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Reality check
By Sid Bhaskara | November 16, 2017Fantasy sports diminish the single greatest feeling and enjoyment that comes from fandom: hatred.
Fantasy sports diminish the single greatest feeling and enjoyment that comes from fandom: hatred.
Georgia Tech quarterback TaQuon Marshall has excelled when opting to carry the ball this season.
Although Georgia Tech’s triple option differs from Army in its play-calling emphases, the Yellow Jackets are no pushovers running the ball.
The Blue Devils were expected to come out as the aggressor, but as it has been throughout its six-game losing streak, Duke let its opponent seize the momentum.
Duke’s offense has to get back on track Saturday at noon if it wants to win arguably its most winnable remaining game of the season.
Saying that explosive plays on the ground have burned the Blue Devils would be an understatement.
The Black Knights enter the weekend averaging an astounding 365.4 yards per game on the ground.
Despite all that has gone wrong in a season that continues to snowball out of control, Duke has somehow avoided the injury bug.
Watching Duke’s offense last Saturday was a tough task.
Once the Hokies got the ball with 30 seconds left in the second quarter, nightmares from the past came back to haunt the Blue Devils on Halloween weekend.
Duke's offense wrapped up its worst month in recent memory Saturday night, delivering a downtrodden performance in the rain.
The Blue Devils are looking to snap a four-game losing skid and earn just their second ACC victory of the season.
A couple weeks ago—Duke had one of the most efficient rushing defenses in football. And just as quickly as the stout unit materialized, it’s disappeared.
Heading into Saturday’s contest, Virginia Tech is going in the opposite direction as the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils have scored 142 points in their victories and just 74 in the losses. Simply put, Duke lacks an offensive identity.
As the same story repeats itself, there is one thing that is for certain: the ship, once cruising, has started to take on water.
Duke was scoreless in the fourth quarter, and quarterback Daniel Jones threw an interception off tight end Daniel Helm's hands in the final minute.
Desperate to overcome a three-game losing streak, Duke hopes to beat Pittsburgh for the first time since 2014.
For all Steve Spurrier has done as a player and coach, the roots of the Head Ball Coach sit squarely in Durham.
Although Pittsburgh is just 2-5, it has played one of the toughest schedules of any team in the nation.