Elko and coaches discuss state of ACC rivalries and college football’s unstable future

PHOTO: Mike Elko is new to Duke football, but he his familiar with in-state rivalries. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN CARY, N.C. – Name, Image and Likeness combined with the transfer portal to further unsettle coach football, but if you’re looking for a glimpse of tradition, Mike Elko provided one. Duke’s new football coach attended his first Bill Dooley Chapter of the National Football Foundation Pigskin Preview Friday at the Embassy Suites in suburban Raleigh.…

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MEAC commissioner praises Duke’s history scheduling HBCUs as “win-win”

PHOTO: Duke coach David Cutcliffe greets NC A&T's Antoine Wilder (9) and Joseph Stucky (8) after their 2019 game at Wallace Wade Stadium. Visit my website home page, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM -- In July, The Athletic posted a story praising UCLA football – and rightly so -- for scheduling future games with two HBCU schools, Alabama State in 2022 and North Carolina Central in 2023. The Bruins joined a trend of Power 5 schools sharing the…

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