After sports media decided to jump on the Duke train and anoint them champions of the world a la Freddie Mercury Duke was about ready for a more pedestrian performance and after letting the Black Knights of Army stick around for 3/4 of the game, the Duke Blue Devils gave us that. Even with a 22 point win at home against Army Duke spent most of the game seemingly going at half speed while Army was precise, deliberate and fast. Duke eventually figured it out.
I wasn’t sure which Blue Devil team would show up against Eastern Michigan, a team with close ties to Syracuse in terms of style of play defensively – a long team with more size than Duke down low.