Duke ready to kick it up a notch against #11 Florida State

The road to Tallahassee, Fla. has now been traveled.

The Duke Blue Devils (6-2, 3-1)  kick off against the #11 Florida State Seminoles (7-1, 4-1) at 3:30 p.m. in Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday.

FSU enters Saturday’s game ranked 11th nationally and atop the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division while Duke is off to its best start since 1994 and sits atop the Coastal Division.

The last time these two teams have squared off with significant ramifications was 1994, when #9 FSU routed #No. 16 Duke, 59-20, at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Decisive advantage

The Seminoles hold a distinct historical advantage in the series against the Blue Devils with a perfect 17-0 record with the most recent win, a 41-16 decision, over Duke coming last season.

Florida State’s mastery of Duke in the all-time series ranks as one of the most dominant among conference opponents in league history as FSU is tied for the second-longest winning streak among ACC opponents.

Duke is the lone ACC team that has not defeated FSU in its 21 seasons of conference membership.

Monday punts for Ray Guy Award 

A big part of Duke's success this season has been its ability to place the ball effectively in punting situations, the responsibility of redshirt freshman kicker Will Monday.

As a result, Monday was named as one of 69 nominees on the Ray Guy Award watch list, as announced on Friday by the Augusta Sports Council.

Monday, one of only six freshmen on the award nominee list, leads the ACC and ranks eighth nationally with 45.77 yards per punt, kicking 39 punts for a total of 1,785 yards.

Monday leads ACC on Saturdays

An ACC-leading 14 of his punts have traveled 50 yards or longer, and 12 have landed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.

Monday is the only player in the ACC with two punts of at least 60 yards and currently ranks second on Duke’s single-season punting average list, trailing only Steve Lach who averaged 45.89 yards per punt for the Blue Devils in 1941.

Monday has averaged no less than 43.5 yards per punt in each of Duke’s eight games this season.

He has made a punt of at least 50 yards and has placed a punt inside an opponent’s 20-yard line in every game this season.

During his weekly teleconference leading up to the Florida State game, Duke coach David Cutcliffe had the following to say about his kicker:

"Will has been accurate, has great hang time - he really has stepped up and taken challenges. I think that last punt in that last ballgame (against North Carolina) was indicative of the year he's had when he put that ball and pinned them inside the 10-yard-line we ended up giving up the score. But the kicking game and what he did is exactly what you want a guy to do, so he is a weapon."

Guy Award background

The Augusta Sports Council created the Ray Guy Award in 2000 to honor Thomson, Georgia native and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy.

The Ray Guy Award winner must display team leadership, self-discipline, and have a positive impact on the team’s success and is determined by a national voting body of sports writers, college coaches, sports information directors, and past Ray Guy Award winners.

The voting body uses a variety of statistics to determine the successful recipient by comparing net punting average, number of times a punt is downed or kicked out of bounds inside the opponents 20-yard line, total yardage punted, average returned yardage, and percentage of punts not returned.

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Duke Blue Devils' Renfree earns NFF National Scholar-Athlete Award

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The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Football Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday that Duke Blue Devils redshirt senior quarterback Sean Renfree was named one of 15 recipients of the 2012 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Award, presented by Fidelity Investments.  

The 15 honorees also comprise the list of finalists for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, endowed by HealthSouth, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best scholar-athlete in the nation.  

Selected from a nationwide pool of 147 exceptional semifinalists from among all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, Renfree is joined in the class by Matt Barkley (Southern California), Rex Burkhead (Nebraska), Cody Davis (Texas Tech), Nick Driskill (Mount Union), Nick Florence (Baylor), Nabal Jefferson (Northern Illinois), Barrett Jones (Alabama), Aaron Mullane (West Texas A&M), Ryan Nassib (Syracuse), Nolan Nearhoof (Robert Morris), Ethan Peterson (MIT), Manti Te’o (Notre Dame), Patrick Ward (Northwestern) and Shane Zackery (Saint Xavier).

 Performance standards

This season, Renfree has guided Duke to a 6-2 overall record – the school’s best start since 1994 – by hitting on 164-of-237 (.692) pass attempts for 1,793 yards with 11 touchdowns and seven interceptions.  

In the ACC, he ranks first in pass completions per game (23.4), fourth in pass efficiency rating (142.2), fifth in passing yards per game (256.1) and eighth in total offensive yards per game (252.7).

