Another thing Pitt Players must remember, Duke id fighting for 6th Win so it can go to a Bowl Game?
EXCERPT:
Call it the biggest game of the year for Duke. It could have been a third straight romp for No. 15 North Carolina, which averages more than 450 yards per game.
In fact, it looked like it would be just that. The Tar Heels scored three touchdowns and racked up 251 yards on their first four drives. But then the Blue Devil defense buckled down, finally coming up with key stops in the game’s pivotal moments...................
Against Georgia Tech Oct. 29 and then-No. 23 Virginia Tech Nov. 5, Cutcliffe opted for his offense to punt and let the defense get the ball back late rather than going for it on 4th-and-3 and 4th-and-7. Those gambles did not work. But Cutcliffe said those experiences built up his team for Thursday’s game, and he will plant a piece of paper—with a list of areas the team needs to improve in—below the playing surface as a metaphor for the squad’s growth. “I told [the coaches], ‘If this works—and it will if we do what we’re asked to do—we’re going to plant it out there in that field,” Cutcliffe said. “If you plant it and you fertilize it, it will happen again. You’ll win more close games.”
LINK:
http://www.dukechronicle.com/articl...hlight-duke-footballs-upset-of-north-carolina
EXCERPT:
Call it the biggest game of the year for Duke. It could have been a third straight romp for No. 15 North Carolina, which averages more than 450 yards per game.
In fact, it looked like it would be just that. The Tar Heels scored three touchdowns and racked up 251 yards on their first four drives. But then the Blue Devil defense buckled down, finally coming up with key stops in the game’s pivotal moments...................
Against Georgia Tech Oct. 29 and then-No. 23 Virginia Tech Nov. 5, Cutcliffe opted for his offense to punt and let the defense get the ball back late rather than going for it on 4th-and-3 and 4th-and-7. Those gambles did not work. But Cutcliffe said those experiences built up his team for Thursday’s game, and he will plant a piece of paper—with a list of areas the team needs to improve in—below the playing surface as a metaphor for the squad’s growth. “I told [the coaches], ‘If this works—and it will if we do what we’re asked to do—we’re going to plant it out there in that field,” Cutcliffe said. “If you plant it and you fertilize it, it will happen again. You’ll win more close games.”
LINK:
http://www.dukechronicle.com/articl...hlight-duke-footballs-upset-of-north-carolina
