(11-16-2013 08:45 PM)mnjayhawk Wrote:  

(11-16-2013 08:25 PM)Chappy Wrote:  23 Miami 30
Duke 48
FINAL

Not sure this is "laughable", more so "Boy, Miami sure has fallen off the cliff in the past four weeks."

However, you have to give credit to Duke. To show how far the Blue Devils have come this season, here's an excerpt from Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington (NC) Star-News on how he saw Duke's season going:
"Though another bowl trip is a realistic possibility, especially with a schedule that doesn’t include either Clemson or Florida State...the difference between seven wins and five wins could come down to the bounce of the football or a few points here and there."

Right now the win count is at eight, so they're playing with house money.

Just to think that last season the Dook bowl eligibility countdown was on. Maybe in a year or two they will have enough able bodies to not get reamed by the cream of the crop. In the meantime, it has been a fun ride for them not to suck anymore.

Dook is Dook...and they win at football now. ($1 to Pete Gillen.)

Thank you, David Cutcliffe.

In the 13 seasons prior to Cutcliffe arriving as head coach, starting with the follow-up to Fred Goldsmith's 8-win season, the Blue Devils won a grand total of nine ACC games. NINE! Nine wins and 95 losses in ACC play from the 1995 season until Cutcliffe landed at RDU prior to 2008. Granted, Duke is still just 10-33 in the league since that time, but a conference winning percentage of .233 is gargantuan in relation to the .087 clip of coaches from Goldsmith to Barry Wilson to Carl Franks to Ted Roof.

(11-16-2013 10:44 PM)AllPtsBulletin Wrote:  

(11-16-2013 08:45 PM)mnjayhawk Wrote:  

(11-16-2013 08:25 PM)Chappy Wrote:  23 Miami 30
Duke 48
FINAL

Not sure this is "laughable", more so "Boy, Miami sure has fallen off the cliff in the past four weeks."

However, you have to give credit to Duke. To show how far the Blue Devils have come this season, here's an excerpt from Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington (NC) Star-News on how he saw Duke's season going:
"Though another bowl trip is a realistic possibility, especially with a schedule that doesn’t include either Clemson or Florida State...the difference between seven wins and five wins could come down to the bounce of the football or a few points here and there."

Right now the win count is at eight, so they're playing with house money.

Just to think that last season the Dook bowl eligibility countdown was on. Maybe in a year or two they will have enough able bodies to not get reamed by the cream of the crop. In the meantime, it has been a fun ride for them not to suck anymore.

Dook is Dook...and they win at football now. ($1 to Pete Gillen.)

Thank you, David Cutcliffe.

In the 13 seasons prior to Cutcliffe arriving as head coach, starting with the follow-up to Fred Goldsmith's 8-win season, the Blue Devils won a grand total of nine ACC games. NINE! Nine wins and 95 losses in ACC play from the 1995 season until Cutcliffe landed at RDU prior to 2008. Granted, Duke is still just 10-33 in the league since that time, but a conference winning percentage of .233 is gargantuan in relation to the .087 clip of coaches from Goldsmith to Barry Wilson to Carl Franks to Ted Roof.

Here's hoping Duke can model after fellow academics Northwestern, Stanford, and Vanderbilt as to how to build a solid football program.

Hawaii 7
SDSU 0
2nd Quarter

UH trying to avoid getting winless, must be the curse of going back to the Rainbow Warriors look.

(11-16-2013 05:32 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  #24 Miami 20
Duke 21
Half

The ACC Coastal is a pile of hot garbage. If Duke wins the division, I'll upgrade that to dumpster fire.

Dumpster fire it is.

Noone wants to throw in USC over Stanford??