The most accurate passing quarterback in Blue Devil history, Renfree has played in 36 career games with 30 starting assignments and completed 75-of-1,185 pass attempts for 8,145 yards with 43 touchdowns and 37 interceptions.  

On Duke’s all-time charts, he ranks first in pass completion percentage (.646), fourth in passing yardage and fifth in touchdown passes.  In addition, his passing yardage total is the 17th-highest in ACC history.

Other award considerations

Earlier this year, Renfree was named to the American Football Coaches Association’s 11-man Good Works Team for his community service efforts and will represent Duke at the 79th Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La.  

He also is a finalist for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award.

Renfree graduated from Duke in December of 2011 with a degree in public policy studies, boasting a cumulative grade point average of 3.40.  

He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in humanities, where he holds a 3.81 GPA.

A native of Scottsdale, Ariz., Renfree becomes the third Duke player to earn the honor, joining Mike Diminick (1988) and Bill Obremskey (1983).

“This year’s class contains some of the finest student-athletes to ever compete in college athletics in any sport,” said NFF President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell. 

“They have an average GPA of 3.67, which showcases their commitment to excellence in the classroom as well as on the field. Without exception, they embody what it takes to be great leaders. We are proud to hold them out as examples for future generations to emulate.”

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Duke Athletics earns 98 percent Graduation Success Rate

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As of follow-up to the NCAA's news release regarding its most recent Graduation Success Rates (GSR) report, Duke University athletics announced on Thursday that ninety-eight percent of freshmen student-athletes receiving scholarship aid or recruited individuals participating in programs that do not offer athletic aid graduated from Duke within six years.

The GSR is based on student-athletes who entered college as freshmen from 2002-2005 and allows for the removal of those individuals from the cohort who left Duke in good academic standing. 

A total of 16 Duke teams achieved a 100 percent GSR: baseball, men’s basketball, men’s fencing, men's golf, men's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women’s basketball, women's fencing, field hockey, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis, women’s cross country/track and field and volleyball.

Duke's remaining programs – men's cross country/track & field (92), football (92), men’s lacrosse (96), men's soccer (93), wrestling (97) and rowing (96) – all achieved a GSR of 92 percent of better.  

Duke's 98 percent Graduation Success Rate is tops in the ACC, followed by Boston College (97), Wake Forest (95), Miami (93), North Carolina (88), Virginia Tech (88), Virginia (87), Clemson (84), Maryland (83), Florida State (78), N.C. State (77) and Georgia Tech (76). 

In addition, the Federal Graduation Rates were released on Thursday. 

Duke freshmen scholarship athletes that enrolled in 2002-05 posted a four-year class average of 86 percent.  

The Federal Graduation Rate does not allow for the removal of those individuals from the cohort who left Duke in good academic standing, and only includes scholarship student-athletes.

ACC teams lead in NCAA graduation rates

 

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) continues to be a leader in academic success as demonstrated in the latest National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Graduation Success Rates (GSR) report released on Thursday.Teams from ACC institutions rank among the top Division..

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Reprimands and suspensions assessed after Duke/North Carolina game

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Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Commissioner John Swofford announced on Monday, a series of reprimands and suspensions following football games played on Saturday, October 20, including the Duke Blue Devils' 33-30 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels.

The announcement follows the league’s weekly review of game footage as well as reports and interviews with officials and administrators.

Following the North Carolina at Duke game, a series of suspensions were issued to a player and two officials. 

North Carolina freshman linebacker Shakeel Rashad received a one-game suspension for his dangerous collision against Duke wide receiver Conner Vernon during a substitution in the second quarter. 

In addition, head linesman Tyrone Davis and side judge Angie Bartis were issued one-game suspensions for failure to adhere to correct mechanics of the game and rules related to player safety.

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ACC Football Live: Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina Tar Heels

The Duke Blue Devils (5-2, 2-1) host the North Carolina Tar Heels (5-2, 2-1) for the 99th meeting between the two teams at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C.

The Tar Heels lead the series 58-36-4 which dates back to the two schools' first-ever meeting in 1888.


Duke’s last win over North Carolina at Wallace Wade Stadium came in a 35-29 decision back in 1988.

Updates provided each quarter here and more frequently on Twitter @pksport.

Kickoff coming up in 45 minutes.

