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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Duke no match for Tech
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The defense was smothering. Jonathan Dwyer was overpowering. Demaryius Thomas was ridiculous. And Tech is 4-1, 2-1 in the ACC, after another dominating performance at home.
The final was 27-0.
Duke punted the first eight times it had the ball, then failed to convert a desperation 4th down.
With QB Josh Nesbitt sidelined, Dwyer and Thomas stepped up with their best games of the season.
Tech dominated time of possession throughout but led just 3-0 at halftime.
The Jackets wasted a beautiful opening drive when Jaybo Shaw and Dwyer failed to connect on a handoff and Duke recovered the fumble at its own 9.
But with Thomas catching five balls and Dwyer running for 101 yards in the first half alone, Tech kept moving the chains.
Tech went 1-for-2 on 4th downs in the half, then CPJ elected to kick a 20-yard field goal instead of going a third time.
CPJ wanted to go for it again on the first drive of the second half, but a false start on David Brown forced a punt.
No matter. The Blue Devils’ no-huddle offense couldn’t do anything against Tech’s defense. In fact, in the third quarter, Duke had minus 1 yard of total offense.
When Roddy Jones scored on a 4-yard TD run — following a pass interference call drawn by Thomas — to make it 10-0, the game was basically over. Duke might not have scored that many points in eight quarters against Tech.
The run defense was outstanding. And whenever Duke completed a quick out or a screen, the secondary was there to keep it to a minimal gain.
Tech should break into the Top 25 after this performance.
Duke has been a nice story this season. Tech looks like the real deal.
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