Duke vs. Virginia Full Game | 2021 ACC Football

rock from scott stadium yeah like surfing in the off season he looks like he could do a little surfing today with those shades on cool and and fired up to be back home after a couple road wins and for david cutcliffe he's got a team that he's talked throughout the week they need to focus on the little things too many penalties too many missed assignments and right out the gate from the giddy up they'll be chasing around brennan armstrong in company here playing defense duke won the toss selected to defer hubbard kicks it away this is kept with the fair catch inside the five brandon armstrong and his teammates with their four and two record two and two in conference play they are two-and-one at home last three seasons at home they are an incredible 14-2 they've won 19 of their last 22 and armstrong has been playing at a very high level this season james the 17 tds second best in the acc behind kenny pickett of pittsburgh [Applause] first and ten for the cavaliers from the 25 on homecomings left side choice for armstrong that is complete on the 30-yard line and it's dontavian wicks on the catch for seven yards good to see dontavian wicks back out there he left the game in louisville he's had a couple big hits knocking him out of the game the last two games in those two wins miami and then against louisville what looked to be a targeting call was a personal foul nonetheless and he'll get him seven on first down second in short down the sea man caught as wix again close to the 45 of duke plenty for a first down and into duke territory 22 yards well robert anaya's offense just comes out slinging with the left-hander just as they finished up in louisville but finishing up in louisville because they absolutely had to 21 points in the fourth quarter to come from behind and win it 34-33 louisville but why not start it off when you've got the best passer in the nation right now through the air armstrong still has it around the left side cuts it back at the 30 and down near the 20 from brennan armstrong hayward made the tackle armstrong on the run let's see if we can see big zero in here jelani woods on the outside look at him blowing the defensive back way out of the picture and there's nobody to turn brennan armstrong back into the rest of that defense way too much room the damage is done there's a good shot of the graduate transfer from oklahoma state jelani woods he's big in the pass game too not just muscling guys around out there blocking 25 yards on the run by armstrong wants to throw it again that was deflected duke had a chance at it [Music] dwayne carter got a piece of that one to deflect it into the air as we check out our impact players brought to you by your local toyota dealers perfect timing with big number 90 making a play there he's our defensive toyota impact player using his hands to back down the ball he's got a lot of energy there in the middle four and a half tackles for loss on the season and keaton thompson can do it all even with the cast on for these cavaliers thompson at 149 yards receiving in the win last week against louisville and was critical on that final drive as the cavaliers scored with just 22 seconds left on the clock to win it 34-33 when louisville missed a 49-yard field goal on the last play of the game there's a look at ketone you see is his left hand he's got a cast on it and bronco said when it first happened he broke his hand and he when he first went out there trying to catch he thought he was going to be out for quite some time but he found a way use that hand in a different way and catch those footballs here's a third down a big one spinning move talapapa [Applause] down to about the 13-yard line gary smith on the stop so fourth down and short coming up and looks like they'll go for it and this is a [Music] i beg your pardon drunka will send in the kicking unit [Music] good stop there by duke letting him drive it in the middle of the field and then tighten it up as they got down into the red zone to force this field goal try with the new kicker here today it's feral because dunkel is not available justin dunkle's injured and since taking over farrell's been seven of seven on extra points four or five on field goals 31 yards away for farrell and the cavaliers are on the board first knocking that field goal through he is now five of six on the season brendan farrell first points of the game cavaliers and commonwealth wow working with the great one right here ladies you know i stopped by the lawn and the rotunda last night when i arrived on the grounds of the university of virginia and happened to talk to a few second years jalen stinson the deep man for duke [Applause] oh look at the hustle from the who's getting down there i like that all right james our keys to the game are brought to you by your local ford dealer what you got bates ah you're unoriginal ow same as last week it was hey that's the key last week for duke it was finish finish and they didn't so this week it's seriously guys finish that's what you need to do for virginia consistency ronco mendenhall talking to him yesterday just preaching throughout our meeting we've got to be more consistent we've got to be more consistent we can't just make these critical plays on on defense we got to get announced we got to get off the field let's see how they start today blue devils gonna throw it trying to come nearside into double coverage and it's knocked away holmberg put it in the air nick grant leaping to make the play well welcome back to cornerback nick grant fentrell cypress is injured out of the game and so it's nick grant starting at corner today a position he's familiar with and gunner homburg in his first season as the starter is going to have to deal with grant [Applause] and the rest of those defensive backs joy blunts back too by the way they'll go to the ground with durant that is carry number one where's the tote board james because last week he ran it 43 times as lauren explained at the top of the broadcast that was a school record here are the impact players brought to you by your local toyota dealership we got to go auctioneer style durant there he is 21. joy blunt missed last week concussion symptoms he's back one of the leading tacklers in the acc third in the league with nine tackles a game they're glad to have 29 back out there look at coach spurrier's grandson gavin spurrier the player over there sending in the plays for a third down a critical one on the opening drive duke one of the better teams on third down in the league 48 fourth in the conference and it's bobo hauls it in for a first down as grant makes the tackle dude got 12. well volvo doing a great job of breaking that route off at the sticks and how about that just enough buying himself some room elliott brown thought maybe holmberg who can run it as well is going to tuck it and go and he kind of gave up that passing lane and able to throw it in there the gunner homebrew to meet those chains big conversion 46 catches on the season now for bobo to lead the team they'll throw this one to jalen calhoun that game is a more modest gain of two yards for duke up to the 42 james [Music] it looked like calhoun actually loses this football and oh my goodness he did in a big way in a fortunate bounce they had three of those last week georgia tech had a couple as well five fumbles that went back to the offense right back into the hands of the player david cutcliffe talked about it ad nauseum throughout the week these little things these little penalties you've finally got a little bit of momentum going here on this opening drive and then you go back five yards don't let it be a drive killer but you put yourself in a bad situation now second and thirteen holmberg looking left all the way safety valve durant puts the hand down at the 35 and stumbles forward grant again on the tackle of matteo duran six 195 pounds and a senior from little old plum branch south carolina he got three yards he gets him right back up to the sticks nice open field tackle by nick grant [Applause] third down and just over 10 yards to go here now on this one football just shy of the 40 on third down for holmberg those edges will bend he gets it away floats it it's calhoun at the 45. [Applause] calhoun makes the catch blunt makes the tackle first down and the chains are rolling for duke after 16 yards showing you why he leads the acc in completion percentage look at the touch on this ball talk about threading a needle drops it right in there excellent throw two for two on third down in this drive that'll be a loss of one of the carrie durant [Music] what did david cutcliffe say to us on the call this week he said bronco mendenhall thinks that there's no run game that he can't stop and just ask him if you don't believe me he'll tell you well so far you can tell that this who defense has their eyes set on 21. holmberg complete daryl harding jr just about a yard short of the marker at the 34 they got 10 nick jackson on the stop third down again for the blue devils [Music] [Applause] yeah virginia rushing defense 14th in the conference right at the bottom averaging just over 200 yards to the opposition per game durant bounces off the pile comes to his left gets inside the 20 and tackled down joey blunt had to run him down mateo duran bounced off the roadblock for 25 yards elliott brown on the edge crashes down he's got to be there to secure that edge and force the ball back in nobody out there the door swinging open and 21's going to take advantage of that keep on feeding mateo durant and he'll bust one out showing you right there great vision and patience by durant to convert blue devils just entered the cpi security red zone that is a direct snap on that play for the blue devils jordan moore took that snap out of the wildcat three yards for moore [Music] and he's gonna move over into the slot james he's one of those athletic guys you want to put him out on the field bronco mendenhall talks about that all the time that's how ketan thompson who came here from mississippi state competing for the quarterback job he didn't get it but bronco said well he can't stand over here to me and robert and i he's got to get out on the field he's been making plays from everywhere on the field 11th play of the drive durant trying to reverse direction at the eighth just the yard of the play for durant the blue devils in the red zone this season you saw the numbers seventh best of the acc with 16 touchdowns there is a virginia player down 91 is mandy alonso tamir carter made the tackle on the play but they will attend to alonso with the blue devils in the red zone trying to get on the board cavaliers lead it let's take a look at that last play durant on the run and watched the football in his left arm on the way out wow so it's actually alonso who was banged up on that plate um that's well and we're being told that they're taking a look at it so you had alonzo who made the initial tackle but he was down and he was helped up to the virginia sideline and jamir carter also into the play nice of that gentleman there in the shades to help the officials out after further review on the field stands it'll be third down for duke that's a tough one that's one of those had it been ruled a fumble it would have stood and remained a fumble but since it was called down on the field and the injury giving them a chance as we went to break to take a look at it but duke's got to take better care of the football that's the second ball been put on the ground here today by the blue devil offense they've got to clean these little things up three for three on third down in the drive holmberg to the goal line to bobo and it hit his hands bouncing incomplete nick jackson in coverage near the goal line seventh pass of the drive by holmberg against five rushes for the blue devils in this drive as you see homeboy likes that big target of bobo and you know that's that's a hard ball to catch coming in there so fast but it's a ball that you have to catch it's it's one that jake bobo usually does even though he knows he's about to take a lick and there's a new field goal kicker this week for duke as well it's all swanger the left-handed left-footed rather kicker off the upright from 25 yards away his first attempt this season as a transfer from tufts university outside of boston and he hit the upright [Applause] three weeks ago miami end of the game a chance to win it hits the upright a mislead and worth pointing out tom they missed two it was charlie ham last week went 204 in a game with the final of 31-27 needless to say had they been perfect on field goals they'd be coming in with a big win over georgia tech charlie ham over there warming up right now and you know he only missed two all of last year and and ham's missed four this year and that's this the first miss [Applause] on the first try for allswinger duke lost at home last saturday against georgia tech you saw it on your regional sports networks 31-27 that one scooped up the top of the turf by billy kemp and he lunges forward near the 25 or six five yards for kemp and thompson on the tackle jeremiah lewis does a good job of reading it but you got to motor down it's one thing to read it and react but get up there and set that edge and take on that blocker and your teammates can come make a play for a one-yard gain instead they'll get about five or six here 22 straight games with a reception now for kevin this one over the middle he's