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 […]
Scenes from a quarterback breakup, part 1: In Coral Gables, Florida, Appalachian State’s Chase Brice faced third-and-7 from his own 5-yard line, just under five minutes into the game against No. 22 Miami. Brice was […]
DURHAM — Coach David Cutcliffe had a message for his Blue Devils prior to Friday’s game. “I told the team at the hotel,” he recalled. “We going to play aggressively. We’re not going to play […]
Duke opens the season with a very favorable nonconference schedule. The Blue Devils will face back-to-back in-state opponents to start the year in Charlotte and NC A&T. Over the years, playing neighbors has been the […]
Duke looked much better than the 12th-best team in the ACC, outperforming its preseason poll ranking but still falling to Notre Dame, 27-13, in South Bend on Saturday. The Blue Devils took an early lead, […]
Amid growing pessimism that the 2020 college football season is on its last legs, the ACC provided a badly needed ray of hope Monday when its athletic directors decided to continue moving forward in an […]
College basketball is rapidly heading toward Selection Sunday and baseball season is just now getting into the swing of things. But for football coaches and fans across the state, the next month is the most […]
The North State Journal can state unequivocally that the 2020 Newcomer of the Year will be Duke quarterback Luca Diamont. Or perhaps Duke quarterback Gunnar Holmberg. We’re not sure who exactly will win the Duke […]
DURHAM — Quentin Harris spent four years patiently waiting his turn to start at Duke. He wasn’t about to end his college career with six straight losses. Harris led two fourth-quarter touchdown drives, and the […]
DURHAM — Syracuse’s quarterback stayed upright and its running backs ran free. The Orange’s new-look defense kept its opponent out of the end zone. They only needed one win to avoid being 0-for-the-ACC — and […]
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