They did a really good job running the football against Nebraska. They have a lot of experience up front, and they are a big physical team. If you look at their offense, they have eight starters returning. I think they're an extremely physical football team, something you would expect that from a Big Ten team. To go toe-to-toe with him this week will be a unique opportunity for our program to kind of see if we can take it to the next level. He was a coach that I always kind of modeled things after and thought did an amazing job running a program. We used to go over and work his camps when I was at Bowling Green. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Coach (Pat) Fitzgerald and the job that he does. We're here to build a program and now we've got to take our show on the road and go up to Big Ten country and play a really talented Northwestern football team. "I told our guys, it's onto the next week. I am so happy for him to go out and play the way that he did. He's one of those guys that doesn't get mentioned, who's really adding a lot of value to our program. He did a nice job on punt and just really happy with what he's doing. He did a lot of really nice things Friday night and made a big time play on kickoff. He has gotten in position where he can give us some depth at defensive end, but really has become a core special teams guy for us. Ryan got moved to defensive end and has really embraced it and improved at that position tremendously. He was our special teams player of the week. Ryan Smith is a kid I'd just like to mention, because he's one of those unsung heroes. I thought Mo (Maurice) McIntyre had a really good game, he was our offensive lineman of the week. We were really happy with how he executed the passing game. Offensively, Riley Leonard, for him to play the way he did and started the way he did in his second game as a starter was really special. He was our defensive lineman of the week. Really happy with DeWayne Carter and what he did up front. "Some individual performances that stood out – I thought Shaka Heyward played really well at the linebacker position. Certainly, that gives us something to build on heading into next week. I wish we'd had kind of continued the level of execution that we had in the first half through the second half. I thought the execution in the early part of the game was really good and to get out to the lead that we got out to 24-to-0 at halftime, I thought was good. I thought both sides of the ball were ready to go and we started fast. I'm just really happy with how we started the game. We had an awesome turnout from our students, and I am very appreciative of that. Recapping the game from Friday night, I thought it was a really good start for our program. The game can also be heard on the Blue Devil Sports Network from LEARFIELD through the Varsity app or The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 with Eric Collins and Devin Gardner on the call. The Blue Devils travel to Evanston, Ill., on Saturday for a matchup with Northwestern. Perhaps the means by which he maintains faith in his own superiority.Story Links DURHAM – Duke football head coach Mike Elko met with members of the media on Monday afternoon for his weekly press conference. A man engaged in a constant search for the weaknesses of others, Hilemore decided.
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