[NU Sports] Whew!

[Jonathan Hodges]

Remember that Duke also ran a no-huddle on Saturday.  The NU offense just
couldn't get things clicking on offense - probably due to the lack of an
effective running game (less than 100 rushing yards on the night) - Sutton
had 66 yds on 16 carries + 2 TDs, but was apparently out during the 2nd half
with cramping.  The 'Cats had one drive lasting longer than 3 minutes (3:04)
while Duke had 5 such drives.  One can definitely attribute the win to the
D, in the end, as they didn't allow any big plays and held Duke to 2 TDs and
2 FGs in 5 red zone trips.  NU went 4/4 in the red zone, with 3 being TDs.

It will be nice to put Duke behind NU after what happened last year.

Jonathan

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

> Cutcliffe has a good chance of turning Duke into a decent team, especially
> on offense.  Whether they can compete for the ACC title in a few years
> remains to be seen.  (And whether 'decent' will be enough for their fans
> is another issue.)
>
> > Did anybody
> > notice that the time of possession was Duke 39:15 to NU's 20:45?  Ouch.
>  And
> > it felt that bad too. The D played a lot and held them! Good job.
>
> Dave Eanet kept pointing that out, I think Duke had over 90 plays on
> offense to NU's 60 or so.
>
> That's the downside of the no-huddle offense.  Yes, it can wear out the
> other team's defense (as it seemed to a week ago), but it can also cause
> your defense to get tired if there are a lot of 3-and-outs on offense.
>
> Did anyone notice that we now have one vote in the coaches poll?
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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