Duke had its bye on Saturday, and tackle Devery Hamilton said the Blue Devils used it to work on little things that haven't been getting done properly.
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00:00 Well, obviously we don't want to be one of five.
00:03 I think that we all know that we are better than a one and five team, but
00:06 we haven't earned it.
00:08 And so I think this week, today's our first day practicing this week since
00:13 it's a bye week, but I would say that the mood at practice has been high.
00:18 Because it's not like we're going out there and
00:20 we feel like we're physically outmatched or anything like that.
00:23 It's just that we're not honing in on the little details that we need
00:28 to do well in order to win.
00:30 You look at any of our games this year,
00:32 there are points in the game where we're leading late into the game.
00:37 And so one of the things that Coach Cuttle always talks about is we need to
00:41 protect our lead.
00:42 And to do that, we need to do the little things right.
00:46 And so that's honestly what it comes down to.
00:48 And I would say that's what we're focusing on this week in the bye week is
00:52 the little fundamental things that we may not have had time in spring ball or
00:56 in the summer to really get to because it's a little bit different this year.
01:00 But those are honestly the big things.
01:02 And I would say that's the message that I'm sending to my guys on the line this
01:05 week is just focus on the little things.
01:08 Cuz we know we can play with anybody.
01:10 But you have to do the little things right in order for
01:14 us to be a winning team and not a one and five team.
01:17 I would say that game, the result of us getting that W,
01:22 having the success that we did not only on offense, defense and special teams.
01:28 That definitely does allow you to play with a little bit more swagger.
01:30 But like I said, what it comes down to is then being able to take that and
01:34 move to the next week and move to the next opponent.
01:37 Things that we talk about, it doesn't matter if we win or lose on Saturday,
01:41 Sunday when we come back into the building, it's a new week.
01:43 There's a new focus.
01:45 So I don't think necessarily that that was a turning point for us.
01:50 But I would say that definitely it showed us the results
01:56 that will come from the hard work that you put in.
01:58 But I'll keep hammering back on it.
02:02 The little things is what we need to do in order to do well.
02:07 And so I think when we hit that turning point,
02:10 we'll see some more Ws in the win column.