Duke's David Cutcliffe on playing for the Victory Bell
This week is Carolina Week, meaning Duke and UNC will play their annual rivalry game with the Victory Bell at stake. David Cutcliffe discusses the importance of getting the bell.
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00:00Yeah, I think there's no question when you start with six conference games,
00:04nobody's ever done that before.
00:07Our team was asked to do that, it's challenging.
00:10And when you're not winning, it even takes more of a toll, but they are resilient.
00:18One of the things all of us want to do in our lives is surround ourselves with
00:22resilient people.
00:23And these young men are resilient, their coaches are.
00:28We're able to feed off each other's energy.
00:31And that time, and we need a little time to catch your breath.
00:36We came out and we practiced, the first day we practiced was Thursday of open date
00:41after working on Sunday.
00:43And it was with a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm each and
00:46every day after that.
00:48My goodness, good music, good dancing, lots of energy,
00:55great team spirit.
00:57We've needed that, and it's obviously our first time to do it at home.
01:04And I love for those guys, they were doing a group picture when I walked in.
01:09I was a little late getting up the ramp from doing a little media
01:14down on the field.
01:15And that does your heart good to see those guys having that much fun.
01:20Well, I mean, I try to copy and mimic them.
01:24I don't do a very good job of it.
01:25I know they're laughing at me, and that's okay with me.
01:28I do like to dance, I enjoy it.
01:30And I don't care whether anybody else enjoys it or not, I do.
01:33We know that feeling in this program, and obviously we miss it.
01:42It's intense, it's extremely intense.
01:46It's more than bragging rights, we have a special place for it.
01:53And when you don't have it, you miss it every day.
01:56We didn't earn it a year ago, it's also something you have to earn.
01:59It's not easy to come up with it.
02:01So a huge, huge challenge, but it's extremely important to us.