’s most versatile defender (being able to defend 1-4 positions), and he would have been a part of the rotation had he returned.

Some on here were upset 7 months ago when Duke lost 7 players to the transfer portal and were criticizing the Duke coaching staff and clamoring for more continuity with returning players (not wanting to field a new team each season)

Now that it appears Duke’s coaching staff pieced together the right team for this season. Some on here who were not happy about the players Duke lost such as Mitchell, Stewart (“he is going to shine elsewhere just watch,” was one of the things people were saying), and Power, now some of those same fans that were unhappy initially have done a complete 180 on Duke and it’s staff while criticizing some of Duke’s former players they were so upset about losing 7 months ago.

Duke’s Coaching Staff did a fantastic job piecing together this season’s team. I wish the former players well until they play against Duke.

I'm surprised about Murphy but the way things are I shouldn't be. We will be fine at QB

Mitchell was ok in his two seasons at Duke. But ok just doesn’t cut it, especially in this era.

Stud