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Duke moves to 3-0 with blowout win
DURHAM — Duke moved to 3-0 on the season for just the fourth time in the last 35 years as Mike Elko continued his hot start as head coach in the Blue Devils’ 49-20 rout […]
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Elko improves to 2-0, Duke wins at Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. — Jordan Waters had a pair of touchdowns on the ground, Riley Leonard threw for a score and Duke beat Northwestern 31-23 on Saturday. Leonard, who was 13 of 24 for 240 yards […]
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Winners, losers from wild weekend
Week 1 of the college football season provided some crazy matchups, close calls and quite a few heartbreaks for North Carolina’s FBS teams. It also puts certain players and coaches on different sides of the […]
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Duke, Northwestern eye 2-0 starts
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 […]
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NC’s best: The top offensive players from the state
This just in: There is no wall around the state. Whenever a football coach takes a new job at a North Carolina college, he makes the same vow: to build a wall around the state, […]
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Elko wins debut; Leonard, defense lead Duke to shutout
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. […]
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Blue Devils, Owls debut first-time coaches
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 […]
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Core players return to help jump-start Mike Elko Era at Duke
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 […]
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Predicting the college football season with preseason watch lists
Last year, Wake Forest shocked the college football world by storming to an 11-3 record. At 7-1 in ACC play, the Demon Deacons dethroned Clemson and took the ACC Atlantic Division crown. It was a […]
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NC State’s Leary, Clemson lead all-ACC football picks
GREENSBORO — NC State quarterback Devin Leary is the preseason pick to finish as Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, while league favorite Clemson leads all schools with six players on the league’s preseason […]