Elon Phoenix vs Duke Blue Devils | Aug 30,2024 Final | NCAA Men's College Football | NCAA To day

Manny Diaz's team here as he makes his blue coaching debut quarterback Sak maybe here and Downing trying to get a Little Help from the push of Cody Hardy the tight end and he got love the quarterback sneak love it on four get under Center just go get you at half a yard yard it's like that's another dinosaur counting the seventh year senior out of Alpharetta geordan talk about a dinosaur grizzled been through the trials of college football had an ACL injury in 2022 at Louisiana Tech he's gritty I'm get that now he's a competitor this guy's battling look at this put a lot on his plate he's trying to stay alive in this play it's close to the 50 yd line Azie Nicholas the middle linebacker Prin transfer Mak the got hot late in the season last year 12200 yard 12 touchdowns no interceptions in elon's last four games as they just miss making the postseason caught at the near sideline Chandler Bray boy and jayen stari Robinson combined there to make the play sson of course sat out the first half veteran defensive back back here in the second half after that suspension for the targeting call in the bow game last year that's t [Applause] for the backd are just not down distances for this team right here here comes the D pressure Downing steps up but he's going to be sa again mercy so this number eight the second time is using the tight end of the back theg the interior got up the state Missouri Valley last year they expect him to have a big year he's got single coverage at the topan brown back to return another punt from y call for the fair catch inside the 15 yd line fair catch up the 12 get going here in the fourth quarter Duke with a 19point lead here in game one of the Year all that's going to be on ABC as well as duke goes back to work on offense that pass is complete Javon Harvey for a first down and cam Ward lot of excitement surrounding this young man athletic quarterback spent the last couple of years at Washington State in that air raid system he's a talent yeah he's very talented he's going to change the course for this Miami football team this year I really believe that he's a dual threat he's got a great arm I think he might be the elite QB transfer in the ACC this year yeah there's a bunch turn flag down they had a very interesting formation there they ran the tackles a tackle over formation and then they came back with that Jet Sweep away from it selling that they were going to run to the strength to the right to the extra tackle kind of I hadn't seen that yet tonight legal formation offense more than four players in the back field that penalty declined second down out on the road so a little trickeration got him that time they weren didn't quite line it up right they got a quick first down but then on the first down of the next play uh that happens you talked about it earlier first down efficiency has not been ideal tonight for you yeah both teams really but you know you want to be on first down four yards or more uh in the high 60% and they're not anywhere close to that right now that's that's that's a strain on the offense second and 15 and that pass is picked off there's Caleb curtain he had a pick six last year against Wake Forest in the season opener and he plucks that one away from Malik Murphy who had another overthrow there just a bad ball I mean just just over threw it as you said clay and um created a turnover Feel the Rush I think that might have happened first turnover of night for either teaming is incomplete he was trying to find zir Winston along the sideline penetration again on the quarterback here boy it's like a game of that you know on both sides here there's just a lot of penetration haven't seen this much in a long time both defenses are getting up the field first time Downing and Elon is starting in territory tonight second down from the 45 of blue deves just in the back field all night that time Joshua pick the veteran Corner in her four gear gets into the back field with a loss and it's third and 11 yeah sometimes teams on that when you have a tight end Nu on the backside like that they'll just break to the corner and he just had a free run at the back 14 tackles for L now is Duke d That's yeah no doubt especially when you consider that they lost all four starters on the defensive line at the time the Back Field come pressure again down and gets away this time to the sideline it's grab Lexington North Carolina made it so this will be fourth down and about three and Elon obviously with nothing keep the offense out on the field of course and uh you maybe get a quick touch here I don't know um but that was a nice job you see the receiver get that foot in that play thatf in his season with the nights want the ball on your hands fast here Tempo look here this that just they put situation hson Winston went through on the Jet Sweep they hand it off to he spins Anderson good inside the turn the liting com on him and get of all the bacteria go against nor Carol there is something to that that is that is very true that the pads that you wear every day when you sweat in them and stuff in the back it it can cause skin infections Tom Reed who was a good friend of mine played for the Minnesota Northstar for many years had to retire because he could not get a skin infection cleared up because of the pads he wore back in the 70s and 80s and that was before antimicrobial life there you go just real that's you know kill St there try to St play getar Thomas look out New Mexico State transfer first [Applause] down off last they won 10 games under Jerry transfers here dur number one running back last year and that's got athleticism the run good looking player not good little s the run last year much improvement needed there Malik Murphy in exp's blue now career high passing 272 y the start Thomas [Music] keeps 2 he does have an interception tonight one touchdown he's had were near misses clean this will be a different game right now iect be as