got it again beyond the 35-yard line thompson on the tackle again 12-yard gain virginia they've got some big bodies to throw to here for brennan armstrong but they've also got the little big man and billy kemp at nine catches against the hurricanes in that win a couple weeks ago it was the sixth time he's had nine or more catches in a game two quick ones here on this drive armstrong trying to extend the play now he'll run challenges the defender at the 45-yard line hold your breath bronco mendenhall eight yards on the run by armstrong well a pretty good job in the secondary because there was absolutely no pressure on armstrong he has plenty of time and finally just decides to tuck it and go and knows he can do some damage and everybody in cavs uniform holding their breath with bronco papa up the middle near the virginia logo at midfield for five yards on a first down [Applause] [Music] there you see robert and i the kahuku red raider in his high school days that that's where it starts and that's what matters most when you're a red raider it's a lot of pride there from the north shore father of kahuku red raider as well [Applause] byu won a national title all day for armstrong near the boundary and caught starling has the grab [Music] [Applause] [Music] good job breaking that route off that ball waiting on him as he comes back to it good concentration putting the foot down for the sophomore from nashville just his third catch of the season that went for 18 yards ball with the 32 armstrong it's popped in the air near the 35 yard line rj oben deflecting that ball even though he's had a lot of protection a lot of time in the pocket there still has to be that internal clock in your head as a quarterback knowing i've been back here too long this is just too easy and you've got it you've got a hard rushing defensive front for duke that they've been stymied for the most part but they're going to get theirs they're on scholarship too armstrong got to be careful with that football and got to have a better feel for when he's been back there too long loss of three on the previous play there was movement on the line looking down by the pylon and the end zone and it's knocked away at the last moment wix was the receiver josh blackwell made the defensive play for duke but there is a penalty marker offside defense number 94. penalty second down mike roach makes it official yeah nice job watch up top good job by blackwell who continues to play free play for armstrong but he plays it smart one of 19 graduates here on this duke team and you know just as it should be played you're right there in his hip pocket snapped that head around and knocked the football down after the penalty against duke armstrong comes to the other side nearly anticipated intercepted but caught kept staying with it billy kent grabs it out of the air as it bounced off at jeremiah lewis 16 yards on the play fortunate for the cavs these wahoos are living right these days couple missed field goals in the last two games and then this one could have should have been not only an interception but probably six points jeremiah lewis right through his hands an excellent read and break on the ball but instead bounces right into the hands of kemp for his third catch from the 15 before the play whistles false start offense number 69 it's a five yard penalty first down risk laser flagged for the confraction six of seven for armstrong so far got him back into the red zone here in their second possession he's also run for 29 yards not afraid to absorb some contact and challenge the duke defense one of the more physical units in this conference armstrong little dance and toss over the middle that was a bit of a congested area kemp is pleading for a flag and then his attempt at trying to draw a flag unsuccessful i won't give you a flag but i'll help you out with the uniform you know and you got to think that ball went sailing through the secondary because kemp's route was disturbed but still armstrong settle it down a little bit and take care of this football second down in 15 here just inside of three minutes to go in our first quarter rm strong to the end zone [Applause] no flags thrown kept the intended receiver jeremiah lewis trying to defend him as armstrong was looking for that back corner of the end zone to his left armstrong or kemp rather needs a he needs a tighter jersey that jersey's got too much slack on it too much to grab i don't know if it's if it was illegal is illegal now but i used to wear carpet tape underneath my jersey to stick on my shoulder pads so those big offensive linemen couldn't grab me maybe you need some carpet tape if uh oh here's a free play four receivers on the set to the end zone 11th play of the drive into the corner of the end zone for the touchdown dontavian weeks pulls it in from armstrong [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] not sure if they even got the flag if it was a free play or not but it sure doesn't matter and it was decent coverage again by blackwell but a perfectly thrown football and how about the concentration the focus by three dontavian wicks glad they got him cleared to play for this week if you're a virginia fan got to be fired up one of the best in the nation 10th coming in with over 550 receiving yards just keeps on adding on [Music] touchdown pass number 18 on the season for brennan armstrong and that was simply perfect into the hands of dontavian wix for his sixth receiving touchdown of the season a 20-yard play as the sophomore is on the business end that he hauls it in third catch of the game for wix results in six points for the cavaliers [Music] extra point from farrell a low line drive over second base up the middle and good ten nothing virginia late in the first [Music] happy new year tomorrow happy new year don't make me get emotional now on homecomings and i see a little bit of drizzle starting out on scott stadium field people are swaying back and forth and also reaching for whatever they have to provide cover from the raindrops our five-star drive summary it's brought to you by yellowwood brennan armstrong with the 20-yard td pass dodged a little bit of a bullet there with the dropped interception opportunity at one by duke but shook it right off just as they've been asked to do and brennan armstrong especially did last week in the come from behind win over louisville he had two third quarter interceptions but a big time fourth quarter come back and get the win stinson pass the 20. flag comes out behind the play as stinson brings it back up near the 30 but again a penalty marker it's a 27-yard return we'll see what mike roach has to say holding receiving team number three pennsylvania half the distance to the goal first down all right let's check in with lauren on the sidelines and they get a little wet down there lauren well guys i'm no meteorologist but it has started to pour out here so i'd say 100 chance that it's raining right now but i want to take you back to last week against louisville and you look at a guy like brennan armstrong it was the last drive of the game they were down six points two minutes left and he looks at his teammates and goes well this should be fun and that just characterizes who he is as a player coach said it really calms the guys down offensively and it sets the tempo for what they want to do every single drive even if he makes a mistake he comes back level-headed and he makes it happen absolutely lauren as duke goes back to work and that virginia defense comes charging right back onto the field a nice open field stop there by nick grant the cornerback but yeah yeah that's the kind of leader that i would want in my quarterback they call him conor mcgregor because of it because of his toughness and a a good time guy just like conor mcgregor saying let's have some fun out here on the field trying to drive his way up the middle mateo durant second leading rusher in the acc behind sean tucker of syracuse which lost the heartbreaker to clemson last night at the dome 17-14 [Applause] tigers have improved to three and one in acc play and now we've got third and very short one for two very short and very important after driving the length of the field last time out gunner holmberg and company and missing the field goal now down 10. three or four on third down durant trying to get another one and he does it durant close to the 40-yard line matteo durant tripped up by joey blunt on the rush in a first down for duke well that's how they did it on the last series somebody's got to be out there in three ready to flatten and go make the play you flatten out maybe he still gets the first down but you don't give up the big hitter and durant making him pay on the outside he usually butters his bread between the tackle box jordan waters followed up for a loss after durant ran for 22 yards that'll be a loss of two yards water is the sophomore from fairmont north carolina getting in there we got no food we got no jobs our pets heads are falling off puamui falmui has to leave the game as his helmet goes flying he saw nick howell his defensive coordinator over there having to substitute in for him final minute of play in the first quarter holmberg might have been tipped back there as he was looking for calhoun west weeks retreating back at his linebacker position to help out and tip that one away third down yes sorry tom excellent job by weeks it was that touch pass that holmberg completed earlier was a beauty and this one looked like it was going to be the same but weeks there at the last second played by the freshman here's a third down and long gotta be careful with that football here on this one duke has to get it to midfield for a first down releases over the middle incomplete looking for jalen calhoun [Music] still might have been well short of the line to gain at midfield and that's fourth down the virginia defense sends the duke offense off the field [Music] porter wilson back to punt [Music] billy kemp is the deep man [Applause] camp near the 15 a lot of activity around him flag is out ball was on the turf that punt was 46 yards and kemp was able to cover but there was a flag one of the more experienced punt returners in college football so a lot of faith in him back there looked like somebody was banged into him kit catch interference kicking team number 42 15-9 first half [Music] [Applause] gonna be called on chaka hayward there's yeah and just clips him right there didn't he didn't look like he was locked into him and hustling for the ball wouldn't have mattered anyway with the flag there's chaka turn around play some defense he's done a great job of that leader of this defense the linebacker leading the team in tackles top five in the acc and tackles former safety in high school he's going to spot the ball at the 30 with 40 seconds left it's already four accepted penalties against duke for 35 yards as they move that ball up to the 30 and now up to the [Applause] [Music] 32. 40 seconds on the clock 10-0 virginia field goal and a 20-yard pass play armstrong to wix in this quarter armstrong running away from the pressure tosses it up past the 40-yard line to the 42 jalani woods 11 yards first down virginia [Applause] [Music] that's a big man right there six seven 270 pounder jelani here comes the pressure finally comes from gary smith but with that cool and calm armstrong the lefty rolls out and he's got that big target just waiting on him they move the chains they'll run this time with tyler papa [Applause] up to the 48-yard line five yards on the play cavaliers will let the clock run out in the first so they'll have the ball when we come back they've also got the lead 31-yard field goal from farrell billy kemp with the concentration we are rolling down the hillside in charlottesville dontavious wix has the td catch in the first quarter from brendan armstrong good job i've been impressed with this defensive secondary both of these teams very physical watching duke last week even though they had some guys that got banged up a little bit right back out there one of them on a big interception was leonard johnson glad to have him back let's see what they got now in the third down at four 49 on the season third best of the acc armstrong surrounded and dropped near the 46-yard line gary smith from sheffield tennessee on the play loss of three drawing up some pressure guillery and albert the co-defensive coordinators and a good job staying in their lanes the guys who didn't get there were waiting on armstrong and that's a good job big play getting off the field careful in the middle of the field sorry tommy punt fake situations here in the middle you got to be on alert jacob finn is punting boiling the deep man transfer from brown oh did just get it away there was contact the flag is out [Applause] this one will bounce into the end zone as boiling through the fake up near the 15. it's a punch of 54 yards but finn hit the deck after the punt left in the kicker defense number three [Applause] yeah it's it's it's the big one because it's that plant leg and so dangerous and and again there's the pressure and you know what it looked like [Applause] make sure i get it daryl harding junior's is the rusher it looked like he was stumbling [Music] and he just he couldn't control otherwise you'd like to think that he knows he's got to go at an angle where that ball is going to leave the foot but he looked like he tripped over his teammate and flew right into the punter so instead of duke