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At Tuesday’s weekly press conference, head coach David Cutcliffe announced the the team’s captains for the week for the upcoming game against Virginia. Duke will face off against the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va. at 3:30 on Saturday:
Offensive Captains: AUSTIN KELLY and JAY HOLLINGSWORTH
Hollingsworth, a sophomore, will lead the offensive unit along with Kelly, a junior tight end. Kelly [...]
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Only two games into the season, Duke is already banged up — and the timing is particularly unfortunate, given the Blue Devils are just two days away from playing a ranked team.
Freshman wide receiver Connor Vernon is doubtful for Duke’s Saturday matchup at Kansas, while running back Jay Hollingsworth and stalwart defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase [...]
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Any Duke fan would like to forget 2007’s one-win campaign. Lost in the chaos of that season, though, was then-junior Re’quan Boyette’s best season, as he led the team with 432 yards rushing and averaged 4.2 yards a carry.
As 2008 began, Boyette was expected to head Duke’s running attack under head coach David Cutcliffe’s new [...]
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Junior running back Tony Jackson has been dismissed from David Cutcliffe’s squad for “failing to uphold the standard of conduct” of a Blue Devil student-athlete. Jackson is the second player to be released from the team this summer, following the departure of fifth-year senior Zack Asack.
Jackson was the team’s third-leading rusher in 2008, gaining 259 [...]
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On her ESPN blog yesterday, ACC blogger Heather Dinich anointed Georgia Tech’s backfield as the conference’s best, but not without mentioning that “the running game appears to be an early strength of the ACC—Duke included.”
We know Duke’s opening game against Richmond Sept. 5—mark it on your calendar!—is still more than [...]
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5:45 p.m.: In the official release from Duke Athletics, David Cutcliffe was hesitant to give players specific situations. Thus, we end up with a line like this: “The class includes one quarterback, 10 lineman and 16 backs.” Given that type of specificity, it’s surprising Sean Schroeder was listed as a quarterback.
So [...]
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Clifford Harris, Duke’s leading rusher, will be sidelined for the Blue Devils’ matchup at Virginia Tech Saturday with a broken arm he sustained in Duke’s 31-7 loss to Clemson, head coach David Cutcliffe announced at his weekly media luncheon Tuesday. Cutcliffe said Sunday that Harris would be further evaluated Monday, and X-rays showed a break [...]
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Senior Re’quan Boyette will have another year with that class designation.
The running back will miss the remainder of Duke’s season after he underwent knee surgery Aug. 9, head coach David Cutcliffe announced Wednesday. On Oct. 21, Cutcliffe said Boyette would likely be redshirted, and he finally made the official announcement today. Boyette has one season [...]
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As always, Ben Cohen and Matthew Iles met to discuss Duke’s 31-3 ACC win over Virginia Saturday. Some key points to the discussion: the stalwart performance of the defense, the emerging of freshman running back Jay Hollingsworth, the future of Duke’s running backs and a different type of game from quarterback Thaddeus Lewis.
You might notice [...]
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