The 2021 season has been perceived as a “down year” for ACC football, but it has been a successful one for two of the state’s four conference teams. Wake Forest is playing for a championship […]
David Cutcliffe has shown that it is, in fact, possible to win at Duke, which means that the job he is leaving is much more desirable than the one he inherited. As Duke begins its […]
Just before Christmas 2007, David Cutcliffe walked into the Duke Sports Medicine building and began shaking hands. It was his first week on the job, and back then, Duke football shared a building with sports […]
DURHAM — Duke closed out its home season with an eighth straight loss in what might have been the swan song for the ACC’s longest-tenured coach. David Cutcliffe, who took over what was the nation’s […]
In the classic story “Flowers for Algernon,” a learning-disabled man undergoes an experimental procedure to improve his intelligence. The story tracks him as he gradually transforms into a genius, only to discover that the effects […]
DURHAM — Kenny Pickett threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score as Pittsburgh pulled away to beat Duke 54-29 on Saturday. Pickett threw for 405 yards as the Panthers (7-2, 4-1 ACC, No. […]
WINSTON-SALEM — The football programs at Wake Forest and Duke are similar in many ways because of the size of their schools, their stringent academic requirements and numerous other challenges to competing with their larger […]
Two of the most respected coaches in the ACC will meet on Saturday when David Cutcliffe takes his Duke Blue Devils to Winston-Salem to face Dave Clawson and unbeaten Wake Forest. Both coaches have found […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Brennan Armstrong threw for two first-half touchdowns and ran for another and Virginia scored on all six possessions before halftime in a 48-0 victory over Duke, its seventh straight in the series. […]
Editor’s note: This story was published in Wednesday’s print edition prior to Appalachian State’s loss to Louisiana-Lafayette on Tuesday night, and the rankings do not consider that result. The 2021 college football season is approaching […]
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