From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Audio, Football

Audio Review: Duke 31, James Madison 7

by Ben Cohen on August 31, 2008

On Sunday, Ben Cohen and Matthew Iles met to review Duke’s 31-7 win over James Madison Saturday night in Wallace Wade Stadium. Check out their video preview from Thursday for some perspective and to look back at their picks.
What do you think of the analysis?
[audio http://chroniclesports.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/jmu.mp3]

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All photos by The Chronicle’s Chase Olivieri.

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Football

Blue Devils Top James Madison 31-7

by Ben Cohen on August 31, 2008

The Blue Devils began the David Cutcliffe era with a 31-7 win over James Madison on a rainy Saturday night in Wallace Wade Stadium. Short game story up on The Chronicle’s website, with more reaction and audio analysis up here tomorrow.

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Football, Video

Talking Football: Video Preview of Duke-JMU

by Matthew Iles on August 29, 2008

Ben Cohen, The Chronicle’s sports editor, and Matthew Iles, sports managing editor and lead football beat writer for the past two seasons, discuss the Blue Devils’ opening day matchup against James Madison. This video was filmed on the steps of the Duke Chapel Thursday afternoon. We apologize in advance for the wind. We can’t control [...]

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Mike Krzyzewski has never been afraid to challenge local media, which very much includes The Chronicle, especially when he reads criticism of his team–and, of course, he has every right to defend himself, just as every journalist has every right to write freely. In years past, however, The Chronicle has been one of the most [...]

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At the end of his press conference Wednesday, Mike Krzyzewski offered a disclaimer for the reason he insisted on meeting with the media so early in the week: he wants the attention at the end of the week to be devoted to David Cutcliffe’s football program. Cutcliffe stood at the back of Scharf Reception Hall [...]

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Football

Cattle Prods, Tigers and Tailgate, Oh My!

by Ben Cohen on August 27, 2008

In response to my question about Tailgate at Tuesday’s media luncheon, David Cutcliffe recounted an experience he had at LSU when he was the offensive coordinator at Tennessee. The vignette includes references to cattle prods and Kool-Aid–that is, you must read it. Wacky? Yes. Entertaining? You bet. We’ll work on getting the audio clip up, [...]

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Football, Media

Cutcliffe Cleans Up For Lunch

by Ben Cohen on August 26, 2008

When former head coach Ted Roof showed up to his weekly media luncheons, he usually wore a Duke Football collared shirt, buttoned all the way to the top, and a morose mien that accentuated his soft-spoken words. It sounded more like a library–or worse–than a press conference.
On Tuesday, David Cutcliffe proved, yet again, how different [...]

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Mike Krzyzewski and Duke Basketball released the schedule for the upcoming season, highlighted by non-conference games with Purdue, Davidson, Georgetown and Xavier and the Coaches vs. Cancer preseason tournament.
UCLA, Michigan and Southern Illinois are the three other hosts in the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament, meaning those three squads and Duke could be the four semifinalists [...]

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Chronicle Coverage, Football

The Ol’ Ball Coach Leaves a Message

by Meredith Shiner on August 26, 2008

In Tuesday’s Chronicle, former sports editor and current columnist Meredith Shiner writes about a message left on her cell phone by one of the nation’s top college football coaches. She defends Spurrier’s annual top-25 vote for Duke and laments the decision rendered by the American Football Coaches Association to prevent him from casting one this [...]

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