football and a chance to go down and chip away at that 10-point lead it's a fresh set of downs for brennan armstrong and company crushing penalty against the blue devils armstrong floats that one complete and near the 20. [Applause] brennan armstrong for 19 yards what a toss by armstrong yeah and again nice job we've seen homburg on the other side that little touch pass over the underneath zone dropper and a good job by armstrong so he can do the same ball out of the hands but out of bounds so first down for virginia here fields made the catch right to the cusp of the red zone for virginia the left-hander to the end zone this fields again trying to get to the end zone josh blackwell trying to stay with them there's space they're created by fields a little bit of a push off no call but how about the job blackwell earlier you saw him snap that head around when he was in position here nothing else matters to him but making up and getting back there in in the scene in that picture and he does a good job but as you look at that replay it's perhaps just a drop ball i don't know that blackwell actually ripped it away thompson has it cuts it back to the 10 breaking tackles busting his way inside the five lunging for the goal line and they'll mock them down near the one key tom thompson rumbling for 19 yards the one armed bandit 99 has been so special here for this virginia football team bronco mendenhall loves him i asked him yesterday i said you like this football team it seems like a team that's that's easy to like he said i really like keaton thompson i'm just off the field and talking to him doesn't just love what he does on the field even though that hasn't been so special and we hadn't heard much from 99 but you knew it was just a matter of time technically a pass this is a handoff to the goal line and in for a touchdown thompson finishes off the drive from a yard away and virginia is back in the end zone in the second quarter he got him down there why not let him punch it in he's a tall guy in six four and he was running just about that high but enough momentum to just cross that plane [Music] and what should be duke's football right now with the roughing the kicker penalty back in the hands of virginia and now with a 17 point lead tom third rushing touchdown of the season for kitan thompson from a yard away for the senior from new orleans louisiana virginia 17 duke nothing in the second quarter duran he's one of those guys when i talked to this week he's from a small town called plum branch south carolina only 87 people he told me it's something you see out of a movie one stoplight a convenience store and a gym he said he's always been a big football fan growing up he would watch football with his dad and immediately after he'd watch a game he'd run outside and go practice with his grandfather he told his dad when he was nine years old i want to go to every single football stadium when i get older and watch games he told me it's funny now because he's playing in every single football stadium it's fun to see a childhood dream become reality guys thank you lauren stinson on the return he's playing at scott stadium today and he and his teammates james have some work to do now they certainly do trailing by 17 and lauren i don't know if he told you but that one gym in town it is even in the workout center it's a guy named jim he stands on the corner and waves at people so hi i'm jim no he's but we're talking to him last week who said it's a town full of georgia bulldog fans bunch of bulldogs bulldogs got a big one today against kentucky a couple undefeated blue devils it's gonna have to be come from behind fashion if they're going to get their first win in the acc this season as they stretch out durant and cut them down 0-2 in conference play noah taylor staying with the play in a loss of one excellent job they there's one thing that burned him in the first quarter a couple third down plays is durant bouncing it outside do a good job of remedying that officially no gain on the previous play here's durant left side with a hole little stiff arm near the 40. flag comes out as he got tangled up with the defender antonio clary 12 yards on the run by durant if it stands we'll see what mike roach has to say all these bodies are walking back the other way it looks like they're holding offense number 79 the 10-yard penalty second down yeah that's the big tackle carson van lynn and i was just about to pat him on the back saying he blew his guy out of there and there you see he's got a hold of him had a piece of anthony johnson so that's penalty number six against the blue devils marches that football back to the 25 for holmberg drops it off durant trying to get his footing play really never developed james couldn't control the football and then lost the footing a little bit and lost five yards and a late flag coming in in the secondary [Applause] holding offense number sixty-three films he's declined every third down he's gonna be on monk right there and gets a hold of that shoulder pad you know in college football anymore there's there's there's holding like that on every snap so it makes it tough if you start calling them you're gonna have to call a lot but it's third down and forever now for holmberg third and fifteen kind of run away from that cavalier defense and they can only sail it towards his own bench looking for bobo here's a perfect example tom noah taylor is held as he's rushing the quarterback worse than those those first two holding calls there you see him right there being held look at him he can't get free because he's held again [Applause] by van lin they don't call it there but they they let them get away with a lot of it in college football so you kind of open up the floodgates when you start calling it there's a big shift and they're gonna need a big boom try to flip this field a little bit here on fourth wilson punting kemp meets it 36 yard line and hit immediately [Applause] the punt was 42 yards and nothing on the return lumi young junior special teams tackle on billy kemp he and the cavs are accused travel to blacksburg to take on the hokies of virginia tech coverage begins 12 30. check your local listings for the game and time in your area how about this these teams have not met in blacksburg since 2003 virginia tech was number four in the country and they beat syracuse 51-7 the orange coming off the crushing loss yesterday against the clemson tigers at the dome we've got that game our first trip back to blacksburg since the six over two james thriller oh goodness look out two years ago against carolina five overtimes wasn't good enough no virginia tech ultimately winning the longest game in acc history of course the overtime rules have changed so it's going to be very difficult to get to six overtimes nowadays well not necessarily it still is still even for each side it's just different it'll be a different way of getting there it'll be that's right shorter that's right it would be shorter if we got to six overtime so we'll be in blacksburg next week we're in charlottesville this week for devin darrington on the rush shot near the 40. very balanced attack prior to the start of this drive 10 passes 10 runs for the virginia offense under offensive coordinator robert and i there's darrington the graduate transfer from harvard mike hollins usually would be that second back in for robert and i behind wayne talapapa but he's injured they don't have his services look out first down and more to the duke side of the 50 darrington that's going to put virginia over 200 yards total offense in this first half a 12-yard run for darrington number 26 in orange blue and white they say that darrington stepped on campus and immediately everybody was impressed with his work ethic won the dirty dozen award in the weight room stepped on what james oh man the grounds what a loser the grounds that pass behind the intended receiver looking for kemp good catch i'm paying attention over here come on man catch oh that's all right we got it we got no curl up in the corner kemp did not catch that so from the 48 of duke now for this virginia offense second in the conference they averaged 526 yards per game total most of that in the past game 413 yards per game and that's best of the acc second in the entire nation [Applause] something didn't look right there no that was all kinds of ugly they had armstead in the lineup as well snap infraction offense from 55 five yard penalty second down although they've had a couple of those they're this year and not quite that ugly though they'll back it up though so helping out duke a little bit here trying to cut this in half make it a third down in medium perhaps with these wraps armstrong with the patience throws it to the 40. that is caught spinning for what looks like a first down jelani woods the graduate student from ellenwood georgia at 16 yards well you've got the protection to start armstrong's there a little bit of pressure late as he takes hits the grass but then you got a match-up that's just not fair i mean jalen alexander is a heck of a player the junior is 511 160 though and he's going up against that mountain of a man at six foot seven 270 pounds and jelani woods i'll take the guy wearing zero every day no matter how hard they fight on defense woods has four td catches this season that is incomplete near the 30-yard line billy kemp and that one's got to be on the receiver james although the ball might be getting a little slippery out there with the wet conditions but still yeah good job too by daquan money johnson by that's in in the days of old that's that's the hit that the defensive backs would just take a nice free shot open up on a guy who just missed the ball there you see him avoid that and avoid a penalty flag and perhaps an ejection and force this second down and 10 here deep drop from armstrong through the progression has a man at the 30. first down inside the 25-yard line don tavion wix and 13 yards for virginia to the 24. when duke brings three or four guys they've got to get a little bit of pressure there's absolutely no pressure nobody gets a sniff of brendan armstrong and that's just not fair for a secondary that i've been impressed with here for duke watching him throughout this season but but even the best secondary in college football in the nfl can't hang with these speedy receivers like wix when nobody's putting any pressure at all on the quarterback good job by that offensive line 12 of 18 178 yards for armstrong the pump of the throw over the middle and caught near the seven yard line thompson [Music] thumbs up for keaton thompson thumbs up through that cast got a couple more weeks before he gets it off but it certainly doesn't seem to be bothering him there's the clean pocket again and there's thompson and even the even going down trying to brace this fall that's that can't be comfortable with those fingers sticking out of that cast but keethon thompson just moments ago on that touchdown drive had his first two touches now he's touching it down near the goal line again here he is in motion 19 yards on the last play down by the goal line and knocked away dequan johnson knocked it away from woods they called dequan money good job by money reading the eyes of armstrong but who's going to make the big play on this defense who's going to turn this momentum and turn this tide a little bit with a big turnover they've had their hands on plenty of balls here throughout the first half who's gonna hold on to it and pick it off three for three in the red zone of the game for virginia [Applause] armstrong [Applause] trying to throw behind the defender and receive her back shoulder to wix and he couldn't spin fast enough jeremiah lewis defending for the reason he couldn't react is louis lewis had he had it he had a hole in his shoulder pass but he had that hand tucked inside the shoulder pad so you couldn't really see it the contrast of that white on orange has been easy for these officials to see [Applause] third and goal one through three on third down in the game virginia armstrong extending the play improvising running for the pilot diving oh a touchdown for armstrong takes it in from seven yards away for virginia [Applause] improvising nothing's there breaks down try to buy a little bit of time forget it if it's to be it's up to me diving forward hitting that pylon that's a touchdown and a nice effort play when everybody covered in the secondary by brennan armstrong third rushing touchdown of the season for armstrong and farrell has the extra point [Applause] well lauren told us earlier that brennan armstrong said last week before that final drive this should be fun lauren looks like he's having fun again here on this saturday leading big overdue 7 52 to go in our second quarter 195 yards passing for armstrong td a passing td that last one from seven yards away what an effort by armstrong diving for that front left pylon and a score for the wahoos [Music] you know james the overall series pretty close 39 wins for virginia 33 for duke but virginia has won six in a row in the series and the struggles for the blue devils offensively james well it's a duke blue devil team tom that's used to playing here in charlottesville it's crazy three straight games due to covet of course last year that they've had right here at virginia 1920 and now i'm 21 and i'm gonna have to come from way behind if they want to go back home victorious just 107 total yards prior to this play for the