Showing posts with label Duke Blue Devils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duke Blue Devils. Show all posts

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Miami's amazing walk-off kickoff return TD against Duke should not have counted (VIDEO)

There has been The Auburn Finish, this season's Michigan Fumble and, of course, The Stanford Band Return, but what happened at the end of the Miami-Duke game late Saturday might top them all.

Or maybe not?


The Hurricanes, six days after seeing their coach fired, ended the game with one of the most remarkable kick returns in college football history with a touchdown by Corn Elder, whose two pass interference penalties had set up No. 18 Duke's go-ahead touchdown just seconds earlier.

Elder's touchdown, after time ran out and the assist of eight lateral tosses. gave Miami a 30-27 win on the game's final play.


But before Miami was declared a winner, the game officials had to sort out a flag that was thrown on the Duke 25-yard line during the return.

It looked like the 'Canes player's knee was on the ground when he flipped the ball backwards to a Miami teammate.



FOX Sports Rules Analyst Mike Pereira seemed to agree:

And, after studying the tape in replay a few times, Pereira thinks that No. 22 on Miami also delivered a clear block in the back at the Miami 15 to help set the play in action.


Another discrepancy.

And don't even mention the Miami player on the field without a helmet to the Duke faithful:




But, even after a nine-minute review by the ACC officials, the Hurricanes were declared victorious.

The good news for Blue Devils fans? No band members were trampled during the filming of this play.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Duke commit Grayson Allen soars over 6'11' Jahil Okafor to win McDonald's dunk contest (VIDEO)

To all you Dukies wallowing in misery after the Blue Devils' early exit from Big Dance, look up. Way up.

Duke commit Grayson Allen looked pretty good at the McDonald's All-American Game practices Monday and showed he has some major hops by winning the dunk contest.

The 6-foot-4 two-guard from Jacksonville, Florida — wearing a Jay Williams Duke jersey —threw down a few dunks over all three of the future Duke commits whom are also McDonald’s All-Americans.

The first dunk came over Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones, but the winning dunk came over 6-foot-11 center Jahlil Okafor.

Yup. Coach K has seriously reloaded for next season.


Friday, December 20, 2013

Bruce Springsteen rocks Duke-UCLA game at Madison Square Garden (PHOTO)

Those weren't boos you heard at Madison Square Garden Thursday night during the Duke-UCLA game, they were calls for Bruuuuce — as in Bruce Springsteen.

The Boss himself was spotted sitting courtside rooting for the Blue Devils with his Duke undergrad daughter Jessica while the whole place was rocking.

The Yankees cap was a nice touch.




It sure wasn't the first time the pride of New Jersey heard those calls in this venue, but even Springsteen had to be thrilled watching another Big Man, Jabari Parker lay down this monster jam.


Sunday, October 13, 2013

Duke men's basketball team poses with assault rifles (PHOTOS)

Serious looking photos of members of the Duke men's basketball team holding automatic assault rifles were posted on some of the Blue Devils' personal Facebook pages Saturday and had some people wondering what the shots depicted or if they were in bad taste.



Deadspin later explained that the Dukies and their M4 Carbines were part of the team's four-day fall break. They had visited West Point —coach Mike Krzyzewski's alma mater — and taken some target practice with some of the cadets before heading to New York City where they planned on seeing a Broadway play, the National 9/11 Memorial and a show at the Apollo Theater. The team even had dinner with some former Duke greats including Grant Hill.



After all that infantry training, Coach K's sharpshooters might want to start their season by seeing both Blue Man Group and A Time To Kill.