Duke (8-2) vs Wake Forest (4-6) (Noon, ESPN 2)

[TrueOrange]

Can Duke and Coach Cutcliffe get Duke its first nine win season since the 1941 and one step closer to its first ever ACC Championship appearance?

Or will Jim Grobe lead a struggling Wake Forest, a school that beat Duke 11 or so times prior to last year, one step towards closer to a bowl game and the possibly season-saving upset?

 

[YankeeVol]

That stadium is empty

 

[volger]

That stadium is empty

I counted 14 people. 15 minutes to kick off. Way to represent WF.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Duke looking pretty hungover.

 

[TrueOrange]

14-0 Wake in the early second. Looks like Miami might end up back in the Coastal Division lead after today.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Duke better get it together quickly, down 14-0 early in the second.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

14-0 Wake in the early second. Looks like Miami might end up back in the Coastal Division lead after today.

A whole lot of time left, and Duke is kind of known for slow starts against teams they should beat.

 

[Rocky-Top 10EC]

14-0 wf

 

[TrueOrange]

And now it's 14 all right before half

 

[YankeeVol]

There we go

 

[TrueOrange]

TD Wake. 21-14 to start the 3rd quarter

 

[RocketDobbs11]

Can someone explain to me how Duke isn't ranked at 8-2, but just last week Georgia was ranked with 3 losses and tons of injuries?

 

[TrueOrange]

Can someone explain to me how Duke isn't ranked at 8-2, but just last week Georgia was ranked with 3 losses and tons of injuries?

They're 25 in the coaches and Harris polls…part of it is likely program perception.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Can someone explain to me how Duke isn't ranked at 8-2, but just last week Georgia was ranked with 3 losses and tons of injuries?

They are ranked.

 

[TrueOrange]

58 yard catch for a TD Duke. 21 all

 

[VolsSportsFan]

This is one of those games Duke is just going to have to gut out a win.

 

[TrueOrange]

TD Duke.

28-21 with 3:21 left in the 3rd

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Tell me again why Cutcliffe wasn't considered for the Tennessee job after Fulmer left?

 

[TrueOrange]

Tell me again why Cutcliffe wasn't considered for the Tennessee job after Fulmer left?

Best I can tell the boosters and the university wanted to start fresh while also getting a big name hire.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Best I can tell the boosters and the university wanted to start fresh while also getting a big name hire.

UT's loss imo.

He's a very good coach.

 

[volfanhill]

Yep and we got the huge name Lane Kiffin followed by the big fish Derrick Dooley. I mean seriously we hired back to back coaches with losing records as a head coach. Think about that. Name one other big program that would hire two head coaches with little experience with losing records. Two in a row! How does that happen?

 

[TrueOrange]

Wake's made this a short game by pretty much just running the ball.


We're only about 2 hours and 45 minutes into airtime and it's already 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter.

 

[TrueOrange]

3rd and long Duke converts on a wide open guy, but a hold


now third and 18; Duke gets within the kicker's range (the 30) with 4:20 left

 

[TrueOrange]

Missed. 28-21 Duke 4:11 left. Wake ball at around their own 40.

 

[TrueOrange]

Duke cannot stop that QB running on 3rd and between short and 5