duke offense as durant gets bounced out of bounds and we check it with lauren thanks guys yeah walking from sideline to sideline over on the duke sideline very quiet right now it's concentrated very serious and going over the virginia sideline they're hooting and hollering jumping up and down cheering for each other so definitely different energies on both sidelines right now it's really 24 nothing [Applause] dude needs to make something happen in the latter stages of this second quarter that's just the yard durant balmui on the tackle [Music] i mean james duke is a strong offense they average close to 500 yards per game that's third best of the acc but not today well they do it leaning on one of the best backs around there you see some of that energy from that virginia sideline but virginia's doing a good job of shutting them down this time durant has just enough to get past the 35 and that should be enough for a first down west weeks on the tackle to topple durant but not before a first down at that 35 and they'll mark it just beyond the 35-yard line big big first down pickup even though it was close just gotta stay out on that football field try to make something happen here six and a half minutes left in the first half ten carries in 64 yards mateo durant last week crossed 2 000 yards for his duke rushing career and that tough loss in the fourth quarter against georgia tech holmberg wants to air it out this is one on one a lot of back and forth bobo was the receiver nick grant the defender it's a clean play [Music] let's get a word now and a message from works nitro works with android robotic lawnmower available at mylandroid.com the future of lawn care is here that last play is is a perfect example of where they struggle offensively they don't have a lot of guys that scare you that are going to run right by it holmberg throwing again this sails into the secondary and it's intercepted devante cross intercepts holmberg [Applause] how's that for energy first pick for cross and third of the season for the virginia d senior from allentown pennsylvania soaking it in on homecomings well just like nick grant devonte cross was a cornerback last year he's in the right spot for this one little bit long on the throw and the who's with the ball back three-time acc quarterback of the week coming off of a acc quarterback of the week award this past week to come from behind win over louisville really struggled brennan armstrong the two interceptions in the third quarter but bounced right back and like he always does stepping up big in the big time moments for coach bronco mendenhall through the ball a career high 60 times last week in the last second victory against louisville when virginia scored with 22 seconds left it was a 2d pass from armstrong to mish that one to billy kemp in four yards threw for 487 yards last week second most in school history you know who has the most brennan armstrong did it against north carolina with 554 yards passing that was a shootout it was a loss for the cavaliers he's got an open man at the 40. rayshawn henry senior from kaleen texas has it 25 yards for virginia just spreading the football around that's that's what's so impressive about this offense too it's just all the different targets and look at that throw right there thrown in between right in the in the hole in that zone and finding this guy rayshawn 179 yards armstrong going deep too far for the intended receiver wix was down there he's one of the seven different receivers that armstrong has used so far in the first half sixth year for the offensive coordinator robert and i there was a player down josh blackwell for duke in the end zone 5 11 to go in this second quarter we saw david cutcliff pacing up and down those sidelines this first half has not gone his team's way for sure well and the frustrating thing has to be it's it's it's some little things that gave some opportunities early on in this game to a team that's really rolling in virginia when you've got a team that's putting together wins like they have been and things are are falling right for them and they have confidence that you can't help them out when you're on the road in the acc but that's just what they've done it's one thing that he's really preached to this team they've got it they've got to take care of those little things but they have it in this first half and it's turned into huge plays armstrong caught woods just inside that 30-yard line nate thompson makes the stop 11 yards and a first down for virginia nice throwing catch but then the effort [Applause] for jelani woods to just drag the defender across that [Music] yard line to move those chains so you go under five minutes in the first half three catches for woods that ball bouncing around in the pocket [Music] grant mitch with the football good job by mish be around that football defensively they see it they just can't get to it and again a fortunate bounce for virginia things just seem to be going their way a big touchdown catch last weekend looked like it just kind of slipped out of his fingertips huh james yeah as he went to bring it back to throw it that mean that ball was available and on the turf in a loss of eight alertly covered by grant mitch who as you said had the catch with 22 seconds left for a td last week against louisville winning points originally i thought his hand was hit second and 18. flip forward kemp trying to get away can't quite get to the 30. got five yards on second effort you see the body come flying in on top that was courtesy of ben fry there's another look at it i don't think it got clipped james no no no it you're absolutely right just looked like a wet ball coming out of that left hand and virginia lucky to get it back but now they've got a third down and 14. two for four on third down this is third and long it's about the only thing armstrong has not done right in this first half get an eye on jelani woods right now he's lined up there up top at the tight end position with his hand in the dirt armstrong releases caught inside the 20 balls on the turf bouncing around was it covered up [Applause] it could be first down yardage near the 16-yard line for wix that's 16 yards and it is a first down almost lost the handle i mean the opportunities it it's not like duke hasn't had a chance to to intercept a couple balls and it's a great play there's a football move i mean that's definitely a fumble great job to come in there and strip that ball away but it goes right back into the bread basket it was dominique long that that knocked it away dantavion wix gets it right back and we've seen that a handful of times already here in this first half they're gonna take a look at it for a time out anyway but i'm sure they'll take a look at it make sure that he did indeed make a football move that's a complete pass and it certainly looked that way yeah he takes a couple steps they're showing the replay here in the house and it's i don't even need to look at that one so still just under three minutes left there it is good job by long to poke it out of there but the blue devils just can't catch a break in virginia not only catching breaks on these on these fumbles here in the first and second quarter but at the end of the last two games last week the cavaliers won on a missed field goal by louisville the last play of the game from 49 yards away the previous week they won at miami on a missed field goal that hit the upright at the very end of the game and the funny thing was last week bronco mendenhall was not feeling very confident going into that fourth quarter james he down 30 to 13 right he thought his flat out he's getting ready to discuss a loss armstrong off to the right they're gonna mark that one near the 20 or so [Music] didn't look like kemp had it but standing at the 20. did he have control before he dropped it i that's why they marked it at the 20 and i bet they're going to look at this right yeah in the field it was the receiver complete the process of the catch fumbled and then recovered it that that should be an incomplete pass and gotta get a number here 23. good job by lemmy young breaking on that football and breaking it up and back-to-back plays this secondary of duke continues to fight and get after that football trying to jar it loose they cause one fumble and what looks to be an incomplete pass ruling coming up here we marked it at the 20. it was a loss on the play so if it's overturned it might even benefit virginia to cancel out the loss but we'll see kemp said he caught it and then it was ruled a fumble official review with 216 to go in the second quarter it's been all virginia now we're being told it's going to be ruled an incomplete pass they're just trying to figure out how much time should be on the clock that's the one thing we can count on in our interviews and meetings with bronco mendenhall honesty and straightforwardness yes he'll tell it like it is he said we just barely did it two weeks in two weeks in a row right now based on play in the first half it doesn't appear that they're gonna need a dramatic finish but you never know in the acc and i'm sure that man will make the necessary adjustments at halftime right this is this is a a long time honor review and as they're trying to check where to put it back down but it's on a review that you know you've got a couple seconds here that i'm sure duke is concerned with if they get the football back a chance to go score but here in the thick of a game it's the ball spot is just gonna it's gonna be the difference between a yard or two [Music] after further review the receiver did not complete the process of the catch the airport is an incomplete pass it'll be second down and 10 at the 16 yard line the game clock will start on the snap so virginia actually gained about four yards on the re-spot because they had the ball at the 20. and now it's at the 16 with 216 to go in the quarter and the ninth play of the drive coming up and it appears that the skies are starting to brighten a little bit here in charlottesville virginia we started with bright sunshine a little bit of drizzle in this first half as lauren jabara can attest to down on the sidelines [Music] so they're going to keep the clock at 216 outside of two minutes to go in the quarter on the review four for four in the red zone a field goal and three touchdowns for virginia in this game they came in james 12th in the acc in red zone offense even though they were six of six in the red zone in louisville last weekend so robert and i back in his last two minutes and 16 seconds calling him up trying to get them back into the paint one more time second and ten pressure deflected into the end zone and incomplete looking for thompson dwayne carter was bearing down the quarterback armstrong [Music] a little game up front and taking the long road to get to armstrong but he finally does get there and you don't see that very often thompson even with that cast on sure-handed that one goes through his hands and virginia lucky that one wasn't picked off by the safety three for five on third down this is third and ten just outside of two minutes to go in the half all cavaliers 24 nothing armstrong behind the intended receiver thompson could not haul it in near the three-yard line stinson was defending thompson 99 in orange and now fourth down armstrong puts it a little bit behind him but thompson had a chance to go back and pluck it and couldn't come down with it and upset with himself back-to-back drops both balls in his hands and here comes a field goal try farrell's already made one of the first quarter from 31 yards away this from 34. for farrell knocks it through two for two makes a 31 yarder and that from 34 yards away for farrell [Music] swaying on the hillside [Music] right behind the goal post where farrell just knocked it through from 34 yards away to make it 27-nothing virginia so they convert that interception by devonte cross into three points in the cavaliers that's what they've done in the six game winning streak in the series james they've now forced 27 turnovers against duke in six plus games and again they're working on a six-game winning streak in the series and four in a row at home against duke and somehow holding on to the football themselves the ball has been there have been a lot of interesting moments where it looked like duke was going to get a big turnover but they've all seemed to go either through the hands of the duke blue devils are right back into the hands of the cavaliers what happened to that sunshine you just promised a couple minutes ago well it's bright out but it's raining it's a bright rain yes at least it's not big old fat rain or raining up itty bitty stinging rain all kinds of rain that's the view from scott stadium one of the classic college football venues opened up back in 1931. and now it's probably raining as hard as it has all afternoon long well i'm anxious to see what kind of get after it holmberg and the offense have here three timeouts left let's see if they can march it down and put some points on the board [Applause] our percentage pass over the middle near the 30-yard line that's a six-yard pass play hunter stewart had the tackle [Applause] second and four in a time out blue devils this is an offense that is definitely used to going fast averaging 77 snaps a game so they don't mind that tempo and this is right in their wheelhouse but these yards have been hard to come by whether it's two minute oh or not well coming up on