Never too early to start gabbing about our next opponent, the Indigo Lucifers of Duke.
First point of order: Duke has the best name in college football on its roster. Ladies and gentlemens, meet Memorable Factor.
Indeed, he is memorable. His bio states:
"PRIOR TO DUKE: Member of the rowing and rugby team at Eton College, which is a boarding school for boys in Windsor, United Kingdom … garnered national medals in rugby and was tabbed a two-time gold and silver nationalist in rowing."
It also states that his parents are Mallory and Elizabeth Factor. I am pretty sure that's a lie. With a name like that, he is probably an offspring of Elon Musk.
As for the rest of the football team, we will get into that. But from 30,000 ft, we can say this about Duke:
- Rebuilding after firing longtime QB guru head coach David Cutliffe on the heels of a 3-9 season where they whiffed in conference play
- Gone are guys who tormented us last year: QB Gunnar Holmberg (transfer), RB Mataeo Durant (NFL), WR Jake Bobo (UCLA), and S Jeremiah Lewis (meow).
- Starting a young QB, likely Riley Leonard. Though expect to see some of Jordan Moore, a dual-threat QB who played a bit against NU last year.
- They have an experienced offensive line
- They are not totally devoid of talent. Phil Steele named 7 Duke players to his preseason all ACC team (Defensive back Jaylen Stinson was named to the first team as a kickoff return specialist, while linebacker Shaka Heyward was tabbed to the second team. Offensive lineman Graham Barton, defensive lineman DeWayne Carter and punter Porter Wilson were selected to the third team with offensive lineman Jacob Monk and long snapper Evan Deckers earning fourth team nods to round out the group.)
That's it for now. We should know a bit more after Temple
First point of order: Duke has the best name in college football on its roster. Ladies and gentlemens, meet Memorable Factor.
Indeed, he is memorable. His bio states:
"PRIOR TO DUKE: Member of the rowing and rugby team at Eton College, which is a boarding school for boys in Windsor, United Kingdom … garnered national medals in rugby and was tabbed a two-time gold and silver nationalist in rowing."
It also states that his parents are Mallory and Elizabeth Factor. I am pretty sure that's a lie. With a name like that, he is probably an offspring of Elon Musk.
As for the rest of the football team, we will get into that. But from 30,000 ft, we can say this about Duke:
- Rebuilding after firing longtime QB guru head coach David Cutliffe on the heels of a 3-9 season where they whiffed in conference play
- Gone are guys who tormented us last year: QB Gunnar Holmberg (transfer), RB Mataeo Durant (NFL), WR Jake Bobo (UCLA), and S Jeremiah Lewis (meow).
- Starting a young QB, likely Riley Leonard. Though expect to see some of Jordan Moore, a dual-threat QB who played a bit against NU last year.
- They have an experienced offensive line
- They are not totally devoid of talent. Phil Steele named 7 Duke players to his preseason all ACC team (Defensive back Jaylen Stinson was named to the first team as a kickoff return specialist, while linebacker Shaka Heyward was tabbed to the second team. Offensive lineman Graham Barton, defensive lineman DeWayne Carter and punter Porter Wilson were selected to the third team with offensive lineman Jacob Monk and long snapper Evan Deckers earning fourth team nods to round out the group.)
That's it for now. We should know a bit more after Temple
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