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1st Quarter:

• Duke kicks off and the Tar Heels return it to their 27-yard line
• Bryn Renner will get the Carolina offense going and he does with a swing pass to A.J. Blue
• RB Gio Bernard tries to gain some yards on the ground
• Renner shaken up after running the ball on the next play - stays down for a while but walks off the field okay it seems
• New QB Marquise Williams comes in for the Tar Heels
• Bernard with a big 39-yard gain gets Carolina into the red zone
• Renner is back in the game and tries to air one into the corner of the end zone, but is unsuccessful
• Duke defense is holding strong as play moves to third down and goal
• Renner takes the snap as Duke shows blitz - he has nowhere to go running to the right sideline - a loss of eight yards
• The Tar Heels' Caseey Barth kicks a field goal to go ahead 3-0 with 11:00 remaining
• Duke's Lee Butler returns the kickoff to his own 32-yard line  
• Sean Renfree takes the snap and hands off to Jela Thompson - gain of 4 yards
• Duke keeps it on the ground but then Renfree puts in the air and it is tipped and intercepted by Carolina - flag down on the play at the end of the run
• A 15-yard personal foul penalty negates the interception and the Blue Devils get the ball back at their 49-yard line 
• Renfree gets to work and moves the chains into the red zone
• Anthony Boone comes in to take the snap and takes the option and scores the touchdown
• With Ross Martin's kick, the Blue Devils take the lead 7-3 at the 6:59 mark
• Duke's total sequence took just under four minutes, 8 plays and 68 yards to score
• North Carolina returns the ball to its own 24-yard line
• First play goes to Bernard as Blue Devils defense keeps him to a 5-yard gain
• Carolina goes three downs and out and punts the ball to the Duke 37-yard line
• Renfree gets sacked on the first play, but Jela Duncan makes up for it with a 12-yard gain
• Renfree airs one to Desmond Scott for another 10 yards
• If that wasn't good enough, Renfree connects with Vernon for 35-yards - he becomes Duke's all-time receiving yards leader
• Duke is now in the red zone again and a rush by Thompson only gets a yard
• The Blue Devils can't score a touchdown but a Ross Martin field goal attempt hits the post and is good
• Duke leads North Carolina 10-7 with 2:02 to play
• Carolina returns the kickoff and starts its drive
• After a few plays, the ball is fumbled and Duke comes up with it
• Duke loses six yards on the first play and try to gain it back on the next one - they do
• Another gain of  13 yards by Josh Snead on the ground and the Blue Devils are back in the red zone
• End of the quarter and Duke leads North Carolina 10-3

2nd Quarter:

• Duke starts its drive on the eight-yard line and only gain a yard on the play
• On the ensuing snap Renfree is forced to throw it away and are going for it on fourth down
• Flag down on the play with motion on the line called against the Blue Devils
• Field goal unit comes out and Martin finishes it with another three points - Duke extends its lead to 13-3 with 14:12 to go
• Duke kicks into the Carolina end zone and it's returned 14 yards to start the Tar Heels offense
• Bernard is getting the ball and trying to take charge of the game and after a play gains a big 34 yards on the play
• Carolina is in Duke territory now on the 38-yard line
• Renner takes the snap and tosses it to Blue who then attempts a pass downfield - flag on the field as Duke called for pass interference
• Bernard back in for the Tar Heels and continues where he left off
• North Carolina is in the red zone now - Walt Canty is down on the field but slowly gets up
• Bernard continues to gain yardage on the ground for the Tar Heels while Duke defense is holding its own in preventing a touchdown score
• Casey Barth kicks a 23-yard field goal as the Tar Heels inch closer on the scoreboard - trailing Duke 13-6 with 11:20 to play
• Butler returns the ball to his own 26-yard line to start Duke's next drive which they start on the ground
• Then Renfree puts it up for Jamison Crowder for a 26-yard gain - followed up by Duncan
• On a late substitution, Carolina's Shakeel Rashad hits Duke's Conner Vernon and knocks him to the ground - no penalty 
• Duke starts work on its offensive drive with a number of short rushes and passes
• After a 9-play, 48-yard sequence Renfree throws it away for his first interception of the game - UNC gets the ball back on its own seven-yard line
• With 7:47 to go Duke gets the ball back after the Tar Heels are forced to punt after three downs - Blue Devils will start with the ball on the Carolina 44 after an 18-yard return by Vernon
• Duke starts the ball moving on the ground as Thompson gains 24-yds on three runs
• Duncan gets another five yards and in the red zone again
• Crowder scrambles and gets inside to the one-yard line
• After one attempt, Duncan runs it in for the touchdown
• PAT by Martin and the Blue Devils now lead the Tar Heels 20-6 with 4:25 to go
• North Carolina starts its offense on the ground starting at its own 29-yard line with the handoff to Bernard
• Carolina continues to work the ball on the ground and comes up short on the measurement and will go for it on fourth down on their own 29-yard line
• Renner keeps the ball and converts the first down
• After seven plays and 19 yards gained, Tar Heels punt it and Duke starts on its own 15-yard line
• Clock winding down and the Blue Devils let it do so to carry lead into the half

