Following Duke's first win of the year, football beat writer Matthew Iles caught up with offensive coordinator Peter Vaas. Matthew Iles: How would you grade the offense's performance last weekend?...
When the Duke defense lines up against Navy Saturday, it won't be too tough to figure out the Midshipmen's offensive game plan. Stopping it, on the other hand, will be a whole different matter.
On Tuesday, the reporters at Duke's weekly press conference were excited to speak with head coach Ted Roof following the team's first victory in nearly two years over Northwestern.
Duke beat Northwestern at its own offensive game Saturday night, spreading the Wildcats out by using three and four wide receiver sets and quick passes to efficiently move down the field.
Bailey and the Blue Devils were forced to hold their collective breath throughout a heart-stopping fourth quarter in which Northwestern ran up 173 yards of offense.
Practice might be a head coach's best measuring stick for identifying game starters because, after all, practice makes perfect.
A year ago at this time, despite being just two games into the season, Northwestern may have been at one of the lowest points in program history.
Despite an outstanding special teams effort that gave Duke several opportunities with a short field, the Blue Devil offense struggled to put up points Saturday against Virginia.
Virginia did its best to give its ACC opener against Duke away. Unfortunately, the Blue Devils were not prepared to take advantage.
For all of Duke's miscues in the kicking game and its failures to convert key offensive opportunities, its inability to simply tackle cost the Blue Devils against Virginia Saturday.
When Duke opens a four-game road trip at Virginia intent on snapping a double-digit losing streak, it will have some welcome help at linebacker.
After suffering an embarrassing 23-3 loss to Wyoming last weekend, Virginia head coach Al Groh was disappointed in the team's performance considering he returned 18 starters from a year ago.
Any college football coach is justified in being upset about losing a game by 34 points after leading at halftime.
Although the Blue Devils continue to emphasize the forward progress of their program, the fans Saturday did otherwise.
Georgia Tech fans expected a dropoff from last season after losing All-American Calvin Johnson and longtime starting quarterback Reggie Ball to the NFL and graduation, respectively.
Asack Appears Duke sophomore quarterback Zack Asack saw his first on-field action with the Blue Devils since Nov. 19, 2005, when he entered the game at the 2:53 mark of the first quarter. Asack,...
After the first 30 minutes of the 2007 season, the Blue Devils were up 14-11 and looked as if they might come away with their first victory in 21 games.
Following arguably Duke's most winnable game this season, the stat sheet seemed to suggest that the Blue Devil defense was largely to blame for Saturday's blowout loss to Connecticut.
During head coach Ted Roof's 5-34 career at Duke, his offense has suffered from a lack of consistency and leadership primarily because he has played six different quarterbacks.
After a disappointing 0-12 finish last season, Duke's offense cited its extreme inexperience as the root of its struggles.