they move forward Defenders right now got with hands on right now I think they're really starting to feel the effects not as much right now away to Xavier isn't near running earlier this game of Tak a off the gas as the game is their mindset right 26 y return Town who was third te All American Conference pun returner back in 2022 that's going to be right what you want to see out your return excellent starting field position here for the knights you know usually that's that free if it is that's the free play where you like to just send it down the field on it thr there on the defender yeah5 but for first game of the year we haven't had T ofen no not that it's been a pretty clean game to both coaching offive line there with a short amount of time in the first half but overall clean played first game of the year El had to adjust to the speed of the game they joh one of the fastest players on this and good blocking at the point of attack as well by UCF and a nice got good Defenders were stuck on blocks on that you know that's why that play hit like it did hand not getting off the blocks the same way they play defense that time I thought he would have cut that backside into the he could have took that to the house CB curtain ow sixe gra transfer from cooksville Marland just hope that these injuries on Elon are you know Nicks and B and bruises and nothing you know too serious or keep them out of action too long cuz I I feel like we're seeing a fair number of these right now and they're St they're starting to mount up sets up a third down kind of in that no man's landam between oh movement on the line we'll get our first call from referee crayon Barrett well big marcelus Marshall reacted let's see if they put it on the defense or him I think they're going to call it on Cameron number well Duke is going to go on the road got another Frid Northwest Captain smart because you can react as long as you react immediately stage they're going to be play Friday night near the lake chance for some WIS here for Duke it would look like and then the real test begins as the ACC schedule starts Thomas gets it inside the 24 right now you're just seeing off we haven't seen thisly all night but they're starting simp are becoming andow their schedule think very favorable and gives a great opportunity here to gain some confidence and some momentum early in the season chemistry this game where makes the catch haven't seen him since that big catch that set up the touchdown of the first down push up front by that offensive line man he has to be a great part ofers line Jord Moore and I know run the ball nicely right Buton throwing the B this is a deep deep catchy in the back he'll run it over the right side keep the legs down I like their skill and uh I think their matches their skill and I tell you what I do like I like the fact that John in this off though he's got some some 12 personel he's got some tight Wing form they want to run the ball behind so it's a nice mix of of vertical passing and uh some down run as well third Down's Jonathan Brewer's got a little B he's got a little Lashley he's got a little sudden di oh he lost the ball to the outside he's wrapped up it be third down to go they latece D Tucker combining out the stop they're going be in the city durh next week got another game or hands are sweaty he goes to bring that ball back and justs out of his hand good job to jump back on it get K one through earli in the be a 39 yd attempt from the right got some offensive weapons obviously I think their quarterback's tough and gritty I think their team's tough Andy so this is actually an advant so this right because you really got to turn those hips put a little draw for your some of those long ball throws that off Target that's close it's good it right goes 10 plays 63 yds and 545 season off to a good start here for Duke the Manny Diaz era Manny 50 years years old second time as a head coach in the ACC of course had those three years at Miami there were some good moments there were some bad moments you I think there are a lot of people that would say maybe they could have stuck with him another year or so because yeah he's a good coach no doubt about it especially a defensive mind and the way the defense has played here tonight outstanding 15 tackles for loss the most for Duke since 20 seven he's a heck of a football coach he did a great job at Miami and yes they probably should have gave him a little more time but he's got another chance here and he is going to do great things here at Duke I really believe that so you've been a head coach you had stops at Temple Boston College Colorado state after the first game of the season any season what's what's the most important thing that you have to do when you go into talk to your players I think you want to walk in that locker room and you want to you want to talk about the positive things that happen on that field and make them feel good about the work that they did hey we got a lot of work to do but these were some great things that we got done now we'll have time next to watch the film and we'll we'll keep growing on the things we have to improve on but you want them to feel good about the work they got through preseason camp and be honest just just be positive honest is what I would say like one of my takeaways I think they need to run the ball just a little bit more consistently at the end they got some good runs but through the B Belly of the game they could do a little better there but I like I like the makings of this offense and I really like what he's doing right now with this football program new quarterback in for Elon Matthew Downing is out Jack salapek transfer from Western Michigan in there at the controls now this is ran Baker gets away gets into plus territory across the 50 yd line yeah and Malik Murphy you know there a lot of hype around this guy coming into Durham no doubt a big armed Talent wants to work a little bit on the accuracy Noel I think so you know I think just a little bit more on on the touch