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Last year, Duke’s season was marred by injuries and sicknesses that kept many of the Blue Devils’ best (then-senior defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase) and most promising (then-freshman wide receiver Tyree Watkins) players off the field for significant portions of the year. This season, Duke looks like it is ready to evade the injury bug. Entering Saturday night’s [...]...
Date: 2 September 2010 | 1:39 pm
In a break with protocol, the Blue Devils decided this year to elect three permanent captains. Redshirt seniors Abraham Kromah, Chris Rwabukamba and senior Bryan Morgan were selected by their teammates to represent Duke week in and week out. The coaching staff backed the decision and will also name a fourth game captain each week. Redshirt [...]...
Date: 1 September 2010 | 9:00 am
Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe is known for starting press conferences off on a lighthearted note. Today’s media luncheon was no exception. “I have a bulletin that just came in from Duke Sports Medicine,” said Cutcliffe to start off his talk. “It informs me that the sports information office is no longer allowed to play [...]...
Date: 31 August 2010 | 3:33 pm
With the 2010 football season just over a week away, Duke has sold out its allotment of season tickets at Wallace Wade Stadium. While it is unclear the last time that Duke sold out all of its season tickets, it is clear that it has been at least a decade. “I think it’s huge, for the momentum [...]...
Date: 26 August 2010 | 7:21 pm
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks, The Blue Zone will preview the 2010 Duke Blue Devils position by position, leading up to the season opener versus Elon on September 4. Last week, Stuart Price previewed the offensive and defensive lines. This week, Jacob Levitt previews the offensive and defensive lines, and next week Jason Palmatery will look [...]...
Date: 23 August 2010 | 10:00 am
If head coach David Cutcliffe wanted to test his team’s improvement over the past few years, he sure picked the right schedule. When the Preseason USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ Poll was released two weeks ago, one might notice a startling number of the nation’s 25 best teams are also included in Duke’s list of opponents [...]...
Date: 20 August 2010 | 10:46 am
Sean Renfree looked solid in Duke’s first preseason scrimmage Monday—even if he wasn’t necessarily throwing to his best receivers. The Blue Devils’ starting quarterback was 12-for-17 for 153 yards in the scrimmage, but the story of the day was injuries to Duke’s talented receiving corps. Donovan Varner, a first-team All-ACC player last season, sat out the [...]...
Date: 18 August 2010 | 2:14 pm
Former Blue Devil quarterback Thaddeus Lewis saw limited playing time in the St. Louis Rams’ preseason opener Saturday against the Minnesota Vikings. But he made the most of his four minutes and 38 seconds on the gridiron. Lewis took the field at the 6:38 mark in the fourth quarter and completed 5-of-6 passes for 46 yards. He [...]...
Date: 16 August 2010 | 9:15 pm
Editor’s Note: Over the next four weeks, The Blue Zone will preview the 2010 Duke Blue Devils position by position, leading up to the season opener versus Elon on September 4. Last week, Laura Keeley examined Duke’s wide receivers. This week, Stuart Price previews the offensive and defensive lines, and next week Jacob Levitt will look at linebackers and [...]...
Date: 16 August 2010 | 8:23 am
The Blue Devils officially kicked off their season yesterday with the season’s first day of practice. The media was there, and today we have an abundance of interviews and first impressions of Duke. Here’s everything we could find about the team—in one convenient place. David Cutcliffe wonders why Duke got such a late start date: ” [...]...
Date: 10 August 2010 | 7:15 pm
Jerry's back, this time with an extended extravaganza of picks. What does he think of teams Nos. 70-51?
Date: 23 July 2010 | 12:32 pm
A few of the best tidbits, in my opinion, of the first half of this summer's Countdown. Share it with your friends.
Date: 8 July 2010 | 3:47 pm
What are five things I like about Duke in 2010? What about five things I don't? This list has all the answers.
Date: 27 June 2010 | 5:58 pm
Could this be the year for Duke to return to bowl play? After making steps toward that goal over the last two years, I think the Blue Devils land that coveted sixth win in 2010.
Date: 27 June 2010 | 2:49 pm
As you exit off the south end of the miserable stretch of road known as the New Jersey Turnpike, pass through the Lilliputian state of Delaware and get onto I-95 South, you begin to enter the recruiting Bermuda Triangle. Why do I say that? The three states of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina make up [...]...
Date: 21 May 2010 | 6:00 am
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