16+ hour, 26+ min ago   (298+ words) Before I move on to Illinois later this week, I want to share some final thoughts on Tulane. As I’ve mentioned before, I spend (too much?) time on assorted Duke message boards, in part to get a feel for what…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (905+ words) After a 90-minute lightning delay, Duke opened its 2026 football season with a dominant 17-3 win over Tulane Saturday night. Maybe more dominant than the final score suggests. Duke did almost everything well. Almost. More on that in a bit. The Triangle…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (862+ words) Okay. Walker Eget. He’s the guy who’s going to be throwing the passes for Duke football. Who’s going to be catching those passes? Duke completed 336 passes last season, two by Henry Belin IV, the other 334 by Darian Mensah. Six wide…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (496+ words) Duke football sent out a press release at 9:02 this morning announcing that Walker Eget would be Duke’s starting quarterback in the season-opener against Tulane. This was about as surprising as Tuesday following Monday and proceeding Wednesday. Outside sources cite two…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (583+ words) “And that brings up third down.” Also, “that brings up a big third-down play.” Aren’t they all big? Consistently good football teams do lots of things well. Good football starts with blocking and tackling. The eternal basics. You need skill…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (420+ words) Duke football had a scrimmage Saturday night. It was closed. Loose lips sink ships. Manny Diaz Zoomed with the media Tuesday morning to discuss the scrimmage and the state of his football team. If you were hoping for great revelations,…...

4+ week, 20+ hour ago   (775+ words) That’s Duke tight end Jerry Hasley describing Duke’s offensive philosophy this season in Tuesday’s Zoom media availability. “I think we have a great offensive line and obviously Nate and a talented running-back room. At first, we’re going to try to…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (558+ words) My family played lots of Monopoly when I was a kid. Well, tried to. Not sure we ever actually finished a game. I’m convinced that finishing a game of Monopoly was one of the labors of Hercules. But there was…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (987+ words) “We were a better team in November and December than we were in September last year and that’s the sign of a good coaching staff, good teachers but more importantly good problem solvers and correcters.” That was Manny Diaz’s assessment…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (448+ words) “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” “I heard we made the news. I heard we got a rule named after us. That’s pretty cool, right?” I don’t think Faulkner was being saracastic. I’m certain Diaz was. Very…...