Duke looks to post its first win of the season at the same place where it lost 48-14 last year. The Blue Devils will be facing a Virginia team playing its first game
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00:00 Sean Kress for SI.com and Blue Devil Country and we're here at a nearly desolate Scott
00:06 Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.
00:09 Fans obviously not allowed in due to the pandemic.
00:13 We will be one of the few media members covering the game from the press box today as Duke
00:18 Blue Devils look for their first win of the season against Virginia Cavaliers who will
00:22 be playing their first game of the season, the third straight game for Duke, playing
00:26 against someone for whom there was no scouting tape.
00:29 Played Notre Dame in the opener for both teams.
00:32 Boston College had the first week off and Duke had to play them with no scouting film
00:36 on the Eagles last week.
00:38 This week again, Virginia has had one game canceled due to a COVID outbreak at Virginia
00:43 Tech, their expected opponent.
00:46 So they have missed the first two weeks.
00:48 David Cutcliffe saying the players are very irritated and this will be one of the few
00:53 times in college football where they've had three openers in a row with no scouting film
00:57 at all, making matters even worse for the Blue Devils.
00:59 They will be without both starting quarterbacks.
01:03 Corner expected to be one of the areas of depth for the Blue Devils this year, but not
01:07 anymore this week.
01:08 Both starters have gone under surgery.
01:11 Mark Gilbert, who had just gotten back on the field after missing two years with injury
01:15 to his hip, he's gone.
01:17 And then Josh Blackwell, who is also the Blue Devils punt returner, will be gone after undergoing
01:22 surgery this week on a knee injury.
01:25 So tough times for the Blue Devil defense.
01:27 Offense has been struggling to get points on the board.
01:29 Chase Bryce, the new quarterback, still looking for his first touchdown pass.
01:33 So Blue Devils have plenty of work to do against a team that handled them here last year pretty
01:37 easily 48 to 14.
01:40 So lots on the line here for the Blue Devils who are looking to get off the 0-2 start to
01:44 the season and hopefully get some wins and points on the board.
01:48 We'll be here from the press box all day long, one of the few people in Scott Stadium watching
01:53 the action live.