Durham – The Elon University Phoenix made the short drive 🚗 over to Wallace Wade Stadium 🏟 for tonight’s 🏡 opener for our beloved Blue Devils.
Not sure we will go 13 for 13 like last year but its a safe bet we will get to eight or nine. Duke University Football is the ultimate underdog, having qualified for just 10 Bowl 🥣 games in my 60+ years.
This is why they are by far my favorite team affiliated with Duke. Tonight we host the BCS Phoenix and are flavored by 24 points over our neighbors. Fun fact about Elon is that the campus was my very first responsibility as a Newspaper 📰 Manager 40 years ago. Back then I was responsible for Elon College and we were the Fighting Christians ✝️.
Safe to say that was a minute or two ago. Elon is now the home 🏡 for CCHS graduate 🎓 Alyssa Ervin and in a couple of months she will lace up her sneakers 👟 for the first time !
Duke leads 10-0 at the break as they play under new Head Coach Manny Diaz for the very first time.
Meanwhile down at Texas A & M our former Coach is squaring off with our former QB ( Elko vs Leonard) tomorrow. College Football is still my favorite sport, even though it has changed dramatically over the past few years. Wallace Wade Stadium 🏟 is very much my Happy Place…..
The drive from Appalachian State University was a peaceful 2:30 and we are ready to play football again – Second Half Kickoff shortly (9:10)…
Actual Football thoughts – Duke struggled to run the ball against Elon, averaging less than three yards per carry.
The defense pitched a shutout until Elon kicked a field goal with 0:14 remaining in the game, recording eight sacks.
Elon declined the penalty on the only Duke penalty, leaving the Blue Devils with a Zero in the penalty yards column.
Duke had four pass plays that would have been 50 yard TD catches but the ball fell to the ground after hitting the receivers hands ✋. Each case it was inches from being a perfect connection.
Next Friday night 🌙 (9pm Eastern) Duke (1-0) heads to ChicagoLand for a game at Northwestern
A.S.P.N on The Hill 