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LouDiamondz said:
Would Georgia or Notre Dame (upper echelon teams like that) would have trouble with Duke if they were playing them this week? I tend to believe they would murder a team like Duke at HOME especially after a lost. But when I hear all the Miami podcasters and previews of this game it seems as though everyone is scared of Duke (blaming it’s a 12pm game etc).

If that’s the case are we truly a fraud team? I just can’t see Georgia, Bama or Notre Dame podcasters, fans, etc be shyting their pants playing Duke in which the game is at HOME! What am I missing here? After hearing about Duke in all these previews this week I feel like we playing Clemson in their prime and Duke defense is another version of the 85 bears.
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Define trouble? Do mean close at HT? EOG? What? I do legit think UGA and ND would be close at HT. Only because they want to play a more methodical style like Duke does. But they’d pull away late as Duke inevitably can’t go drive for drive with them.

I also think it’s just plain ******* stupid to assume Duke is gonna control our passing attack. I bet Mensah throws for 400+. Manny can’t coach coverage. He blitzes and hopes to create sacks. Lofton could be in line for a career day.
 
Bias aside, does anyone expect a Diaz/Patke defense to do anything other than what they always have?
 
If we had UGA defense we would be blowing everyone out when coupled with this offense. **** if we had 3 players from UGA’s DL, LB, and Secondary we’d prob blow everyone out. UGA offense will keep other teams in it .

I also think ND beats Duke by double digits because they are good against the run and would be able to block Manny’s defense
 
LouDiamondz said:
Would Georgia or Notre Dame (upper echelon teams like that) would have trouble with Duke if they were playing them this week? I tend to believe they would murder a team like Duke at HOME especially after a lost. But when I hear all the Miami podcasters and previews of this game it seems as though everyone is scared of Duke (blaming it’s a 12pm game etc).

If that’s the case are we truly a fraud team? I just can’t see Georgia, Bama or Notre Dame podcasters, fans, etc be shyting their pants playing Duke in which the game is at HOME! What am I missing here? After hearing about Duke in all these previews this week I feel like we playing Clemson in their prime and Duke defense is another version of the 85 bears.
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Georgia lost to unranked Auburn at home, then ND lost to BYU (on the road) who then proceeded to lose to UCF.
 
Mr. Dynasty1 said:
If we had UGA defense we would be blowing everyone out when coupled with this offense. **** if we had 3 players from UGA’s DL, LB, and Secondary we’d prob blow everyone out. UGA offense will keep other teams in it .

I also think ND beats Duke by double digits because they are good against the run and would be able to block Manny’s defense
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I think we beat Duke by double digits.
 
LouDiamondz said:
Would Georgia or Notre Dame (upper echelon teams like that) would have trouble with Duke if they were playing them this week? I tend to believe they would murder a team like Duke at HOME especially after a lost. But when I hear all the Miami podcasters and previews of this game it seems as though everyone is scared of Duke (blaming it’s a 12pm game etc).

If that’s the case are we truly a fraud team? I just can’t see Georgia, Bama or Notre Dame podcasters, fans, etc be shyting their pants playing Duke in which the game is at HOME! What am I missing here? After hearing about Duke in all these previews this week I feel like we playing Clemson in their prime and Duke defense is another version of the 85 bears.
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Tell me you haven’t watched a minute of college football without telling me you haven’t watched a minute of college football.
 
Hurricane23 said:
Mr. Dynasty1 said:
If we had UGA defense we would be blowing everyone out when coupled with this offense. **** if we had 3 players from UGA’s DL, LB, and Secondary we’d prob blow everyone out. UGA offense will keep other teams in it .

I also think ND beats Duke by double digits because they are good against the run and would be able to block Manny’s defense
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I think we beat Duke by double digits.
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We are def capable of it
 
Guys I’m not trying to be a smart **** or nothing but this program needs to get to a point that when we play teams like Duke who are good teams but not great that everyone would be confident that we will take care of business. Even David Lake with D$ was kinda of wishy washy in his prediction in today’s episode. This is what I am seeing from other and people saying “i think we win”. This is Duke and not Notre Dame.
 
nomsane said:
Duke has something to prove against Miami which separates this game from your other hypotheticals.

- EVERYONE on the Duke defense wants to destroy mensah
- Duke’s offence wants to show that they would’ve been a cfp contender if he stayed
- Manny always wants revenge against Miami
- Manny and his staff are in line for a big potential payday at Florida State if he can show their boosters he can get a W at hard rock
- this is their superbowl for the 2026 season

It’s going to be competitive and it wouldn’t surprise me if Duke gets dirty.
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I'll give you a C+ effort on the Duke angle.
Two or three of those apply for every team we play.
 