the toyota halftime report it will be driven with david cutcliffe it's always interesting to listen to the veteran coach and what he has to say his team in a deep hole here in charlottesville though 27-0 we'll look at the highlights and most of them will be of the virginia variety coming up at halftime we'll hear from both coaches as the rain now really coming down on homecomings 96th homecomings game the first one was back in 1923. dalmolin who caught a touchdown last week against georgia tech makes the grab for four yards [Applause] [Music] 145 to go in the quarter three tds two field goals that's the scoring for virginia and a timeout is called by duke [Music] trying to make something happen james and can you blame him down 27 nothing well just curious as to why you'd need it you just used a timeout now you've got one left and you know whether it's personnel or something it didn't like what they see but i'll guarantee you they're not happy that they had to burn one on back-to-back plays duke has a missed field goal from all swanger from 25 yards away in the first quarter the rest of the game recap oh mateo durant we knew he would carry the football today after toting it 43 times against georgia tech but here's the missed field goal off the upright first attempt in a blue double uniform for all swinger left footed kicker cleaning off that left upright how about that touch throw from brennan armstrong and oh very quiet early thompson but he got involved there in the second quarter we'll show you all the highlights at halftime and look at look at virginia stuff and duke on that third and short no gain durant's on the carry there's nick jackson the junior from atlanta georgia and man that is textbook james isn't it yeah nick hal has these guys hunting today i mean they came out on fire and they came out on a mission to shut down the best back in the acc or one of the best backs i should say with sean taylor running wild up in syracuse tucker at syracuse leading the league but they have shut down durant for the most part today and this defense has been hungry the rant now 10 carries 64 yards and that's coming off of that performance we told you 43 carries the career high last week 152 yards and also james durant is a back who averages over five yards per carry second best in the acc it is not materializing for duke and durant this afternoon the raindrops here in charlottesville wilson's into punt timeout taken by duke 133 on the clock they are rocking on the hillside rain or otherwise smoky mountains and the blue ridge mountains off in the distance as well here in charlottesville in the commonwealth always fun to come to scott stadium tip of the cap to our hard-working production and technical crew so especially in the elements tom if i'm virginia here bronco mendenhall talking it over with his guys duke gets out there and then they use a timeout the last thing that you can afford is for them to sneak one by you here on a fake punt yeah duke doesn't want to miss it and give virginia the short field but they've got one yard to go they called the timeout and now they'll huddle it up to go for it pistol look fourth down blue devils holmberg he's got it across the 35-yard line [Music] up to the 36 for holmberg that's now 7 of 11 on 4th down for the season duke so there you go they got to be quick on the ball now all three timeouts just burnt on consecutive plays fight for that pass drops incomplete bobo for duke darius bratton for virginia number eight and you know bratton made a huge play at the end of the louisville game to make a tackle could have been the game-winning touchdown for louisville probably biggest player of the year what a play he doesn't have to fear a lot of these guys running by him so they can squat and make plays like that holmberg stepping up over the middle that's incomplete eli pancole the junior receiver stops the clock 1-11 to go i mean if you're going to turn things around you got to catch those and you know he just takes his eyes tries to tries to get running before he gets down and controls that football so here's the third and 10. watch up they're heated up on the virginia sidelines they'll only bring three though gotta get to the 46. they will get to the 46 with pankol close to midfield so they got 13 yards on that play on third down a little bit of life out of the blue devils late in the second quarter and a minute to play [Applause] holmberg quick action deflected intercepted joey blunt with the interception and returns it near midfield del molin was the intended receiver second pick of the game virginia [Applause] catch the football it's got to matter to these guys catch the football that's all there is to it that's that's just too easy for blunt johnny on the spot after the the ball thrown nicely and then i don't blame david cutcliff this is uglier than the time when he was little and the bullies beat him up on halloween and took his candy usually this is his favorite time of the year he was telling us this week he got hit up first candy back in alabama as a kid that's incomplete after the first interception of the season for joey blunt looking for thompson [Music] you know it the one thing last week with this duke football team that i was impressed with is things wouldn't go their way and they would very resilient bunch tough bunch bounce right back up and there was a lot of fight i mean it's yeah you're looking at a lopsided score but there hasn't been a whole heck of a lot of fight top to bottom in this squad here in you know the last few series [Applause] armstrong uncorks it down the sideline a wide open man is wicks [Applause] right into his capable hands in front of dequan johnson at 24 yards for virginia nice job throws just sitting there waiting on on wicks and wicks keeps on putting up the big numbers for armstrong six catches for wix this in traffic knocked away from thompson you had stinson and johnson back there defensively for duke and 35 seconds now on the game clock tries to drop it in there for his his big man thompson and thompson can't do much with that left arm and the right ones tangled up down underneath with the defender jalen stinson want a flag but won't get one so trying to keep the heat on here with 35 seconds left in the second and ten maybe even get a field goal out if they can't punch it in one td pass in the game for armstrong he's taking off trying to get by hayward grabs the jersey pulls him down near the 20. shaka hayward that's enough for a first down virginia on the run by armstrong of 10 yards to the 20-yard line [Applause] looks like virginia's taking a time out there james yeah their last one here of the first half good job by armstrong decisive when he has to be i'm going to tuck this one and go and just gets hayward he's fighting hard to try to drop him down but just gets enough trying to get out of bounds there and hayward's effort won't save the first down yardage needed but it will force them to use their final timeout with 23 seconds remaining coastal division champs a couple of years ago 2019 made it all the way to the orange bowl against florida and in that season tom bronco mendenhall loves to point out that they were 500 on the road in the acc and it's one thing that they've preached throughout this off season that was that was all everything meant they talked about it they would they would go and work out in places that were foreign to them and they it was it was it wasn't just something they talked about it was the theme and it was all that mattered was to play better on the road and they're coming off those back-to-back road wins in the acc for the first time since 2011 so it's paying off and continue to play strong here at scott stadium that's for sure wins at miami and at louisville before returning home to charlottesville this one down near the goal line it looked like woods was the receiver his progress was impeded and that ball bounced in the end zone 18 seconds young defending woods you know and again it's just the almost turnovers the almost turnovers for duke and there have been now i would guess over half a dozen looked like jelani woods and armstrong on a different page there on that last play that pass at the eight that's woods this time and he hangs on that's 13 yards first and goal now virginia heck of a job by the umpire mark wilson it's over right at the waist armstrong spike in that one to stop the clock nine seconds to go watch the umpire right there in the middle of your screen mark wilson right between the eyes [Music] armstrong quickly gathering the troops i'm going to spike this and stop the clock and everybody hustles up to the line and here we go with nine seconds left second and goal quick release into the end zone and a touchdown virginia from seven yards away to jalani woods right at the end of the half [Applause] robert and i told us that that pro football focus scouting report while jelani woods was still at oklahoma state told him that he was a blocking fullback in the nfl not so fast been so important in the passing game we're trying to make it interesting anyway and jelani was on his back the ball between his legs able to wrap it back in 15 catch of the season for jelani woods one behind his teammate dean duncabian wicks who has a td catch in the first quarter of 20 yards from brennan armstrong who is now up to 19 touchdown passes on the year right now he is tied with kenny pickett with 19 td passes although pickett plays later against virginia tech [Applause] [Music] whoa [Applause] good job to secure it between his thighs and you know look at long hair fighting again long 6-2 195 but he he looks so much smaller than that even up next to jelani woods and there's the reaction from hey that was almost a smile james yeah not so funny okay sorry oh slow down i'm seeing things you're talking about bronco was smiling last week when they scored with 22 seconds left to his surprise and dismay and then louisville missed that last second field goal james talked about the back-to-back acc road wins first time since 2011 and consecutive road wins for the first time since 2017 when they wanted boise state and at north carolina and virginia's also won eight of its last 11 games overall [Applause] they were hoping for a momentum boost after the last two weeks with close victories by a total of three points that's what we've seen so far james in the first half take a look at that score 34 nothing with five seconds to go in the half [Applause] [Music] bounder anderson on the return last play of the quarter from start to finish there's a flag down they're holding them on the sideline here for virginia anyway [Applause] [Music] you see that flag it's way back at the 36 yard line offside kicking team number 47 the five yard penalty the added the end of the return we'll extend the half for one on time down all right i mean if you're duke what do you have to lose james right just hook it up there let me air it out yep [Applause] [Music] [Applause] always tweaks and improvements to be made no matter what even when it's 34 nothing at half time that's what that face says to me but what do i know well yeah let's see what rayquan voyet and jeff ferris the co-offensive coordinators dial up for the last play which is an untimed down here in the second quarter after the offside penalty against virginia on the kickoff now we've seen some crazy things in the acc this year know even to keep it alive type of thing but you got to be careful you don't want to give virginia freebie here holmberg gonna launch it it's down inside the 20 and it's incomplete looked like bobo was the closest receiver for duke yeah but almost got interesting there with eli pankl running over nobody in between it's all orange and blue and smiles in the first half brennan armstrong threw it 36 times completed 21 of them for 296 yards and a couple of tds able to find wicks and woods late in the half for his second touchdown pass and now 19 on the season for armstrong tied for the lead league a league lead rather as he goes to the locker room with his teammates there's lauren jabara waiting on the head coach of the cavaliers bronco mendenhall in his sixth season and we're ready to go let's send it down to laura thanks so much coach you look at this first half i know the two keys you said for today is consistency for long stretches run start running the ball and really work it that way especially with the slick conditions out there and how slippery the ball is going to be so focus on that line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and the run here in the second half well lauren they'll get a chance to get that football to start this second half as they'll receive the opening kick here but a lot of it has to do with that defense of virginia just stoning this offensive line of duke it's one thing to say that hey we're getting pushed around we've got to run the football but you've got to take charge up front like they did a really good job of last week and there you see the results every time they had the football in the first half that missed field goal really kind of set the tone of what was to come for the next two quarters let's see what they told them in the locker room at halftime if they can get it turned back around needless to say a very important series right here for david cutcliff's duke blue devils trying to get a little bit of that feel good back 142 total yards for duke in the first half no return from stinson consider james that coming into this