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Please be nice, we’re/they’re generally a reasonable bunch, despite the dumb academic arrogance from some—but not all—in this thread:

https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/index.php?threads/fb-duke-vs-22-smu-10-26-8pm-et-accn-pregame-and-in-game-thread.50915/

NOW I’m interested to go thru this.

They are a reasonable, long-suffering, and now annoyed group. Personally I’m just glad that’s over, though my no-injuries hope went nowhere. Please be nice. These are two very, very similar fan bases.

Dukie wrote:They are a reasonable, long-suffering, and now annoyed group. Personally I’m just glad that’s over, though my no-injuries hope went nowhere. Please be nice. These are two very, very similar fan bases.

They seem much more in touch with reality than many other boards.

yes it seems they are more worried about Kicker ,we will root for Duke next week against miami

wonder if the kicker/special teams issue was the sole reason Diaz went for the win in overtime?
Grateful for defense rising up one more time.

Dukie wrote:They are a reasonable, long-suffering, and now annoyed group. Personally I’m just glad that’s over, though my no-injuries hope went nowhere. Please be nice. These are two very, very similar fan bases.

Yeah I don’t post on other fan sites. Just reading.

peruna81 wrote:wonder if the kicker/special teams issue was the sole reason Diaz went for the win in overtime?

No. I asked Lashlee about that after the game, and he said Diaz made the right call, and that if SMU was in Duke's situation, he also would have gone for two. How reasoning: with the way overtime rules are, if Duke had gone for an extra point and tied the game, and then SMU had scored and gone for two, Duke never would have had the chance to tie it up. Lashlee wasn't surprised at all that Duke went for two.

peruna81 wrote:Grateful for defense rising up one more time.

The defense was amazing.
Consider: Duke had six takeaways — seven, if you count the drive on which the Blue Devils stopped the Mustangs at the 1-yard line — and SMU allowed ZERO points off those turnovers.
THAT, Lashlee said, was the most incredible stat of the night.

I don't understand the "they wouldn't have a chance" quote. Duke would get the ball first in OT2 and both teams would get a possession. What am I missing?

Edit nevermind it was a hypothetical switching of positions in OT1 I think

The game recap article on the DBR main page has a bunch of links; the student newspaper coverage is usually excellent:

https://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2024/10/27/24280683/duke-blue-devils-football-smu-mustangs-28-27-acc-football-manny-diaz-todd-pelino-miami-hurricanes

malonish wrote:I don't understand the "they wouldn't have a chance" quote. Duke would get the ball first in OT2 and both teams would get a possession. What am I missing?

Edit nevermind it was a hypothetical switching of positions in OT1 I think

Lashlee explains around the 7:30 mark

http://www.ponyfans.com/features/story.php?id=1744

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