For anyone who’s ever watched Rocky, there’s a great scene where Rocky is on TV from a slaughterhouse explaining how he’s training by punching sides of beef. As he’s punching, Apollo Creed’s trainer, played by Tony Burton is watching and says “ Hey, champ, you oughta come and look at this boy you’re gonna fight on TV. It looks like he means business.”
Apollo, on the phone and distracted replies “Yeah, yeah. I mean business too.”
Duke has been upset over the years, but never because Coach K was as complacent as Apollo Creed.
That said, it’s clear, even from Durham, that in Grand Rapids, the Ferris State Bulldogs think they can win.