LouDiamondz said:
Would Georgia or Notre Dame (upper echelon teams like that) would have trouble with Duke if they were playing them this week? I tend to believe they would murder a team like Duke at HOME especially after a lost. But when I hear all the Miami podcasters and previews of this game it seems as though everyone is scared of Duke (blaming it’s a 12pm game etc).

If that’s the case are we truly a fraud team? I just can’t see Georgia, Bama or Notre Dame podcasters, fans, etc be shyting their pants playing Duke in which the game is at HOME! What am I missing here? After hearing about Duke in all these previews this week I feel like we playing Clemson in their prime and Duke defense is another version of the 85 bears.
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Georgia lost to Auburn at HOME and ND was struggling with dog water Mich State for 3/4 of that game and were up 14-13 on Navy at half a few weeks ago. So it's no guarantee they'd "murder" them. Be close for a while then pull away and win by 17-20 probably. But add the fact that Manny got pushed out for Mario and we took their QB and WR1 a the 11th hour, they're gonna give us all they have. Plus, they technically can still make the ACCCG and the playoffs with a win over us so it;s not like they don't have anything to play for.
 
nomsane said:
Duke has something to prove against Miami which separates this game from your other hypotheticals.

- EVERYONE on the Duke defense wants to destroy mensah
- Duke’s offence wants to show that they would’ve been a cfp contender if he stayed
- Manny always wants revenge against Miami
- Manny and his staff are in line for a big potential payday at Florida State if he can show their boosters he can get a W at hard rock
- this is their superbowl for the 2026 season

It’s going to be competitive and it wouldn’t surprise me if Duke gets dirty.
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Duke trolls out

Yeah, we winning.
 
BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
Man I had to read that like 3x. Couldn’t figure out if you were calling me a dope, talking about shooting dope, agreeing or disagreeing with me. I’m still not sure. However I would like to wish you a belated Happy Veterans Day. Thank you for your service.
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I think I responded to wrong post. 😂
But thank you brother.
My response was to people pointing out that ranked teams can struggle or lose to less talented teams.
My point is that we don’t have to compare our team to anybody because we can just point to an issue that keeps getting exposed every single fckng week regardless of opponent ranking or talent.

What we have shown on defense has absolutely nothing to do with uga losing to auburn.
In fact, it matters so little that they’re the number one team in the country.
 
LouDiamondz said:
Would Georgia or Notre Dame (upper echelon teams like that) would have trouble with Duke if they were playing them this week? I tend to believe they would murder a team like Duke at HOME especially after a lost. But when I hear all the Miami podcasters and previews of this game it seems as though everyone is scared of Duke (blaming it’s a 12pm game etc).

If that’s the case are we truly a fraud team? I just can’t see Georgia, Bama or Notre Dame podcasters, fans, etc be shyting their pants playing Duke in which the game is at HOME! What am I missing here? After hearing about Duke in all these previews this week I feel like we playing Clemson in their prime and Duke defense is another version of the 85 bears.
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Georgia lost at home to Auburn...Duke>Auburn....ND lost to BYU...Duke>BYU...so, yes. Also, the Canes win big on Sat.
 
these guys are out for REVENGE! Revenge for stealing their two best players like thieves in the night. Their HC wants revenge for firing his ahs! He likely gets real consideration for the FSPoo vacancy with a win. This is a big game for them! And for us as we need to show life after the loss. In the past this was where we crumbled after the first loss. So comparing the other teams OP brought up makes no sense. There’s bad blood here. Not just a random team you scheduled. A lot riding on the line for both teams
 
We've spent 25 years (including last year when we had absolute DOGS on the defense) dropping games we should win, you can forgive some nerves, especially coming off what we just watched last week.
 
LouDiamondz said:
Guys I’m not trying to be a smart **** or nothing but this program needs to get to a point that when we play teams like Duke who are good teams but not great that everyone would be confident that we will take care of business. Even David Lake with D$ was kinda of wishy washy in his prediction in today’s episode. This is what I am seeing from other and people saying “i think we win”. This is Duke and not Notre Dame.
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It is irrelevant how the fans feel about an upcoming game. It literally means nothing in relation to the level the program is at or isn't.
 
A team like Duke or this particular Duke team? ND did struggle for a half against Navy, and UGA lost to Auburn. Duke is no different than these teams- they play each other almost every year (every year for ND-Navy) and each considers the other a rival. Duke is clearly better than Navy and I think they beat Auburn if they ever played.
Now, if it were this Duke team against either, I think the Dukies are too star struck to win. But, if we played Navy or Auburn they would react the same way against us.
 
It is not black and white. I think we do win convincingly against Duke, but just because we are more succeptible to close games against weaker teams doesn't mean we can't beat the best teams.

Our offense can score 35+ on any team in America with Toney. We are built to be a 2019 LSU team. We want shootouts. We are not like Georgia thats goal is to win 24-0. It means more chances to lose to inferior teams, but also the ability to beat anyone.
 
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