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Post by Aggie One on Sept 4, 2019 16:46:40 GMT -5
A&T notebook: Aggies face different sort of FBS test this year in Duke By Jeff Mills jeff.mills@greensboro.com Sep 3, 2019
GREENSBORO — One thing is certain this weekend. Duke is not going to look past N.C. A&T. No way. No how. The Blue Devils (0-1) simply won’t fall into that trap as they make their way toward the ACC portion of their schedule. Not after A&T (1-0), the No. 14 team in this week’s FCS Coaches’ Poll, upended higher-division FBS opponents in each of the last three seasons. The Aggies are 3-1 in their money-making FBS guarantee games in that span, winning on the road at Kent State, Charlotte and East Carolina. All three of those teams finished those seasons with losing records. The Aggies’ lone loss was at bowl-bound Tulsa. The games on the road at 85-scholarship FBS teams are hard enough for any 63-scholarship FCS team to win. Win a few, and they get even harder. “You know, I never looked at it from that perspective, but that’s right,” A&T coach Sam Washington said. “But it doesn’t change anything. We’ll do what we do, and try to do it well. We know we cannot make a bunch of mistakes and beat a team like this. But you cannot go down there scared and beat a team like this, either.” For the rest of the story:www.greensboro.com/sports/college/ncat/a-t-notebook-aggies-face-different-sort-of-fbs-test/article_18054937-7f8c-5e27-a01a-25ce3cff1009.html
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 4, 2019 16:57:13 GMT -5
Cerenord ejection against Alabama disappoints Duke’s Cutcliffe BY STEVE WISEMAN SEPTEMBER 03, 2019 06:08 PMOne of the lingering effects of Duke’s 42-3 loss to No. 2 Alabama last Saturday in Atlanta is the Blue Devils won’t have one of their senior captains for part of their next game. Defensive tackle Edgar Cerenord was ejected last Saturday after being flagged for a flagrant personal foul. His early third-quarter entanglement with Alabama right guard Landon Dickerson escalated into punches being thrown and Cerenord stepping on Dickerson. According to the NCAA rule book, players are prohibited from striking an opponent “with his foot or any part of his leg that is below the knee.” Cerenord was the only player penalized in the incident, which occurred outside of the full view of television cameras on a play where Alabama running back Najee Harris gained four yards. Both Cerenord and Dickerson wound up with their helmets off and the penalty was called after Duke’s Dylan Singleton tackled Harris on the other side of the field. For the rest of the story:www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article234658542.html
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 5, 2019 7:37:34 GMT -5
A&T kicker Noel Ruiz won his teammates' trust long before he won the Elon game By Jeff Mills jeff.mills@greensboro.com 12 hrs ago
GREENSBORO — He had missed two field-goal attempts in the fourth quarter, from 40 and 42 yards. Both had plenty of leg, plenty of distance. Both drifted wide left, near misses in a tie game. And now N.C. A&T kicker Noel Ruiz was on the field again, the game against Elon still tied with 1 second left on the clock, staring down the barrel of a 52-yarder with nearly 17,000 people staring at him. No problem. Honest. Because for Ruiz, a slender junior from Wilson, this kind of pressure was nothing compared to the pressure of summer practice, when he could spare all of his weary teammates extra sprints at the end of two sweltering hours of hard work under the hot sun. If only he made a field goal. The snap was pure, straight into the outstretched hands of senior Ernest “Petie” Bush. The hold was pure, ball down, laces spun out. The kick was pure. Right down the middle as the clock struck zero. A&T 24, Elon 21. Bedlam. For the rest of the story:www.greensboro.com/sports/college/ncat/a-t-kicker-noel-ruiz-won-his-teammates-trust-long/article_07723fb8-ca58-58f6-a331-64c1ffce40fe.html
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 5, 2019 7:44:11 GMT -5
Duke football set to host FCS powerhouse North Carolina A&T By Evan Kolin September 4, 2019 | 9:28pm EDT It's now Duke's turn to play the role of heavy favorite. A week after a 42-3 defeat at the hands of No. 2 Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, the Blue Devils return home to Wallace Wade Stadium to take on North Carolina A&T—an FCS program—Saturday at 6 p.m. The Aggies are a formidable force in the FCS, winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference last season, though they did not participate in the FCS national championship tournament. North Carolina A&T finished the 2019 campaign with a final ranking of No. 11 in both the FCS Coaches and STATS polls. “They’re a great program, not just a great team,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “They are champions, they do what champions [do]...this is a really good football team and a really good football program. So I think you have to test yourself in those settings. We just played one that’s a great football program—you got the same thing in North Carolina A&T.” Despite the Aggies’ successes within the FCS, Saturday’s contest is likely to end in yet another blowout—this time in Duke’s favor. The Blue Devils (0-1) are favored by 29.5 points and have beaten their previous three FCS opponents—three contests against North Carolina Central between 2016 and 2018—by a combined 164-26. For the rest of the story:www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/09/duke-football-north-carolina-a-and-t-home-opener?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 5, 2019 7:52:22 GMT -5
Week Two Game Preview - Duke vs NC A&T By ADAM ROWE Sep 3, 9:03 AM
Duke made it out of their Week One matchup against #2-ranked Alabama with some cuts and bruises, but no major injuries and heads held high after holding the Crimson Tide's offense to zero points in the first quarter and keeping the game within two scores by halftime. But the college football season rewards no points in the standings for moral victories and the 2019 Blue Devils still need to find six wins to get them back to a bowl game for the third consecutive year. That battle continues this Saturday with the first home game of the year kicking off at 6PM on ACC Network Extra (not the new ACC Network - the WatchESPN app or streaming online) against in-state FCS opponent North Carolina A&T. While the team on the other side of the field will be a step down in competition level after going up against Alabama's near NFL roster, the Aggies are no pushover having taken down East Carolina in 2018. For the rest of the story:247sports.com/college/duke/LongFormArticle/duke-blue-devils-north-carolina-a-t-game-preview-135128510/
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Post by Maxell on Sept 5, 2019 8:41:59 GMT -5
I’m mad already.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 5, 2019 8:51:10 GMT -5
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Post by bluehaze on Sept 5, 2019 9:13:41 GMT -5
Who decides the uniform combination? Is it voted on by the team?
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 5, 2019 9:16:10 GMT -5
"The gray ... and gold, hey (say what, say what, say what)"
"The gray ... and gold, hey (say whaaaaat)"
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Post by marchingband1969 on Sept 5, 2019 9:16:15 GMT -5
"Saturday’s contest is likely to end in yet another blowout—this time in Duke’s favor. The Blue Devils (0-1) are favored by 29.5 points and have beaten their previous three FCS opponents—three contests against North Carolina Central"
I don't know what I'm more pizzed off about...the comment about "blowout" or being lumped in with them buzzards. I sure hope we kick their butts!
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 5, 2019 9:17:14 GMT -5
Who decides the uniform combination? Is it voted on by the team? I believe the senior captains.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 5, 2019 9:18:45 GMT -5
The senior captions must be color blind.....
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 5, 2019 9:28:22 GMT -5
You guys dont understand high fashion: Gray, white and gold is the top look this fall.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 5, 2019 9:50:34 GMT -5
BTW: Aint nothing uglier than the 2015 blue jerseys with the gold spiderweb sleeves. If yall weren't complaining then, I dont want to hear it now.
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Post by codeblu78 on Sept 5, 2019 9:56:04 GMT -5
I see they did their home work!?
"That defense is led by redshirt junior defensive back Mac McCain III, arguably the best HBCU prospect in the 2020 NFL Draft"
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