End of 1st half: Duke 20, North Carolina 6

3rd Quarter:

• Duke starts with the ball on its own 35-yard line
• Small gains and incomplete passes don't translate into much yardage gained for the Blue Devils to start the half
• Forced to punt, Duke pressures the return at midfield
• Renner starts the Tar Heels offense with a handoff to Bernard who gains 10 yards on the play
• Carolina continues to work the ball downfield with rushes by Blue and Bernard - convert their first third-down conversion of the game for a first down
• After a few more downs the Tar Heels pull of a fake punt and gain another first down
• Working the ball to Bernard on successive plays who works the ball down to the Duke 11-yard line - threatening to score
• With third and seven yards to go, the Duke defense comes up big with blocking a pass attempt - UNC field goal unit comes out and Casey Barth scores another three points 
• Duke still leads 20-9 with 8:48 to play after the Tar Heels complete a 14-play, 48-yard sequence to inch closer on the scoreboard 
• Snead rushes for Duke and then Scott gains 14 yards on a pass from Renfree
• Snead continues his work on the ground with  an 18-yard haul as Duke enters North Carolina side of the field
• Renfree throws a strike to Isaac Blakeney for another 11 yards as Blue Devils continue the march upfield
• Vernon makes a 14-yard catch in the air at the Carolina 10-yard line - Duke back in the red zone
• Duncan carries but can't make it into the endzone on second and goal
• On the ensuing third down, Renfree tries to connect with David Reeves, but the ball is knocked down - Martin comes in to kick a field goal
• The Blue Devils extend their lead to 23-9 with 4:28 to go
•  Renner starts the sequence with the snap but is sacked for a loss of seven yards by Dewalt and the defense continues to contain the Tar Heels inside their 30-yard line - punt unit comes out for third straight sequence for UNC
• Snead gains nine yards on the first play which is followed by more work on the ground - Duke has gained 186 yards on the rush so far - significant for the Blue Devils
• As the end of the quarter arrives, Duke leads the Tar Heels 23-9

4th Quarter:

