Duke thrived in its last prime-time, nationally televised game against a marquee opponent. The Blue Devils have the chance to do it again versus Notre Dame.
Duke fans prepare to run onto the field to celebrate a victory over Clemson on Sept. 4, 2023, in Durham, N.C.
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke thrived in its last prime-time, nationally televised game against a marquee opponent. The 17th-ranked Blue Devils have the chance to do it again. Duke hosts No. 11 Notre Dame on Saturday night, a game that quickly grew in magnitude after the Blue Devilsin its 4-0 start. The immediate challenge is stopping the Irish’s long regular-season winning streak against ACC teams, though it also includes managing the hype that includes luring ESPN’s “College GameDay” for its first appearance in Durham for a football game after multiple stops there for basketball.
Duke has a chance to reach 5-0 for the first time since winning the first seven games of the 1994 season. This comes just two years after Duke closed a three-win season with eight straight losses, seven by at least 25 points.“There’s so much more we have in us,” linebacker Dorian Mausi said. “When you take a step back and look at it, yes, we can be proud of how far we’ve come. But it’s still an innate sense of knowing we have so much more to get to and so much more to accomplish.
The most notable change this year has been the play of Duke’s defense, which has allowed just five touchdowns in four games. The Blue Devils will need another strong showing from that unit against the Irish , who boast a strong offense behind quarterback Sam Hartman and cracked the 40-point mark in their four wins before“The thing that you respect is how hard they play,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said. “They’re aggressive. They play extremely hard and they’re sound. They’re not exotic.
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