the5thcorner.com - 15 days ago
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From the blog of Heather Dinich (ESPN’s ACC Blog) here is the injury report for both North Carolina and Duke for the upcoming game between the two rivals. Just a quick look and you see how many more players are out for the Tar Heels than for the Blue Devils. I am not going to blame the ...
UNC 19 Duke 6 —
Tar Heel Fan
The defense, Ryan Houston and Casey Barth.
That about covers it. I could really stop right here and save myself the trouble of finishing the rest of the recap.
The defense came to play, building off a stellar performance in Blacksburg to completely shut down the Duke offense. And when I ...
UNC vs Duke —
Tar Heel Fan
Where: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC
When: Saturday, November 7th, 3:30 PM
TV: ESPNU
Records: UNC 5-3, 1-3 ACC; Duke 5-3, 3-1 ACC
College Football Armageddon?
Not really, besides I think that is Ohio St-Michigan. Still for the first time since probably 1994, this game has meaning ...
Plenty at stake today for old rivals —
Tar Heel Times
The fires of the football rivalry between UNC and Duke have been dying for 20 years, but they could start to blaze again today. The series, one-sided since the late 1980s, is on the verge of becoming competitive because of Duke's resurgence under Coach David Cutcliffe. Today's game at Kenan ...
Duke-UNC game carries possible postseason berth —
Tar Heel Times
Every time Duke wraps up its football season against heated rival North Carolina, the Blue Devils play like there's no tomorrow. That's because there almost never is a tomorrow. Entering 2009, the Blue Devils had closed the regular season against the Tar Heels in 42 of the past 44 years -- with ...
Bitter Duke-UNC rivalry began in 1888 —
Tar Heel Times
Duke and UNC started playing each other in 1888, when Duke was known as Trinity College. They have put on some of the great shows in college football history, but the rivalry started slowly. Trinity won four of the first five, and one tale has it that Trinity simply had a superior knowledge of ...
Head Coach Butch Davis Presser on Duke —
The 5th Corner
As the rivalry game between Duke and North Carolina slowly, but surely, comes closer and closer here is a nice video of head coach Butch Davis talking about this game. I have to say that it feels very strange to know that for once a game between UNC and Duke means so much and is not on the ...
Golden Annivesary Of A Memorable Win —
Tar Heel Times
The Carolina-Duke football rivalry was one of the top football rivalries in the South during the first half of the last century. But, by end of the 1950s, Duke had beaten the Tar Heels eight of the previous nine times the two teams had played. The 1959 UNC team was determined change the trend. ...
Duke vs. UNC with a twist —
Tar Heel Times
Bragging rights usually have been Duke's only incentive in football games against North Carolina. This season is a big exception. The Blue Devils have known only torment from the neighboring Tar Heels for most of the past 20 seasons, and they still want the bragging rights. But at 5-3 overall ...
Cutcliffe made Duke-UNC a game —
Tar Heel Times
Thanks to David Cutcliffe's magic and Butch Davis' win at Virginia Tech last week, the Tar Heels and Blue Devils finally are playing for something more positive than the Buyout Bowl. For most of what seems like the past quarter-century or so, a Duke-Carolina football seemed like a game of ...
UNC-Duke Now Slated For ESPNU —
Tar Heel Fan
Granted, there is not much difference between not being televised and being on ESPNU but the fact the game has been moved from 3:00 to 3:30 and put on a television channel somewhere is an indication that this game has implications beyond the possession of an old bell. Both teams are working ...
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