Opening Statement:
“This is a very exciting week in Durham for a multitude of reasons. Coming off the big win Friday night against Florida State When you win games like that, you get the opportunity to play in more big games and we now have two 6-1 teams on a primetime event this weekend. We’re 15-2 at home playing against a team that’s undefeated in our conference and I think has won eight or nine straight on the road, which is quite an achievement. We have such respect for Rhett Lashlee and his staff, who we know well. They do a good job and they’ve got themselves competing for an ACC Championship, but we’re in the mix as well. We talk about controlling our own destiny and that’s a great thing. To have this game at our stadium and have our student body do what they’ve done for these other two league games really gives us that boost. The more you win at home, the more fun home games you get and that’s exactly where we’re at. It’s also a special weekend because we’ll be welcoming back a lot of great former teams and great former coaches. Fred Goldsmith, Steve Spurrier and David Cutcliffe, I’m excited to see those guys back here in Durham with all of the former players who really this program belongs to. We’re hoping that we can make them proud with how we play every week.”
On what stuck out about Duke’s defense against Florida State……