Duke offensive tackle Casey Holman said that the Blue Devils have "good film" on Virginia Tech and are preparing for the Hokies. The Blue Devils line also needs to provide better protection for quarterback Chase Brice
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00:00 Well, personnel is difficult to understand sometimes.
00:03 It was tough to understand with Virginia.
00:05 We didn't have a ton of film on them,
00:06 that being their first game.
00:08 With Virginia Tech, we do have some good film.
00:10 We don't know exactly who's going to be out there,
00:11 but we have a good idea.
00:12 So we're going to study everybody
00:14 that we know can be contributors for them.
00:17 And we're going to study them, break them down.
00:19 Or whoever they put out there, we're
00:21 going to compete against.
00:22 Trust our techniques.
00:23 And technique and fundamentals, you win games.
00:26 You win one-on-ones.
00:27 You win your individual blocks.
00:30 You win your individual battles.
00:32 The biggest challenge to me and what I see on our team
00:35 is conditioning levels.
00:36 We lost a lot of time with spring practice.
00:38 We lost a lot of time in the weight room.
00:40 Guys had to take it upon themselves
00:42 over the summer, over the spring,
00:44 even, to get themselves in shape.
00:46 And we're just now getting to the point
00:48 where we feel like we're in college football condition.
00:52 Usually, we would have felt that at the beginning of camp,
00:55 really going from our summer conditioning, summer workouts
00:59 into camp.
00:59 But that's been the biggest challenge.
01:01 And we've overcome that every day.
01:02 And we're still overcoming it.
01:04 Well, the fact of the matter is we do turn the ball over.
01:06 We did against Virginia Tech.
01:07 But the way I see it is we've got to give Chase more time.
01:10 We threw a couple of interceptions.
01:12 And we've got to give him more time
01:13 so he feels more comfortable in the pocket,
01:15 so he can move around.
01:16 He can go through his progressions.
01:17 And he can make the throws.
01:18 We all know he can.
01:19 We've all seen what he can do, glimpses of it.
01:21 So if we give him better protection,
01:25 clear that lane up for him, he can move.
01:27 He can get out of the pocket.
01:27 And he can make the big time throws.