Duke's trip to Wake bigger than the Alabama game

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Duke's trip to Wake bigger than the Alabama game

By Tim Hall

Sep 7, 2010

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The jokes are already piling up.

Duke's season tickets are selling out because Alabama fans want to ensure a seat for the Sept. 18 game at Wallace Wade.

There won't be a spike in Durham hotels because Alabama fans will just drive their homes (RVs) to the game.

After this Saturday's ACC opener at Wake Forest, Duke will host the defending national champions in two weeks.

The Crimson Tide will be fresh off of huge game against Penn State. Heisman winner Mark Ingram should be healthy enough to play. A sea of red will invade Durham. A national champion will play on the road at a school that just recently had four wins in a span of four seasons.

"I think they all without question realize that the bigger game of the two is Wake Forest. This is conference play. This is a rival. Everything is riding on this for us," Cutcliffe told Mark and Mike on 620 The Buzz. "It doesn't get any bigger than this for us. This is huge. We haven't beaten them since 1999. That's a serious streak."

Now staying focused on the game at hand becomes the task for Duke's coaches.

"They'll certainly be asked about it [Alabama] by classmates and even family is already talking to them about tickets," Cutcliffe said.

Cutcliffe said that tickets are one of the biggest distractions a player will face, and he discussed it with his players in a meeting on Sunday.

Wake Forest faces a similar task as it heads on the road to play Stanford the following week. But head coach Jim Grobe isn't worried about his teams overlooking an important home game either.

"Just by experience our players know how tough the Duke game has always been for us," Grobe said Tuesday on 620 The Buzz. "We're in a situation where it doesn't matter if it's Duke, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech...it really doesn't matter. From here on out everybody we're gonna be playing is pretty good."

Wake Forest will try to extend its winning streak over Duke to 11 games. Grobe has not lost to the Blue Devils as a head coach.

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RE: Duke's trip to Wake bigger than the Alabama game

Haha pretty good 4tarheels ;)

RE: Duke's trip to Wake bigger than the Alabama game

A sea of red will invade Durham

Don't you mean "A tide of crimson will invade Durham"?
- Posted by TruthBKnown Returns

I translate Crimson Tide into Red Tide which is toxic algae. That is how I will think of Alabama. Go Duck!
- Posted by edits

This is how you can think of Alabama.....

Greatest football program of all time......You here people talk about Florida, Miami at one time, or even Florida State with Bobby Bowden and all his victories, Penn State, Michigan.......Throw Texas or USC (Southern Cal) in thier also if you like, but no one has the tradition and Championships like the Alabama Crimson Tide.....

The only team that might rival them is Notre Dame.....

Roll Tide Roll.......
- Posted by personality

That got tradition. but the way they treated Forrest Gump was ghastly.

RE: Duke's trip to Wake bigger than the Alabama game

One game at a time......Should be close in Winston-Salem, but Wake will win this week, before the High Tide goes inland at Wallace Wade and drowns the Devils.

RE: Duke's trip to Wake bigger than the Alabama game

Coach Cut wants a conference win--plain and simple. He want to hit about six to give them a chance to go further. Bama is just another game. But, they are playing the defending NC's.

RE: Duke's trip to Wake bigger than the Alabama game

fe-i didn't know singular played db.

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