Georgia Tech at Duke

Ted Roof’s defensive unit came out much more polished and energized in the second half.

North Carolina’s Ryan Switzer (3) breaks between Illinois… After that, the Blue Devils averaged 3.1 yards per play and were 2 for 12 on third down.

The loser instantly will be placed in a hard situation, while the victor will have a leg up against one of the three most talked-about contenders in the Coastal Division. “And, make sure you can get them, you can get farther and get a good RPI and stuff like that”, said junior Tina Iordanou.

After Georgia Tech scored the first points of the second half on a 48 yard field goal, Devon Edwards took the ensuing kickoff back 100 yards untouched for a touchdown. And then Saturday’s 34-20 loss to Duke. It could be Duke. Also, though Virginia Tech has won their last two decisively, no one is confusing Purdue and Furman for anything resembling a competitive football team.

The clock looks to be ticking on Frank Beamer. Georgia Tech vs Duke football tv channel schedule is on ACC Network. The play capped a 12-play, 74-yard drive for the Yellow Jackets.

That said, given the returning experience of the offensive line and Thomas, it didn’t seem likely that a sub-3.0 yards-per-carry game would happen this season, obviously. With his stout D and unproven passers, Steve Addazio will simply saddle up backs Jon Hilliman, Jeff Smith and Tyler Rouse over the next two months.

The Duke defense soon forced a fumble and took back possession of the ball on the Georgia Tech 39-yard line with 2:12 to play. Georgia Tech’s late rally fell short in a 30-22 loss to Notre Dame, while Duke fell to Northwestern 19-10.

The Duke Blue Devils upset the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Durham Saturday, and in doing so have cleared a major hurdle on their way to achieving ACC relevancy. He’s not only struggling as a passer, but his ground production is sinking as well. But he was stuck settling for dump-off passes last week against Northwestern and threw for 150 yards, even though he completed 24-of-39 passes. If the quarterback isn’t fixed, there’s no way the Jackets repeat as division champs.

“It’s good to see the kids feel the magnitude of the game”, Speed said. The Canes blew a 23-point fourth quarter lead, but survived to go 3-0 on the young season. “We needed somebody to step up and make a play”, Cash said. This year North Carolina already has posted six scoreless quarters through just three games.

Duke continues its homestand against Boston College next Saturday, October 3. Enjoy this week’s press conference, Coach Fedora.

That actually does it for the Coastal as Miami and Pittsburgh enjoy byes this week. The senior had the fourth punt block of his career in the win over Tulane.

“They play really good team defense”. And competing with LSU Saturday, with a quarterback from deep off the bench, is the kind of moral victory that’s going to benefit the future of Shafer.

Barnes received the penalty while playing special teams on Duke’s punt coverage unit.

Neither game last week was as close as the score indicated it would be. And speaking of coaching hot seats in that part of the country, Mike London’s Virginia team was just destroyed at home 56-14 by Boise State. The quarterback situation is a microcosm of how things are unraveling in Charlottesville. His Hokies lost 35-28 to a 2-2 East Carolina team that had lost by 24 points to Navy the week before, after which Beamer compared the defeat to an exhibition game.

Wait, is this Virginia Tech? Two weeks ago there were questions of whether UNC could score against a FBS opponent.

Kendall Hinton came in at quarterback after an ankle injury to John Wolford and gave the Deamon Deacons a spark.