Duke coach David Cutcliffe hopes to find the same success running the ball against UNC as other opponents have. He also discusses the rivalry, which he calls a "grocery store rivalry"
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00:00 >> Well, I think their opponents have done a really good job, but
00:03 also their opponents that have run the ball on them have played really well up front.
00:08 Veteran offensive lines that you see run the ball on most everybody.
00:15 And so it's not something necessarily that you see that North Carolina
00:19 is not doing well.
00:20 They got really good football players.
00:22 I think best combination of linebackers in the league.
00:27 They support the run well from the secondary.
00:31 So thing you have to do is execute.
00:34 You gotta focus on Duke, not something that North Carolina is not doing well.
00:39 We have to take the challenge that other teams have taken.
00:42 That you put your hat in the right place, you keep your feet, you bring your feet.
00:47 You do the things that it takes to be successful as a running football team.
00:51 Well, it's a unique rivalry.
00:53 I like to refer to it as the grocery store rivalry.
00:57 It doesn't matter where you go, people are gonna talk to you about that game.
01:04 And I think a lot of these players know each other.
01:07 They see each other.
01:09 Even if they're not all from North Carolina, they see each other time to time.
01:13 We're not very far apart.
01:15 And it's got to be one of the more unique football rivalries in the country.
01:20 And I'm proud that we've tried to help make it one.
01:23 They do a great job.
01:25 They have a great program.
01:27 And maybe, hopefully, it brings out the best in us.
01:30 But you gotta play four quarters, but you're right.
01:34 It's been a unique game from year after year after year.
01:40 And to me, special players step up in both sides and
01:44 have made plays to win the game.
01:46 And that's what it takes.
01:47 That's what you expect.
01:48 Somebody, it's not necessarily what's called, but big players step up at big
01:53 times, and hopefully you see that again this coming Saturday.
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