Rakavius Chambers remembers the feeling when Duke lost the Victory Bell to UNC last season. He says the bell "belongs in Durham"
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00:00 Graham is a great player.
00:02 He's a young player, but he's taken it to heart that
00:04 he's not a true freshman anymore.
00:07 He's a sophomore in football terms.
00:09 He's been playing long enough and he stepped up
00:12 and he's a guy that you can depend on
00:14 to give you the best effort he can possibly give
00:17 on every single play.
00:19 So, I've been helping him with some calls.
00:21 We've been watching film outside of our normal meeting time.
00:24 So we're just making sure that he is in the right mindset
00:28 and that he's good on all communication calls.
00:31 So I don't have any worries about him.
00:33 I think he's going to play great
00:35 and I think we're going to play great on Saturday.
00:38 To have a coach say that about you means that
00:40 on each and every single play,
00:41 you are the more physical team.
00:43 You are taking it to that other team
00:46 and you're not allowing,
00:48 they may beat you on a couple of plays here and there,
00:51 but over and over and over and over again,
00:53 you're not letting that other team breathe.
00:55 And that suffocation breaks defenses down.
00:59 And in the end, you can tell that,
01:03 defenses just can't keep up.
01:05 They don't want to,
01:06 they can't continue to play at the level
01:08 that they were playing at the beginning of the game.
01:10 And so in turn, you just end up seeing these blocks
01:13 and these big runs and big plays.
01:14 And ultimately you see domination from the offensive line
01:17 and the offensive players as a whole.
01:19 It's a rivalry game.
01:23 So emotions are always high.
01:25 And last year,
01:27 the way that we lost the victory bell was tough.
01:30 And I think we've taken up the heart
01:32 and that is our extra motivation.
01:35 We plan on getting that victory bell back
01:36 because it belongs in Durham.
01:39 It belongs at Duke University
01:40 and we plan on getting it back.
01:42 And I think that's our extra motivation.