I just finished reading Scott Rich’s article on the Wallace Wade beat-down and, being a football season-ticket holder, felt compelled to respond. Scott wrote that the game depressed Duke. Whom exactly does he speak of when he refers to Duke? I, for one, was not depressed—if you ask me, the more depressing sight was all the students bailing before halftime. The football program is what it is right now, which is light-years ahead of where it was before Coach Cutcliffe arrived. We are, for the most part, competitive against any ACC team now and will only get better as Coach Cut recruits to his style and builds upon the current foundation. Saturday was a new experience—a hyped home game against a No. 1-ranked SEC team with a Heisman Trophy winner. The football program will learn from it, grow from it and hopefully never forget it.
Joe Schwartz
Financial Services
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