Mark Ingram had knee surgery and is out for Alabama's opening game. He is questionable for week two against Penn State and who knows after that:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5515780

Jim Sumner has posted some observations on tonight's scrimmage at Duke Basketball Report:

http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/for ... -scrimmage

His thoughts are worth reading.

Friday Night scrimmage report: http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204980654 "Offensively, I think our line did a fantastic job the entire scrimmage," Renfree said. "We improved overall as we went." Four receivers - Brandon Braxton (53 yards), Tony Foster (47 yards), Matt Pr...

Thanks to all! I am having a very nice 51st birthday.

Bob

Extra Points: August 19 http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204979889 Positive comments on wide receiver Tony Foster. Our depth and talent at receiver is really impressive. With the offensive line being experienced (and hopefully improved), if we can establish enough of a ru...

Nice preview. Do you intend to update your thoughts the week before each game? A lot of things change such as injuries, unexpected developments, etc... The 17-13 win last season would've been 24-13 if Thad Lewis hadn't fumbled inside the two yard line on one drive. Conference road games are always t...

devildeac wrote:My inside source says the next scrimmage is on Saturday and not Friday and is open to the public.

It appears I'm wrong on the future scrimmage dates so you all have fun on Saturday at the scrimmage.

Anybody going to the scrimmage saturday?? According to the Herald-Sun: http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/9167884/article-Renfree-shines--but-Devils--offense-sputters?instance=main_article the two remaining scrimmages are Friday and August 24th. I believe Saturday is an open practice and Fan ...

The article that Bob posted is behind the blue tinted glasses a bit. Yeah, the GoDuke article was definitely all roses, while this injury report from the N&O is less than exciting: http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/duke-notes-receivers-hamstrung While we are incredibly deep at wide receiver, we ...

Scrimmage report: http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22672&SPID=1843&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204978399 Coach Cutcliffe with high praise for Sean Renfree's mental preparation. Matt Daniels with the big hit of the night. Donovan Varner was held out of the scrimmage due to injury. Cutcliffe com...

You hit the nail on the head in that the key to beating Army is jumping out to a lead and forcing them to try and throw the ball. In games against teams such as Army and Navy, and Georgia Tech, that run the ball and then run it some, it is important to force them out of their comfort zone. Georgia T...

When will you be joining us this season for games now that you are back in the US? I am still working out the logistics but it appears I'll be attending the Miami game on October 16. I was looking at Army on September 25, but my Dad is signed up to play in a golf tournament in Myrtle Beach that wee...

Excellent preview. I view this as a litmus test for Duke's season. We must beat Wake Forest.

This article from the Miami Herald is very good: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colleges/story/1319144.html It's Saturday afternoon in Japan, about 14.5 hours to kick-off, so I'm perusing the Internet and anxiously awaiting 0530 Sunday morning. Once Duke wins their fourth straight game by taking ...

I'll be listening to the game on the radio early Sunday morning but I'll be with y'all in spirit!

Ozzie, Thanks for the pictures. I would've loved to have been there today. I watched a Redskins-Bears preseason game in Raleigh as a kid when Gale Sayers played for the Bears. I'm pretty sure the game was at C-F.

Bob

I'll be at the Maryland game on October 24th.

Bob