09-01-2012, 06:40 PM
Last year when they played, they combined for more than 700 yards of offense, with Duke pulling out the win in a defense-less game. This year the two teams are already over 700 yards going in to the 4th quarter. Duke quarterback Sean Renfree is 20/27 with 2TDs and 1 INT. He has thrown a 49 yard pass and a 60 yard pass. Two long passes came off of play-action, another bomb for a TD from the shotgun. Duke has one very fast receiver and their quarterback seems to have great touch on his rainbow bombs.
Yes, I would expect next week to be the first of many, many games which focus an offensive attack overwhelmingly on our inexperienced secondary. We are going to need a much better pass rush and much better coverage. Duke's offense quite simply looks a lot better than SJSU's.
As far as good news, Florida International has had a back rush 18 times for more than 100 yards against Duke, with a 6.3 average. Duke may be a good team to get our running game back on track.
Duke has had the same coach now for 5 years and he seems to be doing a creditable job in gradually making that program competitive. They will have absolutely nothing to lose coming in here. It will be a dangerous game. Thank goodness SJSU woke us up.
Yes, I would expect next week to be the first of many, many games which focus an offensive attack overwhelmingly on our inexperienced secondary. We are going to need a much better pass rush and much better coverage. Duke's offense quite simply looks a lot better than SJSU's.
As far as good news, Florida International has had a back rush 18 times for more than 100 yards against Duke, with a 6.3 average. Duke may be a good team to get our running game back on track.
Duke has had the same coach now for 5 years and he seems to be doing a creditable job in gradually making that program competitive. They will have absolutely nothing to lose coming in here. It will be a dangerous game. Thank goodness SJSU woke us up.