ESPN wrapped up its post ACC Spring Football coverage with its post-practice power rankings and to no one’s surprise, Duke wasn’t very high. The Blue Devils came in 12 out of 14 schools placing ahead of only NC State and Boston College who are rebuilding under a first year head coach and coming off disappointing seasons. Ranking
The season is still three months away but Duke’s 2013 Football season has generated some genuine excitement among the Blue Devil fan base. Granted it isn’t the same kind of excitement that comes from Duke Basketball and the fan base is still very much a work in progress, there are many reasons that people are
While only one of them actually heard their names called during the NFL Draft, both Sean Renfree and Conner Vernon are realizing their NFL dreams. Former Duke quarterback Renfree was taken late in the last round of the draft by the Atlanta Falcons after speculation from ESPN analysts that he could be a steal. Renfree
Just days before the Duke Football team wraps up its Spring practice session with its annual Spring Football game, the Blue Devils are getting bad news. Redshirt and projected second-string quarterback Thomas Sirk suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right leg. According to Duke Sports Information, Sirk underwent surgery Wednesday afternoon just hours after suffering the
With all the hoopla over the Duke Basketball program’s possible odds of making a deep post season run, few have really given the Duke Football program much of a thought. The Blue Devils coming off their most successful season in nearly two decades after already started their spring football practice and it is one of
It may be the heart of the basketball season but that doesn’t stop football from plugging right along as Duke announced its 2013 football schedule. The schedules offers some familiar foes and a few new ones including new ACC member Pittsburgh who, along with Syracuse’s addition to the conference forced the ACC to start the
A very happy David Cutcliffe did his best to imitate the excitement and unpredictability of national signing day by bringing out the helmets of several different programs and pretending to choose. It was no real surprise that Cutcliffe chose the Blue Devils helmet over Cincinnati, Stanford and Virginia in what was appropriately symbolic of the lack of surprises surrounding
