Duke's David Cutcliffe previews the UNC game
Duke coach David Cutcliffe will lead the Blue Devils against rival UNC this week. It's the Duke's first game in November and, as Cutcliffe always says, "They remember what you do in November"
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00:00 >> I mean, I think it's our test, it's November, a team is matured now some.
00:05 It's back into conference play, where your real measure is taken.
00:10 I think that's the biggest part of it, and it's been a unique start to the preparation.
00:17 My message to them in the morning will be exactly what you just said.
00:21 Let's see consistently what we do from period to period at practice.
00:26 And we're gonna blend some good versus good work.
00:30 We'll work against some show teams where we're getting the North Carolina looks.
00:35 But I don't wanna see a dip in our practice.
00:38 I wanna see from wire to wire what we're able to do.
00:42 Cuz tomorrow, being the fact that we didn't practice today is a huge day
00:48 to test where we are, and that maturity level is what it takes to be
00:52 a consistently good football team.
00:55 >> Well, when a quarterback, any quarterback goes to scramble,
00:59 you've got to stay in coverage.
01:01 You hear defensive coaches will say that all the time.
01:05 He's got a lot of savvy and poise.
01:08 He's had that when he was in high school, his whole career.
01:12 So he's a very accurate, dangerous passer.
01:15 So when a quarterback like that, and he's a good athlete, he can run, he's strong.
01:20 When a quarterback like that gets in space, you have to stay in coverage.
01:24 And what you're telling your team is you gotta rally.
01:28 You've gotta rally.
01:29 You gotta have every D lineman, anybody that's not in coverage,
01:33 try to close the gap as quickly as they can.
01:36 One of the other big parts of it is you always try to contain a guy within
01:41 a pocket, because it's much easier to defend them generally in that regard.
01:47 But he's a great player that makes a lot of great plays.
01:50 And so in everything he does, it's a challenge to try to minimize the damage.