For the second straight week, Duke's defensive line faces a big, experienced offensive line. Tackle Derrick Tangelo says the Blue Devils are ready for the challenge of Boston College
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00:00I'm definitely expecting some smash mouth football.
00:03When you have a big offensive line, you can really take control of the game.
00:07But we have a big defensive line as well.
00:10So it's gonna be experience on experience.
00:12It's gonna be big on big.
00:13So we're just gonna try to do our best on this end to make sure that we can limit
00:17those guys in the explosive plays.
00:20They look very good.
00:22Coming into college, we just wanted to get them ready, wanted to get them confident.
00:25They've been responding.
00:26Whatever we've asked them to do, they've been answering the bell.
00:30Gary Smith, Aneez Peebles, Dwayne Carter, Michael Larby, all guys that have just
00:36come in and been trying to compete, trying to work hard, and
00:39trying to get better every day.
00:39So we can't ask nothing else.
00:42Our coach says it's all about heart.
00:45Those guys are a big offensive line.
00:47They're physical, they get pushed off the line.
00:48But we just gotta meet force with force.
00:51We just gotta be ready for what they threw at us.
00:55They were a big team.
00:57They like to get on you early, so we just worked in practice on shooting our hands,
01:01driving our feet on contact, just trying to get them off of us.
01:06I feel like we make the same statement every year.
01:08We're just a bunch of guys that wanna work hard, we wanna compete.
01:11It doesn't matter who we play against.
01:12It doesn't matter what the day is.
01:14It doesn't matter what the weather is.
01:15We're gonna show up and we're gonna play.
01:17I feel like it definitely helps us going forward.
01:19First game, to see what you got, see what you're doing good,
01:23see what you need to work on.
01:24I feel like it was a good day for us.
01:27I feel like it showed us that if we show up and we work hard, we can compete.
01:32So I definitely feel like it gave us a little bit of momentum.
01:35I just feel like it just goes to the leadership that we have.
01:39We got guys on offense like Chase that are running up to the defensive guys when
01:42we look tired, telling us to run off the field, keep our head up.
01:45Guys like Deion Jackson telling us to give him the ball back, things like that.
01:49It's just like the leadership in that aspect,
01:51it motivates you before you get on the field cuz it's like you got a goal.
01:54Deion Jackson is one of my best friends, so
01:56it's like I'm motivated to get him the ball back.
01:58Chase is a great guy, he's a great leader.
01:59So it's just getting those guys the ball back,
02:02putting it in their hands, it's just a team thing, it's a team effort.
02:06I think it's a combined effort.
02:07I feel like we're all in.
02:08I feel like the players, we have a good enough voice where we can lead, but
02:11I feel like the coaches are gonna support us in our decisions and everything.
02:15I mean, all I can say is you're gonna hear a lot of pads popping,
02:18you're gonna hear a lot of physical play, and
02:20you're gonna hear a lot of good football being played out there.