game the blue devils had 2975 total yards of offense in the first six games that they have been limited by the defense of virginia just 142 yards in total by the way that total through the first six games the most under david cutcliffe and he's been on those duke sidelines now for 14 years [Applause] see what kind of response the blue devils will have on their first possession of the second half holmberg rolls the pocket and throws near the 30 it is complete grant defending bobo on the grab five yards on the play the senior from north andover massachusetts on the catch from holmberg from the 30. [Applause] durant stop cold two yards josh ahern west weeks we've seen a couple of these young linebackers stepping in there making some nice plays good job by ahern take the proper angle and go drag down mateo duran to force a third down and three here six and ten on third down in that first half for the blue devils perhaps the one bright spot converting on third down holmberg's pass to the 35 it will depend on the spot as it always does daryl harding jr on the catch and that's enough at the 35-yard line to grease those chains and move them for duke just keep it out there on the field don't turn the football over and now on the other side nick howell's defense knows hey let's keep them in front make them chip away they've already shown that they'll turn the football over you make them drive the length and don't give up the explosives and that's how it happens durant trying to turn the corner and gets battered at the 34-yard line nick jackson as durant with a determined run but he still lost one yard blunt in on the play as well you have two of the top tacklers in the acc both blunt and nick jackson [Applause] the heat-seeking missile enjoys blunt you better believe he's gonna come in there and mix it up at the very end a tough tough [Applause] [Applause] they toss it out on the run to coleman for three yards [Music] [Applause] trying to find someone in that backfield beyond durant to be effective against this virginia defense which so strong today james they came in 14th in the conference in rush defense right at the bottom and knew exactly what they were facing in durant this afternoon second leading rusher in the acc to start the day [Applause] [Music] third and eight for the blue devils in homburg [Applause] throws on the run that's behind the intended receiver harding jr good effort to dive for it but coming up empty on third down for duke in a punning situation yeah the blitz was getting to holmberg so he had to bail and wally's running had to throw it back across his body but it would have been a first down but unable to take the time to throw an accurate pass and so hitting the turf and forced to punt david cutcliff's crew kept standing at his 19-yard line porter wilson will punt it to him interesting kemp earlier in the game had that face shield on but he's taking it off because of the rain it was getting filled with raindrops fair catch indication at the 12. let's take a timeout 1209 to go in the third after the 56-yard punt from the duke punter porter wilson a member of the wrestling program at duke he was recruited for both sports chose football as the route for him and early in his football career he kept getting injured and he's like hey i'm gonna try something else for a little while so he auditioned to be a part of the wrestling team ended up making it and i asked him i said how does this help with football being able to be a part of both sports he said everything he's like everything i do in wrestling is the same exact thing i do on the d-line just with a different name same fundamentals you have to shed blocks quickly etc he also said the mental aspect has helped him as well football's a fast twitch sport you get down to the fourth quarter your body your mind starts getting a little bit tired and that's helped him with his conditioning when it comes to being on the defensive line he says he never gets tired never gives up he uses it as a life lesson and it teaches him toughness and grittiness on both sides absolutely lauren as a flag comes down in the secondary pass interference defense number 39 while replacing the spot of the file first down so a first down via the penalty flag for virginia but yeah we had ben fry last week and sat down with him there in durham when we had our visit and there you see two guys just getting tangled up there in the feet it was intended for wicks but incomplete the flag to moving 15 yards or up to the spot fry can do the splits all 260 pounds of them the big man i've been known james to excel at the slow twitch sports as opposed to the quick twitch ones i'm getting up there baits so so what are what are slow twitch sports race golf that's a whole nother show my friend a whole another show we don't have time from the 29 yard line they got six of the previews hey guys getting up off the couch is not considered a sport to get the potato chips i'm just saying no shoot see it doesn't count armstrong dancing and throwing looking for woods that was even too tall for jelani woods jalen alexander in coverage [Music] there's a look at the rush dwayne carter bulldogging his blocker back into the lap of brennan armstrong looked a little slow to get up but still in there for this third down and four now pass from armstrong deflected it incomplete jacob rodriguez the intended receiver jalen alexander defending that's fourth down slow walk to the sideline for armstrong first three and out this game and you can see that it does not happen very often for this cavalier offense efficiency they stay on the field for bronco mendenhall who has gone to the head gear and the baseball cap for the second half boylan's the deep man [Applause] he'll let it bounce inside the 20. now boylan grabs the football well they touched it living dangerously the punt was 52 yards james after the bounce and roll yeah but it you know it's something too little things when david cutcliffe talks about little things it's step up and fair catch that ball and don't let it roll don't don't give him the freebies armstrong a little bit slower to get up his team up 34 to nothing so smart play by boylan even though it probably had to gasp in there for a little bit like what's going on but duke football trailing by 34 though and trying to make something happen here with 1108 left in the third unfortunately because of the deficit duke can't really go to its strength james as far as the run game is concerned not that they've been that effective in the rush game today anyway for 69 yards in total but they might have to start heaving it around the yard here for holmberg who's 13 of 25 84 yards and a couple of ints blunt and cross in the secondary with picks for virginia that's behind durant the one-handed grab what a catch got hit immediately by nick jackson that's near the 15-yard line it's gonna be a loss of six though you're right tom i mean one-handed on a wet day you know casually just pulls it back in and but here in lies the rub when a defense doesn't fear that you're gonna run by him they don't have to help those guys outside and they can commit to stopping the run holmberg on the run and on target nikki del molin makes the catch sophomore got his first career td grab a week ago against georgia tech and a hard luck loss for duke at home 31-27 after they put up 489 yards of total offense but still came away with a loss against the yellowjackets 0-2 in conference play for the blue devils [Applause] on third down that pocket collapsing in on the quarterback gunner holmberg for the first sack of the game for virginia hard to believe that's the first sack of the game they got there so easily they bring four five guys to block four but immediately without even setting his feet that defense and the offensive line taking that offensive line with them they're right in the lap of gunner holmberg nick jackson and company just keeping the pressure on this duke blue devil football team wilson punting camp receiving 37-yard line side steps one man and then swallowed up 44 yards on the punt and the return was two yards now we get a message from works nitro [Music] meet works nitro powerful tools for any project with gas-like power without the gas fueled by powershare batteries surface here at scott stadium and now all of a sudden the sun's coming out skies brighton the pass is completely on the 40. thompson tough to bring down [Applause] dequan johnson finally rides thompson out of bounds it's a first down for virginia in 11 yards well good for virginia to get keaton thompson catching the football again he had back to back drops in the first half a guy who usually doesn't drop the balls even with the cast on his hand but able to secure that one and continue to fight it gets interesting every time he gets his hands on the ball that's for sure got his third rushing touchdown of the season from a yard away in the second quarter got the ball again it got toppled dorian mousie just a yard for thompson [Music] the way the game is going doesn't appear that they need those last second dramatics that were required on the road at louisville the first win in program history at louisville last week they've been owen four and they've now won three of their last four games against the cardinals after scoring a touchdown with 22 seconds left and then louisville missed the field goal past the 45-yard line on the money to starling seven yards blackwell to tackle [Music] amazingly virginia trailed 30 to 13 after the third quarter so they were down by 17 points with virginia's win being down by 17 or more going into the fourth in acc play since 1953. 2 and 532 and one of those wins was virginia last week this is armstrong getting spun down but james coach mendenhall made a point to tell us of that record 2 and 530 for teams trailing by 17 or more in the acc headed to the fourth amazing that is truly amazing at the time the only team that had done it nc state before them and this is the miss from 49 yards away for louisville to finish the ball game and the celebration is on from mendenhall wahoos offense number 31 of the defense those files are offset that's the first unfortunate file for each player to be fourth down september 30th at miami they won 30-28 miami missed a 33-yard field goal as time expired so two straight games with field goals on the last play of the game and both times it's out of your hands well and there's another street that was snapped that was the first they snapped a five-game road losing streak with that win and then the win at louisville was the first time that this program has ever won at louisville boiling through the fake and it bounced out of the end zone yep they've been oh and four at louisville 45 yard punt all right 6 47 to go in the third duke needs to make it happen as well as an offensive lineman yep and kalani sataki who is the head coach there at byu now the cougars who by the way were number 10 in the nation last week before getting beat at homecoming by boise state as a byu cougar knows these guys really well as he coached against them a lot at utah there's a lot of back and forth kyle whittingham at utah as his ties to byu and not too far between those two schools utah and byu out there [Music] in the beehive state but what an interesting game that will be but first things first 6 47 left in the third of this game here that they're really playing well top to bottom and then jeff collins and company coming to town next weekend after a bye week bronco was a two-time conference champ as the head coach of byu that one goes for eight yards for duke to marweedy coach mendenhall also faced virginia as the byu head coach couple of times 2013 here 2014 there and they split those games hard not to look ahead to that work to do next week against georgia tech [Applause] moving the chains here duke [Applause] virginia's also won three in a row at home against the yellow jackets and that's the opponent next week that's behind the receiver it looked like maruidi again couldn't stretch back for that one and it's incomplete [Music] david cutcliffe told us in our meetings this week the issue was failing in situational football the issue now is that you're down 34-0 in the second half [Applause] and really have to dig deep in the playbook and throw that football and that one's complete to calhoun devonta cross forced him out calhoun making the tackle for the catch rather nice catch by calhoun here's he's the guy if he is the deep threat on this team jarrett garner's one but we haven't seen very much of him they need to get some confidence for the junior garner from harrisburg north carolina and just to i'm telling you and i know i've harped on it a lot but it really it just it's it shows right here that is it's a defense that is not worried that they are going to run by us and you don't need to help those guys you just let them out there and let them cover those guys keep them in front try to force some mistakes out of duke that one caught robertson on the run first down and plenty more down near the 35 18 yards on the play in the first catch of the game for john tavis robertson the sophomore from gray georgia [Music] a little bit of life now in the guys from durham five minutes to go in the third quarter durant made a couple of men miss that could be another first down inside the 25 and 11 yards for mateo duran who ran for 152 yards in the loss last week against georgia tech the fifth time this season he'd gone over 100 rushing yards