• Duke begins the final quarter with a fourth down and it tries to use a faked punt to get the first down, but is unsuccessful - Carolina gets the ball back at midfield
• Renner keeps it to gain four yards on the first play
• Ross Cockrell with a huge block on third down and Carolina is going for it on fourth and six yards to go
• Duke blitzes and Renner puts it into the air for 34 yards to Eric Ebron - first down on the Duke nine-yard line
• Renner hands it off to Bernard who adds eight yards to his total for the game - short of the touchdown
• The Tar Heels are contemplating what to do with third and goal to go
• Bernard gets the ball and runs it into the enzone - Carolina shortens the Duke lead to 23-16 with 13:14 to go
• Duncan returns the ball to his 24-yard line and start on the run led by Snead - gains 19 yards on the play
• Snead carries it on the next play
• Renfree connnects with Vernon for another 18 yards and Duke is threatening again with the ball on the North Carolina 33-yard line
• Renfree tries to run the ball in order to gain the first down but gets hit and comes up short - Martin comes in to bail him out
• Duke leads 26-16 with 9:22 to play
• Tar Heels get the ball back and they get to work quickly as Renner finds Bernard for the rush and then connects with Ebron in the air
• Romar Morris gains valuable yards for Carolina and the Tar Heels get a first down after Renner keeps it and gets hit - flag down against Duke for a personal foul
• Hit by Jordan Byas gives Renner a first down to start on the Duke 13-yard line
• Bernard gets the ball and runs to left laterally, to the seven-yard line 
• Renner throws the touchdown pass to Sean Tapley for a five-yard finish
• Duke now leads North Carolina 26-23 with 6:28 to play
• Lee Butler returns the kick 31 yards to his own 35-hyard line to start the next drive for the Blue Devils
• North Carolina almost intercepts on Duke's third down - punting unit comes onto the field - fair catch called by Bernard inside the Carolina 10-yard line
• Tar Heels first play doesn't go far as Duke's Kenny Anunike stops Bernard on the run
• Carolina gains some yardage on the next passing play including a first down pass to Tapley to the 25-yard line
• No huddle offense for Carolina is working as Ebron receives a 14-yard pass.
• On the next play, Renner puts up a pass to Highsmith which is stripped by Byas - Cockrell's attempt to recover is unsuccessful and Bernard picks it up and runs it into the endzone 
• Carolina completes the PAT and now leads Duke 30-26 with 3:06 to play
• Duke can't return the ball before the Tar Heels shut down the return
• The Blue Devils make a huge 29-yard gain on Vernon's run to midfield
• Duncan gets a dump pass from Renfree and it's second and eight yards to go with 1:41 to play
• Renfree takes the third down snap and hits Vernon with a pass for the first down to the 36-yard line
• Another pass to Blakeney on the no-huddle offense - timeout called with the ball on the 23-yard line and 1:30 to play
• Renfree taks the snap and hands off to Snead - little yardage - 1 yard gained on the play - Duke calls timeout
• Crowder takes a cross-route pass and third and six to go - pass to Duncan who gains the first down - chains coming out to confirm
• Big spot and it's first down on the 13-yard line
• Duncan carries it and gets it down to the six-yard line and Duke calls another timeout with 28 seconds to go
• Renfree takes the snap and throws a swing pass to Duncan who can't hold on to it
• Third down and four to go and Duncan can't get the first down - another timout with 19 seconds to play
• Fourth down and two to and Renfree takes the snap and a high-flying catch by Crowder in the endzone scores the touchdown with Martin's PAT 
• Duke leads 33-30 with 13 seconds to play
• Carolina working to get the ball downfield on next play which is incomplete
• Renner takes the snap with four seconds to play and Carolina tries multiple laterals and throws across the field until it hits the ground - game over

Final: Duke 33, North Carolina 30

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Duke plays North Carolina with bowl eligibility on the line

Peter Koutroumpis, PKS Consulting

Will the Duke Blue Devils become bowl eligible after playing the North Carolina Tar Heels during the two teams’ 99^th meeting at Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday night?

Maybe. Maybe not.

The key to the Blue Devils achieving that goal will be to continue what they have been doing all season – playing hard for 60 minutes, with heart and with confidence.

Seems simple enough, doesn’t it.

Resetting after Blacksburg

However, after leading Virginia Tech 20-0 at Lane Stadium during most of the first half, the Blue Devils collapsed later in the half to allow the Hokies to claw back and eventually shut them out during the second half and to win the game 41-20.

It seems that the lack of a productive effort for the entire game and some more injuries resulted in Duke dropping into a rut in Blacksburg.

Head coach David Cutcliffe stated simply during his Sunday teleconference, “we’ve got a lot to learn still about handling adversity and a team that gets hot on you.”

Not an advocate of forgetting about previous games, Cutcliffe stated that he would direct his team to put the game behind them emotionally, and to study and grow from it.

“This team doesn’t like losing,” he said.

Will they do it?

According to many outside the program, Duke has been playing its entire season as overachievers and will run into a wall as it faces the final half of its playing schedule with opponents like the Tar Heels.

No doubt with the Tar Heels on a four-game win streak, they will drive up 15-501 and into Durham with a lot of confidence as well as a 58-36-4 all-time record over the Blue Devils.

The winner of Saturday’s game will receive the coveted Victory Bell, which has been presented annually to the winner of the Carolina-Duke football game since the 1940s.

A large bell on wheels, Head cheerleaders from Duke (Loring Jones) and North Carolina (Norman Spear) decided on the idea, with Jones designing the model and Spear obtaining a bell from an old railroad train.

Whoever wins it from year-to-year is allowed to paint the frame of the bell its team color.

Although Carolina has owned the bell for 21 of the last 22 seasons, Duke has a tremendous opportunity to break the Tar Heels’ streak, and to get back into the groove it was in while winning four straight games itself before losing to Virginia Tech.

Should they do it, the Blue Devils beating the Tar Heels and claiming the Victory Bell will only be a precursor to the bigger celebration of becoming bowl-eligible with a sixth victory on the year.

That would provide for a great reason to ring the bell for a long time afterward.

After all, winning the Victory Bell by beating the Tar Heels and becoming bowl-eligible on the same day rarely happens at Duke.

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