Duke lost its opening game but impressed coaches around the country. The Blue Devils received several votes in the coaches poll this week. David Cutcliffe talks the poll, as well as the rescheduled Virginia game.
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00:00 >> Well, I had a number of coaches text me and
00:03 I mean, I think they saw a good football team in Duke and
00:07 I think that's legitimate.
00:09 And again, to stay there to get votes or to have someone considered you to be
00:13 a really good football team, you gotta win.
00:16 But I don't think there's any question,
00:18 I think people realize the ability that this Notre Dame team has.
00:22 I think this Notre Dame team's better than they were a year ago.
00:26 So I don't like coming close.
00:29 I like playing well, we did play well.
00:32 We didn't play well enough to win, but
00:34 I certainly think we earned some consideration there.
00:37 Well, I was kind of asked to confirm it, happened late Friday night.
00:44 I did not see it coming because I'm not listening to reports and
00:50 didn't know exactly why initially.
00:54 But I said if that's what we have to do, we can do it.
00:58 I chose not to tell our staff or
01:03 players because we're getting ready to play Notre Dame.
01:06 And the next morning, it's interesting, we're gonna have to learn to adjust.
01:11 There's no question, it could happen again.
01:13 But the next morning, I'm going into our pregame meal and
01:17 today people have their phones out.
01:19 All they're talking about is the change of the Virginia game.
01:23 And I had no idea that it was gonna be released by the ACC.
01:27 And my suggestion is that we wait till Sunday to release those changes
01:34 out of respect to teams and staffs that are preparing to play a game.
01:40 Now, yes, it does put a lot of work in.
01:42 We always work two weeks out in preparation of an opponent.
01:46 But what it also does for us is it puts us with another opener
01:50 where we have no film of an upcoming opponent to have played a game.
01:55 So we'll have three opening games in a row, which is unique to say the least.
02:00 And we've got great respect for Coach Mendenhall and the Virginia program.
02:05 And we may know a little bit more about them, but it's still uniquely different.
02:11 But hey, it's 2020, so we just keep moving forward.