Consider the predicament of Mataeo Durant. The senior running back is in the middle of one of the best individual seasons in Duke football history. Sometime next Saturday—probably in the first period-he should become the first player in David Cutcliffe’s Duke tenure to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. He’s on track to shatter Steve Jones’ 49-year-old Duke single-season rushing record. Early this season Durant established new school records for single-game rushing yards (against Charlotte) and single-game carries (against Georgia Tech).
Like, I said a great individual season.
But Duke lost that Charlotte game and lost that Georgia Tech game, both losses when Duke’s defense couldn’t hold a late lead generated largely by Durant’s individual brilliance.