in a game [Applause] 78 yards rushing now for durant on the edge robertson inside the 20-yard line clary and taylor combining on the stop five yards to robertson [Music] good little drive finally duke being able to put it together and finish the it took a little while to start but finish the big rallying cry for today for this team is a direct snap to matteo durant i mean a couple [Applause] you know it'll be an interesting finish to this season the team that came in at three and three oh and two in the acc with two fbs wins can they can they get can they get to six can they can they find a way to go to a bogan can they find a way to put some points on the board here in charlottesville this saturday afternoon second time in the cpi security red zone nick jackson securing the tackle of holmberg loss of one [Music] [Applause] the duke is over one inside the red zone with a missed field goal 25 yards away in the first quarter by all swanger we've seen some great linebacker play over the last few years here in charlottesville nick jackson just another great one out of atlanta 11 12 tackles for jackson right now here's a fourth down one for one on fourth down in the game but not this time deflected holmberg's pass hits the turf and virginia's getting the football taylor might have got a piece of that one noah taylor doing a good job with the mirror technique just watching the quarterback's eyes he's not going to get to him so let me see if i can time this up and bat this ball down knew exactly where to be good job by noah taylor so the virginia offense back on the field just to illustrate how dominating they were in the first two quarters armstrong threw for 296 yards in the first half 154 yards more than duke's total offense in the first half now with just over three minutes to go in the third virginia comfortably in front of that pass on the mark to kemp up the sideline dodges a man at the 35. billy kemp getting it done up that sideline finally stinson got to him 21 yards on the play virginia scrappy number four they've got a lot of big guys a lot of the the big long limb speedsters on this team but but if if i'm starting an offense one of my first guys i'm picking is billy kemp he's just he's got so much fight to him and so much energy he's fun to watch and he's he's always getting up there around 10 catches a game it seems six catches 65 yards kemp snares that one beyond the 45. [Applause] six yards for kemp stinson to stop there is a flag down we'll take a look at the replay first penalty first down little whip about out there i mean going up just just fearless across the middle little big man knowing he's gonna take knowing he's gonna take a hit going and extending that body and going up and plucking the ball so the penalty negates the catch there from kemp moves the ball back to the 37-yard line of virginia it's like the rain is dissipated here in the second half but the penalty markers continue to rain down that's the second straight play offense number two drive penalty first down [Applause] [Music] [Music] you see the penalties adding up for duke the seven penalties for 70 yards certainly doesn't help on the road and that's five now [Music] two back to back from mendenhall's cavs incomplete at the 45 wow rayshawn henry really gave that a total effort and stinson was back there in the secondary make sure you stay with us after the third quarter because as we all know the next quarter after the third is the fourth presented by cbi security james and it'll be an extra special one because it's homecomings after all here in the commonwealth of virginia yes on the grounds of the university of virginia founded by our third president and the principal author of the declaration of independence mr thomas jefferson armstrong lost the handle for a moment regathers and throws and it's on the money wicks on the catch down by the 40. [Music] 26 yards on the best play [Music] i mean armstrong he he goes down and he misses it first time it's still presence of mind to just pop back up cool and calm and plenty of time for wix to run that route throw his hand up here i am once he does look up with the football armstrong continuing to impress and wix as well seven catches 125 yards by the way i didn't see number three's family out front today i was a little disappointed that when we came here william and mary dantavion wix the whole crew was out there i enjoyed visiting with them they might be home in louisiana here today so we're thinking about y'all armstrong escapes the grasp gets rid of the football on the run throws it over that duke bench area michael reese on the pressure [Music] we were here for that first week of the season for virginia in that win against william and mary [Music] cavaliers lost on the road at north carolina 59-39 armstrong had 554 yards passing a school record and four td passes in the losing effort against the tar heels also a loss against wake but wins on the road consecutively rumbling down as darrington inside the 10. thompson made the tackle devin derrick penn on the run 34 yards tom with hollins being out is that back up running back devon jarrington is making it count here today almost made it to the end zone the transfer from harvard good job by that offensive line that's done such a fantastic job today protecting brennan armstrong that time they open up a hole a big one on the ground for darrington first and goal virginia for the right side and into the end zone [Applause] devin darrington finishes off the drive from seven yards away and a cavaliers touchdown late in the third jelani woods with a nice block there on the edge and an easy truck to the corner by darrington good vision you see his eyes there open up he makes that cut to the outside and beats them all to the pylon first touchdown of the season for darrington the grad student from forest hill maryland seven for seven in the red zone in the game for virginia and the extra point makes it 41-0 wahoo's 11 seconds to go in the third quarter for bronco and the cavaliers what a performance on homecomings trying to win their third in a row welcoming back graduates of this fine university [Music] didn't have a homecomings game last year james because of the rearrangement of the schedule for covert considerations and playing duke for the eighth time on homecomings yes i'm going for the record of saying that word unfortunately i never had a chance to play on a homecomings now a few homecoming games but never a homecomings game unique to the university of virginia and we're happy to be here tom wormy james bates lauren jabar is on the sideline our outstanding acc college football production crew with you from charlottesville i think it's a road trip that the blue devils are going to want to forget and move on [Music] duke is open next week james and then they have to travel to currently undefeated wake forest which is off this week and then the demon deaks will travel to play army we saw wake forest win a last second game against louisville on a nick skiba field goal we've seen some exciting ones this year today though it's all virginia yeah and when virginia saw wake forest come to town they didn't like what they saw when the final whistle blew wake forest undefeated right now they won 37 to 13 here in charlottesville and they looked really good doing it playing some outstanding ball and a scare for him last week up in the carrier dome against syracuse but unable to get out of that one alive that one was overtime another tough loss for the orange last night against visiting clemson they returned the favor because last time we were at the dome james in 2019 it was syracuse winning in overtime against wake that's the end of the third virginia fourth is 41-0 ahead today virginia brennan armstrong 364 yards passing a couple of td tosses a rushing touchdown as well for armstrong and it's been all virginia this afternoon from scott stadium new quarterback for duke will be riley leonard number 10 6'4 205 and a freshman from fair hope alabama comes in for gunner holmberg holmberg was 20 of 34 134 yards runners pass up the middle ball on the turf virginia says it has it the officials agree catch and fumble play was 22 yards but then the fumble and cover by the cavaliers cohen king is number nine [Music] nice looking throw uh the new quarterback and in the little things again little things just secure that football like a running back running into traffic it's no different you know you're gonna take that hit a nice catch tuck it away secure it [Music] antonio clary covered up coach cutcliff looking at that scoreboard and it tells the story not much you can do third turnover of the game virginia's turned that into 10 points so far virginia's going with a new quarterback as well [Applause] jay woolfolk on the run 15 yards so a couple of new qb's here in the fourth yeah wolf folks they've got ira armstead that play some quarterback jacob rodriguez who you've seen in the game already look at gunnar holmberg as we probably closed the book on him for this afternoon his numbers yeah that's after he threw for 292 yards and a couple of td passes in the loss to georgia tech last week number 16 decides to run it again wolf walk at 11 yards but you know and this is remember just a couple years ago this was the bryce perkins show so you got a lot of these guys being recruited here the last couple years like jacob rodriguez like a j wolf falcon ira armstead you know just waiting in line behind brennan armstrong as you take a look at his numbers here today and armstrong speaking of waiting your turn did just that behind a pretty good one in perkins seventh time in his career over 300 yards passing they go to the end zone and almost every flag available has been thrown at this play [Music] pass interference defense from the 32 15 yards penalty automatic first down it's on alexander james malachi fields was the receiver there's a look at it you know it actually is a receiver that falls down and alexander as he's still going forward and turns that head around he runs into him up there at the six yard line first and goal nonetheless for jay wolfel perfect in the red zone of the game seven for seven for virginia from the six yard line woolfolk takes off takes three and four white shirts to bring him down tough runner four yards no secret james give me the ball let's go 511 200 solid pounds from chesterfield virginia it's it's we talked about robert and i and his ties back to byu earlier and in the back of byu we always had those big backs and big bruises and backs and he's got one now a good one in wayne tolle papa but he's also had some running quarterbacks that could really run here the last couple years trying to ram it into the end zone ronnie walker jr from two yards away and junior scores the td for virginia to td junior oh running right through lewis keeping those feet driving well you got to deliver those blows up high on the defense as you run into those guys if you secure the tackle down low they can still fall forward when you see his running back coach mark ottaway giving him a pat on the back from two yards away in the first carry of the game for walker junior second td on the season 48-0 dominating performance by the cavaliers trying to win their third straight game and go to three and one at home that appears likely as we play in the fourth [Music] stinson the deep man [Music] [Music] 514 yards of total offense for virginia [Music] no return from duke and now a message from works nitro kickoffs even if they're through the back of the end zone the entire kick cover team getting staying loose and lathered up sprinting it to the goal line leonard seeing his first action of the season all of a sudden in the bright sunshine of charlottesville robertson made the catch but met immediately it's only a yard sanker on the tackle [Music] throw on the run and catch by bobo tom you saw the the shot of joey blunt leaving leaving that sideline party here when we came back from the break it's those guys those starters that are on the sidelines right now they're cheering as hard right now as if they're on the field because they want to preserve this shutout there's nothing like shutting the football team out there you see look at them i mean they're having a good time this is when this is when it can get fun and you know a lot of pressure on these backups and they're getting some some of their first big action perhaps yeah let's check in with lauren for a moment yeah uva sidelines all rooting and cheering right now two weeks ago after that wake forest game they weren't and bronco mendenhall told us that after that game that was a turning point for the season they sat there practice went through every single play that went wrong and held each player accountable he said it was uncomfortable but trust comes from accountability he said after that he showed the positive plays everything it allowed everything to be aired out from those last two losses that they had he said it shows a loss or a win doesn't really fall on one person there's no skewed messaging and since then guys these last three weeks he's seen an absolute shift of this uva team guys taking responsibility when they make a mistake they're like hey i missed that block hey i missed that tackle hey i didn't catch that pass but he said he's led to a lot more trust on the sidelines and we've seen it over the last couple of weeks with this virginia team yeah absolutely lauren and he wants that energy from the sidelines and