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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3540159, member: 27"]
Thoughts on the game specifically?

Duke has been very bad stopping the run.  We have been very bad running the ball.  What happens here?

Duke has not been very successfully running the ball.  We have pretty bad defending the run.  What happens here is probably the biggest key to the game.  Their best RB appears to be Mataeo Durant, a 6'1, 195 LB RB, who has been getting better with each game this season.

Cutcliffe said in an interview this week that Duke will have mismatches on offense and that they need to take advantage of them.  Very uncharacteristic of him.

Who was he talking about?  Gray, his 6'3, 240 lb TE?  He and Jarret Garner, a 6'3 210 WR, have been their top 2 receiving threats so far.

Cutcliffe is no fool.  He surely saw weakness defending the run with Cisco out.  I think he is going to test our ability to stop the run with heavy use of Durant.  I think he is going to throw to their TEs a lot.

Hope Tyrell is able to play and help neutralize this.  Our young, not really strong safeties are going to have to step up and play like men.  As will the rest of our LBs.

I think it will be a relatively high scoring, entertaining game.  Hopefully we can find a way to win.  They have an excellent placekicker and punter but their KO return team has been very bad.  Meanwhile, our PR unit is very good.  Their return units are nothing special to date.

We might have a big advantage with our return teams.  Something to keep an eye on.
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