Despite Duke's Sluggish Start When Opposing California Saturday Night In Berkeley California Duke Beat California 45-21

Duke University is on the East Coast while University Of California is on the West Coast!

On Saturday the team from the East Coast got off to a sluggish start on the gridiron in Berkeley California because the defense let California score the first two touchdowns. in 1st quarter California went up 7-0 , 14-0 as wide receiver Jordan King caught 6 yard pass from quarterback Jaron- Keawe Sagapolutelele , Chase Meyer kicked, made extra point before running back Kendrick Raphael ran for yard touchdown , Chase Meyer kicked, made extra point extending California’s lead over Duke this time , 21-7 . Despite Duke’s sluggish start when opposing California Saturday night in Berkeley California Duke beat California 45-21 because in 2nd quarter it was Duke the team from East Coast doing the majority of the scoring as running back Anderson Castle ran for 2 yard run, Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point getting Duke with 21-14 before evening up the game at 21-21 as wide receiver Qu’e Sawn Brown caught 26 yard pass from quarterback Darian Mensah, Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point before Duke would take 28-21 lead as Anderson Castle would run for 1 yard touchdown a lead they would not relinquish as Todd Pelino would kick, make 25 yard field goal extending Duke’s lead to 31-21 before halftime . In 4th quarter wide receiver Cooper Barakate would catch 10 yard pass from Darian Mensah , Todd Pelino would kick, make extra point extending Duke’s lead yet again over California this 38-21 before running Nate Sheppard would score final touchdown a 46 yard running touchdown , Todd Pelino would kick, make extra point.

Following Duke’s sluggish start when opposing California Saturday night in Berkeley California following Duke beating California 45-21 Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say about how he prepared his team to go out west to oppose California the Devils are an “early-morning practice team” and the players up by 6 a.m. In Durham. Diaz allowed the players to “sleep in” a little. The Devils scheduled a night practice for Wednesday – “Devils After Dark” – allowing the students in to see the 9:30-11:15 p.m. workout, The team then flew out Thursday, a day earlier than normal for a road game. By game time Saturday, the goal was to have everyone’s body clocks on Pacific Time, their focus sharp for the ACC game. In short, no late-night fatigue. “We’re not going to make a big deal of it,” Diaz said this week. “We’ll be out there. We’ll be acclimated. Ball is just ball at kickoff.”

Following Duke’s sluggish start when opposing California Saturday night in Berkeley California following Duke beating California 45-21 Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say about California starting quarterback Jaron- Keawe Sagapolutele about his team had to play defensively!

Their quarterback was on fire and we brought two (weakside linebackers) on the trip and they’re both out of the game. But we recognized this week wasn’t going to be like last week and we were going to face adversity and you have to be prepared to overcome it.”

The key for us defensively was that we could limit them running the football,The quarterback had to do it all by himself and we felt like our pressure would eventually force him to make mistakes. That really was the first turning point of the game, a true freshman Pellicciotta with the interception.”

According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article312315062.html

Duke now has a bye is going to have time off to prepare for their next opponent that opponent being Georgia Tech who unlike Duke doesn’t have a bye this week because they host Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Kickoff for Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech is set for 3:30pm from Bobby Dodd Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!

Though,

who is commentating the game is to be determined!