that's what he calls the fourth side you've got offense defense special teams even those not involved between the on the field on any given snap those that aren't playing he wants that energy at a maximum from the sideline from the back up players from the reserves but also from this uva crowd here at scott stadium they try to go up the middle with nate shea dunker number 27 in there concrete thank you very much ferris bueller i think we're following we can switch that around [Applause] ten and a half minutes to go on the fourth 48-nothing duke with the football and riley leonard in at quarterback for gunner holmberg a deteriorating pocket leonard emerges cut down near the 40-yard line needed to get up past the 45 for a first down west weeks on the stop one yard fourth down duke a good fight by leonard able to escape there i think nick hal heated up those guys brought the pressure pressure got to leonard but he was able to make something out of nothing but not enough as the punting unit comes on so clary is going to be the deep man number 14. kemp had been fielding most of the punts this afternoon from porter wilson cleary to his right near the 11 fair catch 48-yard punt no return time-out on the field 9 34 to go in the fourth britain strong one of two td passes in the game for armstrong prior to that duke had missed a field goal from 25 yards away and the situation has not improved for the blue devils thanks to robert and i his offense and the virginia defense as well they've done it in all phases today caused three turnovers during the course of the game as well it's been the calling card when they play duke on this six-game winning streak that's about to go to seven nine and a half minutes away from that and a three-game winning streak in total this season for virginia after the two road wins in acc play prior to today ira armstead the new quarterback the redshirt freshman from south bend indiana after the impressive drive by jay wolfel i don't like seeing another eye route there aren't many iras floating around i'm in iowa james ira bates junior that's my grandpa's name is iris i've been working with you for 25 years i never knew that yeah armstead fenced in and dropped inside the five the ball is loose and duke takes it into the end zone they're gonna call it down though right around the four or five yard line loss of seven ryan smith on the tackle for duke initial contact on armstead on the field the runners yeah definitely down there looking at that replay pressure was there in a hurry looked like aeneas peoples had a couple big plays the sophomore for duke last week in the game against georgia tech so third and 15 now as they go backwards armstead's only attempted two passes all season it won't happen here running out of his own end zone around the corner a couple of penalty markers there are two behind the play one in front of the play up near the 30-yard line i think they're all directed at the same person it's a hold out on the edge easy to call holding offense number 17 the penalties decline fourth down there it is right there the back end of it anyway there's a chance this may be one of the better chances of putting some points on the board here for the duke blue devils jacob finn punting from a yard deep boiling at his own 45 to receive the punt all the way back to the 30 for boylan stopped short of a 35 driven back 58 yards on the punt by finn jacobs in the former florida gator chomp chomp on that one shoot shoot 117. [Music] syracuse started acc play last night hosting clemson and a lost 17-14 for dino babers in the orange virginia tech is hosting pitt that is just about kicking off that was a 3 30 kickoff for pitt virginia tech they played last year and bit won that match up 47-14 so next week destination lane stadium in blacksburg virginia [Applause] [Music] pancall on the catch we got six to match the jersey leonardo is a pretty nice all the quarterback from alabama for hope alabama six foot four 205 pound freshman [Music] [Applause] again firing a shot in there a little bit behind but a good job by the receiver jared garner a guy that they're really hoping to build some confidence in because he can he can run he's one of those guys they could use out there on the field that could scare some of these defenses with that deep threat dalmold the intended receiver couldn't reach it a little bit too much mustard on that one [Music] virginia's been such a strong team at home over the last three years they're going to improve to 15 and 2 and they will win 20 of their last 23 at home here at scott stadium the home field advantage in charlottesville for the cavaliers to mullen close to first down yardage matteo duran on the sideline number 21 for the blue devils carried it only 17 times today compare that with last week where he carried it 43 times for 152 yards 82 total yards for durant and he had to earn james every single one of those against this virginia defense he sure did nine games over 100 yards in his career here's leonard's gonna tuck it and try to get a couple [Music] you know those numbers on mateo durant they're not too shabby but at the same time mick house defense they came in with the game plan of making sure that 21 wasn't going to beat him and they succeeded because he's over on the sidelines right now perhaps done for the day nobody in the acc carried the ball more times than mateo durant to start the afternoon so they knew exactly what they were in for and the cavalier d was ready ignore the stats james they came in at the bottom of the conference in rush defense not today not at all they've only allowed 91 rush yards to duke [Applause] 192 yards through the air for the blue devils and there's your day in a nutshell pancall can't squeeze it [Music] credit to those co-defensive coordinators nicole there kelly papinga as well both in their sixth season on the staff and former byu assistants and the game plan was almost perfect today having a lot of point and kept matteo durant off the score sheet as a factor on the ground leonard steps up in a tight window incomplete and that was fourth down 607 on the clock to the hands of the duke blue devils from brennan armstrong but duke unable to come up with one unable to finish as what was our key to the game and one thing that david cutcliffe has talked a lot about you know finish those plays not just finish these games with but finish the play secure it you know we've seen a lot of drop balls here by the receivers you gotta finish start to finish unfortunately for duke they never got started in this one and virginia has rolled up over 500 yards of total offense after putting up 522 yards in the last second win last week against louisville brennan armstrong had 487 yards passing a week ago today he's got 364 and two td passes that he threw in the first half woeful deck in there two sport athlete heck of a baseball player as well pitcher for brian o'connor the head coach the baseball program baseball team that went to omaha last year college world series maybe we'll see him in charlotte this year because not only is the acc football championship game in charlotte we know that 11th time in the queen city the acc baseball championship is also in charlotte at truest field home of the aaa charlotte knights we played there last year as well that ball's on the turf duke wants it [Music] it is duke football okay and the first turnover for virginia duke by the way won the acc baseball championship last year in charlotte [Music] it's jacob rodriguez and that ball is out before he hits the turf and finally won a little too late bounces into the hands of the duke blue devils sure looked like that ball was on its way out for his backside hit they waited they said all right duke football and i waited too because that's what i do i don't make a move that's because you're a pro without the proper indication right from the folks in charge at field level look at them rally though look at look at these these backups in there now for virginia on defense continuing to rally to the football as leonard tries to drive duke down and take that ugly zero off of the board on the duke's side yeah they're not gonna win this game but nobody wants to get shot out that's for sure [Applause] so as we close in on the four-minute threshold and up 48-0 this could be the largest margin of victory in a game between these two rivals since 1990 when virginia won 59 to nothing all the way back in 1990. i was still on campus in 1990 james not the grounds i wasn't here you were wearing orange blue though i was on campus up at syracuse so it's been a while tough day for the blue devils would those have been outgrow days 1990 would that have been an outro type of seems like he was here around there and i'm not sure we'll make sure george welsh could be in the equation as well yeah down to the 15 or so virginia is also looking for its second shutout of the season james we called the william and mary game to start the year that was 43-nothing although duke is driving it into the red zone from the 16-yard line [Music] [Applause] [Music] third trip to the red zone of the game for duke [Music] [Applause] 2 45 to go on the game clock leonard got hit as he threw right down near the two alertly grabbed trying to get to the end zone that's about the one yard line for jared garner staying with it and riley leonard really took a pop but he's right in there first and goal i don't think duke did duke substitute anybody there are definitely flags on the play yeah i don't think they did before before the ball was snapped timeout virginia it's the first of the half there is no fouls on the play okay i'm not the other way to virginia they do call the timeout tried to substitute and if duke substitutes they have to allow time virginia and there's leonard taking the pop it got kind of interesting down near the goal line a little bit of drama in this 48 to nothing ball game [Music] duke trying to avoid the shutout get on the scoreboard virginia hasn't shut out an acc opponent since back in 2008 they beat maryland which is no longer part of the conference if you're just joining us 31-0 the victory over the terrapins for virginia and it was george welsh you were right of course i just didn't get i just threw it out there james digging into the history it's good good discussion good discussion scott snyder our producer he wants credit but i didn't hear it did you hear anything i didn't hear no no way just kidding it's a team effort james team effort team [Applause] how about an individual effort to get to the goal line not quite enough no what i'm telling you watch watch this virginia sidelines too there they're up on on the edge of the line they're trying to cheer on these young guys and preserve a shutout david cutcliffe's guys trying to punch it in here second and goal that ball on the half yard line trouble on the snap virginia says it has it and the cavaliers have recovered the fumble at the goal line on the fourth turnover of the game for duke [Applause] [Music] look at him i mean that's the type of excitement that they had after beating louisville on the last second field goal miss and that's yes that's so close to offsides no flag though and it totally disrupted there there was movement on that left that left guard started to move and mirroring him was the defensive lineman who i thought initially might have jumped early [Applause] [Applause] [Music] harrison was the player that pounced on that at the goal line for the recovery for virginia okay watch up here and then watch you're gonna see frustrating for the blue devils right on the doorstep and based on that expression james you couldn't tell if it was 48 nothing or three to nothing i mean yeah you know even with the shades off right he had those shades on earlier in the game a little bit brighter to start shades off cap on had some rain in the first half we've had everything today other than snow i guess and now the final minute for coach mendenhall this will be his 35th win against 34 losses as the head coach of the cavaliers don't forget next week syracuse at virginia tech check your local listings for the game and time in your area and your acc stations and regional sports networks we'll have it for you 12 30. we'll get the action rolling from blacksburg and lane stadium the orange and the hokies impressive performance by these guys from the university of virginia today to back-to-back road wins such coming off of such a high to put it together start to finish not ease into this football game they dominated throughout led by that guy right there brennan armstrong 364 yards passing for armstrong bronco mendenhall is now 6-0 against duke coach cutcliffe and his team unable to get on the scoreboard so the first shutout of an acc opponent since 2008 for virginia all started with an early missed field goal for duke and then it went downhill from there and virginia led it 34-0 at halftime and never looked back never looked back after that first drive to take their dynasty go ahead throw your wine on it what stained repellent it's also scuff resistant

Channel: ACC Digital Network

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Keywords: ACC, ACCDN, ACC Digital Network, Atlantic Coast Conference, Football, ACC Football, College Football, Highlights, Game highlights, Top Plays, Duke -, UVA, The Hoos, Virginia, Cavaliers, Wahoos, Virginia Cavaliers

Id: 2vZbrXMy3B0

Length: 143min 12sec (8592 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 20 2021