Duke enters Saturday’s game against Northwestern in an unfamiliar position for the program. The Blue Devils need to show no mercy against an opponent that has fallen on hard times. For most of Duke’s football […]
From 2007 to December 2021, ACC football teams had a total of 45 different head coaches. Through it all, Duke had the same coach. That changed following the 2021 season, a disappointing one coming on the […]
The pecking order in college football is becoming clearer, and that is also true in North Carolina. While the start of the season included NC State edging ECU, UNC’s barn-burning win over App State and, […]
There was a time when a Duke-Northwestern football game would have been the rare opportunity for either team to put a notch in the win column. The arrival of former player Pat Fitzgerald in Evanston […]
DURHAM — Riley Leonard threw for two touchdowns and completed his first 15 passes of the season, boosting Duke to a 30-0 victory over Temple as coach Mike Elko won in his debut Friday night. […]
DURHAM — When the Blue Devils run onto the field Friday night at Wallace Wade Stadium, Mike Elko won’t be the only one making his head coaching debut. Stan Drayton comes to Temple after nearly […]
DURHAM — The good news is the cupboard isn’t bare at Duke. At least not as bare as one might expect. The Blue Devils have gone 10-25 over the last three seasons, 1-17 in ACC […]
The ACC Kickoff in Charlotte is the traditional opening of the new college football season each year. For Duke’s Mike Elko, it’s also now a workday. “It’s different for sure,” he said while making the […]
Every year, the sports staff of North State Journal (sports editor Cory Lavalette and reporters Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest) look into our crystal balls and try and predict what some of the bigger news […]
Most years, the NSJ’s choice as the top newcomer is a freshman phenom at a college in the state or a rookie that arrived with an impact on a pro team. But 2021 hasn’t been […]
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