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Duke to play N.C. Central in football

Submitted by kentysiac on 02/06/2009 - 16:15
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Duke will play Durham neighbor North Carolina Central on Sept. 26 at Duke’s Wallace Wade Stadium, school officials announced Friday.

"Anytime you have an opportunity to play against a team that you share the same city with, it’s like playing your brother," N.C. Central coach Mose Rison said in a statement.

The Blue Devils were 4-8 last season. N.C. Central finished 4-7 in 2008, its second season as a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team.

Duke’s other nonconference games are at home against Richmond (Sept. 5) and away at Army (Sept. 12) and Kansas (Sept. 19). Because the Blue Devils play two FCS schools (N.C. Central and Richmond), they will have to go 7-5 rather than 6-6 to become bowl eligible.

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Last Gasp Effort For Some Success

Sat, 02/07/2009 - 13:27 — NoNewGunControl

....and if this doesn't work out well, next year Duke will schedule a game or two against a couple of Middle School teams.

oh dear lord

Sat, 02/07/2009 - 10:02 — cruedaddy

pitiful....just plain pitiful.

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Ken Tysiac has covered the ACC for The Charlotte Observer since 2003, and spent the previous eight years covering Clemson for the Anderson Independent-Mail and then The State in South Carolina. He grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
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