It’s either a full moon or the making of a Dr Pepper Fansville commercial, but the small stretch of I-40 will be lit up tomorrow on our national Trick or Treat Day !
When you add in that Wake Forest is the only one of the Fab Four with a little number next to it (#14) , you know that it will be an interesting day.
#1 Miami, being the guest in Keenan Stadium, will certainly make the night cap something special.
Somewhere near 150,000 fans will make their way into a stadium tomorrow…
Should be an entertaining ball game !
More 2 Follow…
UNC – opening drive, Heels steam rolling down the field. They didn’t face a 3rd down until our 10 yard line. Held them to a field goal. [10:03] 3-0
Duke – quick 3 & out, not good and then blocked punt = bad [8:42]
Heels – take advantage of a very short field, 3 play drive for TD [7:21], 10-0.
On a bright note – seeing Wallace Wade Stadium 🏟 full is AWESOME.
Duke – Nate gained 8 on first down, but it was still a 3 & out. Punt at 6:23 (1)…
UNC – yardage now 125 – 12 in favor of Heels. 0:01 on the clock (2nd and 19) End of 1st quarter, UNC 10-0 and ball on Duke 21…
Heels convert on 4th and 2, TD, 17-0 at 13:43 (2). 154 – 12 in yards… been decades since a team manhandled Duke at Wallace Wade. Need to do something like grab a first down…..
DUKE – 1st down at 12:09 (2)!!! Just like that, we get another one. 1st and 10 at 11.
Stopped at the Heels 2 [9:36]. Surprised that the handoff didn’t go to Nate.
UNC – 3rd down from inside their 10, Heels fumbled while trying to stretch for the first down, ruled at Duke TD but being reviewed now [8:37-2] TD, 17-7…
Hokies 24, Yellow Jackets 3 in the 2nd.
UNC – initial punt of the game at 6:09 (2)
Duke : advanced to midfield in 1 play but then stalled – punt down to UNC 10 (4:00)
UNC – 1 first down, then punt at 0:56. Blue Devils used their timeouts to regain possession on our 35.
Duke – gained 1st down at 50, 0:23 left. Another 1st down but clocked never stopped….0:05…..Duke made it to inside the 30, but the clock reads 0:00.
The call was ruled tackled inbounds and short of 1st down. Double wammy on that one.
Halftime score, Heels 17, Duke 7 [5:10 pm].
Duke : FD, FD, FD, FD, FD – now at UNC 17… last one under review…
First Down overturned, 4th and inches (8:17-3) Nate for 13, 1st and goal
Heels hold, FG of 22 at 6:54…8 minutes ➕️ off the clock ⏰️ on the opening drive of the second half.
232 – 197 yardage, now in favor of Duke.
UNC – great drive going but fumble inside of the Duke 10 at 3:45 (3)
Duke, own 9 : FD, tough holding call takes away big first down. Duke punts to UNC 15 at 0:14 (3).
UNC – end of 3rd quarter [6:14 pm], Heels still lead 17 – 10.
UNC – 3 and out, Punt, returned to UNC 36 at 14 :10 (4)
Duke overcomes 2nd and 19, now in Red Zone…FG at 8:47 (4). UNC 17 – 13….
Need a stop ✋️ from the D…
UNC – 4th and 5 at midfield, punter fumbled the snap, sacked at his own 34 at 7:43 (4)
Duke – FD, FD, Red Zone, Nate on the screen play for a TD, first lead, 20-17 at 4:39 left.
UNC – 1st and 10, own 22… HUGE 4th down conversion for Tar Heels. Now across midfield at 3 :17….61 yard FG from here. In FG range (41 yarder) at 2:00 warning ⚠️….what a game…
Great play call from Bill, Heels retake the lead, 24 – 20 at 1:53. Exactly what happened last week in Atlanta…. let’s see if we can answer…
Solid start, but drive ends with a 3rd town interception… 7:12 pm, Heels call ballgame and claim the Victory Bell.
The age old line of Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore ( Wizard of Oz) is very fitting in regards to the ACC Season opening game being played tonight over in Hawaii. Not a typo, Hawaii.
It’s fitting that Stanford, which is as far away from the Atlantic Coast as you can get on the mainland is heading even further West out into the Pacific Ocean to open the ACC season
Duke opens their season on Thursday night down in Durham versus Elon University so there will be football in the coming days !!!!
Each season, for five decades now, the team I follow the most is the Blue Devils football program. They are still the ultimate underdog and only 11 times in my 61 years has the team won 🏆 6 games and qualified for a Bowl 🥣 game.
Manny Diaz is in year two of his stay at Duke and is coming off a year where he swept the Tar Heel State, defeating the trio of North Carolina, Wake Forest and North Carolina State. Not sure where six wins might come from this time but its one of my favorite things to do each year!
The good folks at ESPN have Duke hovering right at the six win mark this season and there are certainly some must win games on the docket. There will also be a boatload of miles traveled for the six road games or should I say, five of the six as UNC is just around the corner.
New York, California, South Carolina,
Connecticut, Louisiana and Chapel Hill.
The Tulane game will be interesting as the new QB will be facing his old team.
Report: Colts signing Daniel Jones to 1-year, $14M deal https://thescore.com/nfl/news/3239361
Duke’s Danny Dimes is heading to Indianapolis to play for the Colts.