and the tempo of his throws but you can see he has a big arm but again he hasn't played a lot of football and so this is every every game every week is is going to he's going to grow and and and what you'll see in the next three weeks hopefully is tremendous development out of out of your quarterback in the leag Murphy I'm sure Manny and staff will talk about that [Applause] tomorrow there's Malik [Applause] Murphy as we get to the two-minute timeout there are the numbers for Malik almost 300 yd passing a career high we step aside into coaches in in America it's been the last two years as Penn State's defensive coordinator said it was going to take the right job to leave Happy Valley and very happy with taking over here at Duke as will Langford former quarterback who they trying to turn into a wide receiver get it inside for 35 yd line Elon trying to get on the board here and avoid a shut out you I hope final couple minutes I hope Manny I hope Duke enjoys this win uh all wins are hard to get you got to be able to enjoy the wins I used to tell my teams all the time hey half the country will wake up on Monday are going to be 0 and one and half are going to be 1 and0 and right now we're going to be one of the ones that's one and0 it's a good place to be it's a good place to be don't ever don't ever feel anything when you win like don't Embrace that embrace it you can always correct the mistakes you know you can always attack all the things you need to work on but getting a win in college football it's not easy just ask foror to State salop thrs and that is going to be a first down Charli M Junior receiver making the catch they'll move the chains minute 24 to go first salapek made 10 starts in four years with the Met Western Michigan Broncos slides away from the pressure throws on the run and it's a low throw incomplete passes R incomplete they really trust salapek as the that should come in handy later in the year real important you know these are like you said valuable reps that he'll learn from and and help him as they move forward it's a great opportunity for him Sal incomplete Sam Winston that's same on the other side of the ball for Duke you know Duke getting some guys an opportunity to get some reps here looks like some clean pants out there right now and uh you know there's nothing like game [Applause] [Music] experience janathan py the defensive coordinator for Duke he's got to be really pleased about his defense's effort tonight he was the defensive coordinator of Texas State last year help the Bobcats get to the program's first bowl game but he's got a he's got a history with with Manny Diaz uh wanted to reconnect with Manny in a meaningful way and and he is excited to be in Durham and looks like he's got a lot to work with here in 2024 he's done a great job you know we've talked a lot about Manny here in defense justifiably and rightly so but he is a really good young football coach and he's done a heck of a job with this defensive unit and I'm sure he's another rising star in this business I think both coordinators for Duke did a great job and and and I think the coach is at Elon did a great job I really want to give a lot of credit to them to their staff and to their players they they fought really hard here tonight and elon's going to call a timeout it's been fun has it clay it's great to have college football back and so many things to talk about with this Duke football program and we've seen Murphy at quarterback we've seen a very solid defensive effort tonight for Duke we we've looked at their schedule this is a team that you know maybe feels a little bit slighted picked 11 out of 17 teams after really good years the last couple of Seasons I think people were looking at a new coaching staff they were looking at all the new faces and and maybe underestimating Duke at least that's what they want to tell us why not little chip on your shoulder doesn't hurt in the motivation uh category you know so you can you can carry that chip that's okay and I'm sure they will and I'm sure they talk about [Music] it Jack burkowitz is going to try to get Elon on the board from 39 [Applause] yds attempted from 49 earlier hit the crossb going into the same End Zone this time it's good that's got to feel good for that Elon sideline burkowitz puts it right between the eyes and Tony trani's team is on the board here with 14 seconds left good for them and uh you know everybody wants take a little something uh away and in the growth factor and that was great Tony trani was a very successful defensive coordinator in his own right at Elon under Kirk Signet before being elevated the head coach when cetti left for James Madison now of course he's the head coach at Indiana I mean that's a program that has kept the coaching staff together for a long time they' got some talented players it's going to be a team to be reckoned with in the coastal athletic in the FCS yeah I think so I I I really like his Squad and I really like the job that he's done here again hopefully he can stay healthy and not get too many injuries here moving forward right now from this game but uh he's done a heck of a [Applause] job Tony's the Northeast guy coach at New Hampshire went to Springfield College Manchester New Hampshire like Ryan Day Danny Mullen Chip Kelly cre the coaches and Duke's going to have another possession here final seconds and then they're going to start looking forward to Northwestern next week go on the road for the first time this season they got Yukon and then they've got a trip to Middle Tennessee State in Murphy's Boro Tennessee of course that's where Manny Diaz was def coordinator early on in his coaching career so that'll be an interesting little trip talked about him starting ACC play at the end of September against North Carolina the vaunted rivals this Northwestern game will be a really good game a good measuring stick [Applause] yeah to practice keep growing and keep keep developing Manny Diaz wins his first game as head coach ad do Saturday September 14th 26