Duke’s once promising 2019 football season is on life support after a 49-6 loss to Syracuse Saturday evening dropped Duke to 4-6.
Yes, the same Syracuse team that came into Wallace Wade 3-6, winless in the ACC, with one of the worst defenses in a Power-5 conference.
The culprits for Duke were ones that have become familiar during this four-game losing streak; a slow start, a stagnant and unimaginative offense, penalties, turnovers, loss of focus, loss of intensity.
Duke came out of the blocks like someone who hit the snooze button on the alarm and went back to sleep.