I agree I have never been so mad at officiating as last night. The roughing the passer call was awful. The illegal motion was a good call and it hurt us. We make the first down and it's over.@skysdad and myself aren't here to berate ACC officials for our health. We've both seen enough Duke-UNC games to know when things simply don't add up.
Last nite was the ULTIMATE SCREWJOB against Duke. (Btw, UNC troll I know you're reading this today and getting your jollies so read on). I counted no less than FOUR CRITICAL calls against Duke that played a role in last nite's outcome. The fix was clearly on. The zebras WERE NOT going to let Duke win that game.
I love and will not stop loving Duke coach Mike Elko. The man should be 6-1 right now in a world without corruption.
However something is going on. Two weeks in a row Duke has been beaten by ACC officials. I have watched Duke football close to sixty years. I know when the fix is in.
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I think you’re on to something. Our DB’s are fast, and largely tackle well, but they are consistently outgunned on 50-50 balls. WR’s are getting bigger and stronger every year, so small DB’s are going to be obsolete soon.Oh and one more thing. #11 killed us. Was this the result of not double teaming him, or as usual are our DB's too small? I have said for a long time that our short DBs have no chance on the 50-50 balls and that's what killed us last night. That's just a case of being outmanned.
No,I am right there with you Sky. I am the same way. It's a combination of "losing to a cheating program," and the very bizarre nature of calls along the way(especially at the end). Unfortunately, "you can't beat city hall." City Hall has and always will run thru Cheater Hill.It hurts to much for me to even talk about. I guess I take losing to a cheating program to hard. OFC
Good one jeffrey!!! OFCThe ACC announced today the football players of the week. Remarkably, no officials from Saturday night’s game were chosen. Apparently voter turnout from UNC reps was low.
A Duke insider I talked to last evening told me it was a "blatantly horrible call." I would suggest you NOT rewatch king, as it will make you more "pissed off." We must refocus now to Miami because we can win the game. If we're still replaying the Carolina game in our minds we'll get blitzed.I'd like to see the replay of the chop block. I might have been so pissed off I missed the replay.
5-star, No. 7 in the nation -- I would almost guarantee he's a scholarship guy. The long-snapper they have is a grad transfer and, all jokes aside about it being a position you don't notice until it's a problem ... it's been an issue.so we got a commitment from a '23 long snapper named Jake Ronillo. i dont know how they rate these guys but he is a 5 star snapper rated #7 in the nation. considering the issues we have had with the snaps this year i have to say i am a fan of this. i dont know if he is a grey shirt, pwo or a full scholly but considering the bad snap helped us lose the unc game i just want improvement down the road. conor can probably straighten out the scholly question down the road.
ps read on another site where they had another snapper in this weekend but when he saw this kid he knew that duke was not in his future. says a lot about our new recruit i think.
Q&A on Miami ahead of Saturday's game. (free)
Also in case you're interested ... Duke's next game will be at BC and they play at Wake this week. Their publisher did a fantastic job on this Q&A, if you want to read up about Duke's next opponent.
Knowing the integrity of Coach Cut I feel his is pleased. Despite his later failure as Duke's coach he is a man of high charactor not like some of his counter parts at cheater u butch davis and now mack brown. I really wish Coach Cut well. He got Duke back to where we are respectable. He just hung around to long and todays game past him by just as a lot of things have past me by. I will always hold Coach Cut in high regard and he will always have a soft spot in my heart for him. Hart I do understand that all Duke fans do not look at things as I do and I respect that. My wish is that in three to five years Duke football fans still hold Coach Elko in high regard as we do now. OFCWonder how Cutcliffe feels about Elko overachieving with his holdovers??? Hmmm.
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Liftee we did wait a year too long. More specifically, Kevin White was our AD a year too long.Thanks Conor. It is a hard game to call. Now that Ga Tech lost to UVA, it makes me scratch my head how Duke could have been dominated for 3 periods.
in answer to Hart's question, Cut probably feels his recruited players were a year away. Of course we know that that year was never going to come. I think the Administration waited a year too long.
Sky I respect your opinions, always! Cut just got more stubborn with each passing day, refusing to junk a dusty old offensive playbook. He also refused to hire competent asst coaches generally, and refused to fire incompetent assts. The best thing about Duke football last year was Cut's buyout. The 2nd best was the hiring of Coach Elko.I will not change feelings about Elko-hes our smartest coach since Spurrier.Knowing the integrity of Coach Cut I feel his is pleased. Despite his later failure as Duke's coach he is a man of high charactor not like some of his counter parts at cheater u butch davis and now mack brown. I really wish Coach Cut well. He got Duke back to where we are respectable. He just hung around to long and todays game past him by just as a lot of things have past me by. I will always hold Coach Cut in high regard and he will always have a soft spot in my heart for him. Hart I do understand that all Duke fans do not look at things as I do and I respect that. My wish is that in three to five years Duke football fans still hold Cosch Elko in high regard as we do now. OFC
Agree hoops. This is yet another game we can win if we execute for 4 quarters. OFCI think this game is maybe the most important of the year. For many years we have seen Duke’s football team fade after 5 or 6 games and start to get blown out . If Duke can make this a competitive game for 4 quarters I will believe they have taken a large step forward in the program. Hoping for a 27-24 Duke upset in South Beach.
Good preview Conor. Sounds like the rubber meets the road tomorrow. Our solid rushing attack vs their ability to stop the run.
Sky I respect your opinions, always! Cut just got more stubborn with each passing day, refusing to junk a dusty old offensive playbook. He also refused to hire competent asst coaches generally, and refused to fire incompetent assts. The best thing about Duke football last year was Cut's buyout. The 2nd best was the hiring of Coach Elko.I will not change feelings about Elko-hes our smartest coach since Spurrier.
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Cut's in rear view, Sky, thank God. Elko has already won more games than he won last year, and snapped the ACC LOSING STREAK!!! OFCCoach Cut is gone. He's our age. I just say let him be and let's move on with Coach Elko .OFC
Sky we're 2-2 in the ACC. If it weren't for the zebras we'd be 4-0 in the Coastal and 7-1 overall!!! This team is "resilient" like Coach Elko says. We bounced back from two heartbreakers, and kicked some Hurricane @$$ today in their backyard. Duke ended the game scoring 28 UNANSWERED POINTS!!!! It's CELEBRATION TIME for this Duke team, after entering the game as a 10 point underdog!!!Big conference with today Duue winning over Miami 45-21. With a couple of breaks over the last two weeks we could be 3-0 in the conference and 6-1 overall. Definately headed in the right direction and can see a couple of more possible wins the next of the regular season. OFC.