Duke football travels to Pittsburgh this weekend, its second attempt at the reaching six wins and bowl eligibility.
Duke has a lot to work on after last week’s dispiriting 28-14 loss to Virginia and they are working on them in a most inhospitable environment. The teams have met five times since Pitt joined the ACC and Pitt has won four of those. Duke’s only win was 51-48, in double overtime, back in 2014.
If a football team can have an identity, Pitt’s identity is physicality. David Cutcliffe used the word “physical” four times in his first two sentences discussing Duke’s next opponent in Tuesday’s meeting luncheon.