10 Things I Learned 2011 … Duke

Oday Aboushi and the Hoos snapped a three-game losing streak against Duke.

As we said last week, this was Duke week, crazy as that sounds to say. Now, Duke is in the rearview mirror, both this season and in the standings … which is as it should be. Breaking this game down is going to be a pleasure.

1. Righting The Ship. A couple years ago, I was struck by how emotional it was for many graduating Army football players that they would take with them a legacy of having never beat Navy during their four years on the football field. Granted, graduating from UVa without having ever beating Duke would not be quite the same thing, but I can assure you that it certainly was not a part of the legacy that this year’s graduating players wanted to take with them.

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