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Cutcliffe Sees Ghosts Of Generals Past At West Point
By Andy Moore | September 16, 2009
Plenty of Blue Devil fans consoled themselves after Duke lost to Richmond with the idea that the team could only count one win over an FCS opponent toward bowl eligibility, anyway, and N.C. Central...
The last two minutes of Duke’s fourth quarter in West Point were among the best the team has seen in years—and certainly the best of Leon Wright’s career.
Head coach David Cutcliffe told his team at halftime there’s a reason football games have two halves. And Duke’s come-from-behind win over Army was proof of that.
In his first game at Wallace Wade Stadium, head coach David Cutcliffe and the Blue Devils pulled off an impressive win over James Madison in what seemed to be the start of a new era for Duke Football.
Free wings and cans of Coca-Cola were aplenty yesterday as head football coach David Cutcliffe invited Duke students to the Great Hall for a film review of Saturday’s loss to the University of...
Highest Marks: QB Thaddeus Lewis; Lewis demonstrated the meaning of “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
Saturday against Richmond, Duke’s dreams of bowl contention took a big hit, thanks largely to a lackluster running game that an effective passing attack could not make up for.
All it took was one special teams mistake to turn what was supposed to be Duke’s first step toward bowl eligibility into a nightmarish sense of déjà vu.