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Virginia will receive to start the second half and Perry Jones returns it 20 yards to the UVA 34 yard line.

For the first time since 1989, the question can be legitimately asked with a straight face - is Duke the best football team among the state's Big Four schools? That was the last time the Blue Devils, then coached by Steve Spurrier, finished an ACC season ahead of all three of its Tobacco Road rivals - North Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forest.

Virginia is doing a defensive about-face. One week after facing a Georgia Tech team that runs more than any team in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Cavaliers will entertain pass-happy Duke on Saturday afternoon.

Skinner has passed for 1,949 yards this season and with 51 more will reach 2,000 yards for the fourth straight season.

Virginia Versus Duke University Football News and Notes Saturday 3:30 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia Virginia and Duke hook up Saturday afternoon in a 3:30 key ACC match-up in Charlottesville.

For better or worse, Virginia's football players are given a game plan for their upcoming contest on a weekly basis.

Thaddeus Lewis has completed 64.1 percent of his passes for 1,972 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Lose to a Football Championship Subdivision team, contend for a division title? That's the path two of the ACC's biggest surprises have taken to remain competitive in the tough Coastal Division.

Replay: Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis had a string of 130 consecutive passes without an interception.

The Duke University football program is no longer a laughingstock. And perhaps no Atlantic Coast Conference team knows that better than Virginia.

Thaddeus Lewis threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns and Duke held off Maryland 17-13 on Saturday in Durham, N.C. The Atlantic Coast Conference's leading passer was 30-of-43 with touchdown passes covering 24 yards to Donovan Varner and a yard to Danny Parker in his third straight 300-yard performance.

Duke Coach David Cutcliffe probably felt it was closer to April Fools Day instead of Halloween when he heard the news his Blue Devils were favored to win this Saturday.

Duke will host Maryland on Saturday, Oct. 24 with kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Wallace Wade Stadium.

In this Oct. 10, 2009, file photo, Duke coach David Cutcliffe, left, hugs Matt Daniels following a Duke touchdown against North Carolina State during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Raleigh, N.C. Somehow, the Blue Devilshave gone from losers against a Championship Subdivision team to 51 2-point favorites against Maryland, one of ...

Thaddeus Lewis threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns and Duke held off Maryland 17-13 on Saturday.

Duke followed its biggest win of the football season, by slamming on the brakes.

I enjoy watching the speedy Porzel run. Morgan Green and D.J. Adams are the other running backs making the trip.

Coaches usually steer clear of bringing up gambling lines, but that didn't stop Duke's David Cutcliffe from posing a rhetorical question about the Maryland game.

David Cutcliffe has always had a soft spot for tight ends, ever since he coached that position some 25 years ago when he first joined Tennessee's staff.

Coach David Cutcliffe has seen significant improvement in his Duke football team in the past month, but he said that something's still missing that's very important to him.

This past summer, Tyrod Taylor was one of the counselors that got to help with instruction for campers in 8th through 12th grade, but he also got some instruction from the Mannings themselves.

Read the entire ACC Mid-season Report here: Boston College Eagles: A A- A Despite one of the most brutal offseasons of any team in recent memory, the Boston College Eagles own a 4-2 record with big wins over Wake Forest and Florida State.A Picked by most of the media to finish last in the Atlantic division, the Eagles are proving doubters wrong and ...

Two North Carolina reserve running backs need surgery after suffering injuries in Saturday's rout of Georgia Southern, team officials announced.

Even with its 0-6 record, the Elmira Free Academy football team has plenty to play for over the next two weeks.

With 49 points scored and sterling performances on both sides of the ball, there were plenty of Duke players in line for recognition in the Blue Devils' 49-28 thrashing of host North Carolina State on Saturday.

Tom O'Brien spent a decade at Boston College, so the N.C. State coach has a pretty good idea how the Eagles will try to beat his defense.

It was one of those scenarios defensive backs dread watching on film the next day.

New Haven, Conn. The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 10.

Bobby Wood's 4-yard touchdown pass to Ben Read and his ensuing two-point conversion run with 12 seconds remaining lifted the New Fairfield High football team to a dramatic 34-33 win over Stratford on Friday night.

Old foes Duke and N.C. State will rumble across the turf of Raleigh's Carter-Finley Stadium for the first time in seven years today and try to get their seasons back in order.

Russell Wilson went so long - nearly 400 passes, in fact - without throwing an interception that it seemed like he might never throw one again.

Line: N.C. State by 15. Series Record: Duke leads 39-36-5. Last meeting: 2008, N.C. State 27-17. What's at stake Neither team wants to fall to 0-2 in the ACC.

Published: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. When: Noon Where: Wallace Wade Stadium , Durham Records: Duke 2-2, 0-0 ACC; VA Tech 3-1, 1-0 TV/Radio: ESPN360, XM 192, Sirius 213 The Blitz: The Blue Devils couldn't have picked a worse time to play the eighth-ranked Hokies, who are coming off their ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Duke, like almost every other team in the ACC, was expected by many to show improvement this year.

After the victory over the Blue Devils, defensive coordinator Bud Foster acknowledged that his players still have room for improvement.

Through four games, the Duke football season has provided sobering letdowns and pleasant surprises.

VIrginia Tech tailback Josh Oglesby scores two touchdowns in the second half as the Hokies defeat Duke on Saturday.

Thaddeus Lewis sees the day coming when Duke knocks off one of the ACC's best football teams.

KICKOFF: Saturday, noon ET SERIES: Virginia Tech leads the series 9-7 . 2009 RANKINGS: Blue Devils: offense 58th , pass 25 , run 98 , defense 52 , pass 57 , run 80 Hokies: offense 79th , pass 115 , run 16 , defense 38 , pass 7 , run 91 POLLS: Virginia Tech PREDICTION: Virginia Tech 24-13 KEYS TO THE GAME: The Blue Devils have to find the endzone.

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