Well This Is Different - Duke Football Is Sold Out This Saturday

Sep 13, 2022 - 1:00 PM

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Quite honestly, we weren’t sure what to expect from Mike Elko’s first season as Duke football coach, but we really didn’t expect significant excitement.

We thought it would be a rebuilding year, you know? The team struggled last year and it’s not like you can count on a freshmen class to get things turned around. That can happen in basketball, but football? Not so much.

So a lot of it has to be down to coaching. Elko is essentially taking the same group that David Cutcliffe had last year and has done a tremendous job so far.

Duke won its opener over Temple and then won a huge game on the road at Northwestern this past Saturday.

And now the excitement is building: Duke’s game against North Carolina A&T is sold out.

It’s been a while since Duke has done that - NCCU in 2018 was the last time. But in that case, both fan bases were in the same town and that probably helped.

It’s a really encouraging sign for Duke Football. And as we said, Duke has a reasonable shot at going 4-0 which would be a tremendous start.