[NU Sports] Some Duke thoughts

[Roy Lamberton]

As I noted in my pregame intel report on Scout:

Duke has a very experienced O-Line
Three good runners who have been kept in check because of O-Line play
At QB who can't seem to find receivers
Some very good Defensive Line players
At least one linebacker who is decent
And a d-back group that seems to be unable to cover people

I don't think we're going run up the gut on these guys, but CJ should have a
ball passing.

I also think that if our Defense plays like they did the last 2 quarters, this
should be an easy win.

HOWEVER, if anyone is looking ahead, we're in deep whatever.

Go Cats

rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
Computer Applications & Support Associates
and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
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> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 6:43 PM
> To: DPENDERG at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Some Duke thoughts
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> Good stuff on being nervous about Duke. This is a  classic "doughnut" game
> where there was an incentive to play well against  Nevada, as well as next
> week's affair.
>    If we need any more proof, let me take you for a rather  unpleasant trip
> down Memory Lane.  It was 1998, and we just polished off  UNLV 41-7 to get
> a
> false sense of security.  As exciting as last week's win  was, let's not
> kid
> ourselves. We were "C" or "D" in many areas, such as our  defensive line
> which
> needed blitz help all game long.
>    Duke waxed us 44-10. I remember listening to the internet feed  in
> absolute shock and horror.  Coach Fred Goldsmith explained that his team
> benefited
> from an abundance of upper-classmen who"knew football".   fast-forward to
> 2007:
> Duke comes into town downtrodden, but returns the entire  offense in-tact.
>    My head says this will be one of those brain-numbing  non-conference
> losses that we'll ramble on all off-season as "the one that got  away."
>    However, CJ and the entire team must have been ecstatic that  they
> pulled
> one out of the fire, and our special teams have been stellar.   Despite
> last
> week's heroics,  I think Duke knows that if they don't get it  done
> tomorrow,
> 0-12 is a distinct possibility.  I see Duke pulling this one  out. They
> played
> well vs. UVA. and lead at half vs. UConn. Great googla-mooglee;  Duke 31 NU
> 27. Ouch, I hope I'm wrong.
> 
>              GO  CATS!!        Eric
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