1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (796+ words) Manny Diaz talks a lot about the “middle eight.” He’s talking about the last four minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second half. Duke dominated the middle eight of their 31-27 upset win over Illinois,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (298+ words) Before I move on to Illinois later this week, I want to share some final thoughts on Tulane. As I’ve mentioned before, I spend (too much?) time on assorted Duke message boards, in part to get a feel for what…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (905+ words) After a 90-minute lightning delay, Duke opened its 2026 football season with a dominant 17-3 win over Tulane Saturday night. Maybe more dominant than the final score suggests. Duke did almost everything well. Almost. More on that in a bit. The Triangle…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (496+ words) Duke football sent out a press release at 9:02 this morning announcing that Walker Eget would be Duke’s starting quarterback in the season-opener against Tulane. This was about as surprising as Tuesday following Monday and proceeding Wednesday. Outside sources cite two…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (583+ words) “And that brings up third down.” Also, “that brings up a big third-down play.” Aren’t they all big? Consistently good football teams do lots of things well. Good football starts with blocking and tackling. The eternal basics. You need skill…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (420+ words) Duke football had a scrimmage Saturday night. It was closed. Loose lips sink ships. Manny Diaz Zoomed with the media Tuesday morning to discuss the scrimmage and the state of his football team. If you were hoping for great revelations,…...