Week 5: Troy (Homecoming)

[physicsfactor]

One of the better corners Duke has ever had can't matchup one-on-one with Troy's #1 receiver.

 

[physicsfactor]

3rd and very long, Connette goes deep to Barnes for 50 yards!

 

[physicsfactor]

Connette to Duncan for the TD. Too easy. QB controversy?

 

[physicsfactor]

Duke's defense sucks so bad

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Connette 75% 199 3TD 0 INT

Where are the haters now?

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Losing to a guy named Chunn.

 

[physicsfactor]

Connette with a stupid INT

 

[physicsfactor]

Good stop by the Duke D

 

[physicsfactor]

Duke up 28-21 at the half. Troy will receive the 2nd half kickoff. The coaches have to fix this D.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

This is why Cutcliffe gets fired from programs that expect better than .500 seasons. Defense will always be bad. DC will never get fired. At Duke, .500 is and always should be glorious. Unless Stanford and Northwestern keep being awesome.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

UNC would never lose to a bad team like this.

 

[physicsfactor]

Kickoff coverage has been good. Maybe leave them out there for defense?

 

[DrKlahn]

I'd like to see some similar things from Duke as I mentioned before the NCCU game.

We need to be +2 in TO margin, and I'd like to see at least two sacks from the Defense. Don't care if it's off of blitzes, or the DL finally generating some type of pass rush.

I think that Duncan gets the majority of the carries in this game, after essentially not being in the game last week. Hopefully he can get 100+ yards on the ground against this Troy defense. I would also like to see Crowder score on a reception.

I think Duke wins this one 43-26. The Defense will give up some big plays in the first half, making it closer than it should, but will settle down in the second and play hard-nosed football.

This is feeling like a right on the money prediction.

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

I am not confident about rest of this game.

 

[physicsfactor]

Connette is drilled and hurt. Great.

 

[dkst0426]

Well, I guess that holding call on their TD balances out our holding call from last week.

 

[DrKlahn]

One thing I never figured out...why does this site have a Depressing thread and a Duke football thread?

 

[physicsfactor]

Duke is so awesome! Halfway to a bowl game!

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

I could only follow online. What happened with the holding call? I assume we just had a really nice, ball control drive in which we bled clock at the end, leaving them basically no time to score? (although with our D, anything greater than 0 seconds is arguably ample time).

 

[dkst0426]

I could only follow online. What happened with the holding call? I assume we just had a really nice, ball control drive in which we bled clock at the end, leaving them basically no time to score? (although with our D, anything greater than 0 seconds is arguably ample time).

They had a long TD catch-and-run on a screen pass to take a 38-35 with about 9 left, but it got called back for holding near the line of scrimmage.