[Game Thread] Tulane @ Duke (3:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	TulaneTulane @ DukeDuke
Location	Duke Wallace Wade Stadium
Time	3:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: ACC Network ACCNX
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/Wonkiest_Hornet]

What a sicko classic.

[u/TigerWave01]

Wait is Semonza limping off? Oh that’s just the perfect way to end it!

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Opposing teams are gonna stack the box and dare Eget to beat them with his arm.

And they’ll be right

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

I think give him another game to get comfortable

[u/JKess207]

The administration killed this program.

[u/No_Owl_578 → u/JKess207]

Not the admin’s fault that Lane Kiffin stuck his nose in and stopped Baker from leaving LSU. They even had an agreement that Baker was about to sign the night of the CCG.

Unfortunately, it is their fault for not having a Plan B and hiring this clown.

[u/Mdtwheeler]

Mannys hair is officially unkempt

[u/TigerWave01]

If we can lose by only one score, I’ll consider that a win atp. No clue how we’re gonna even get bowl eligibility with this kinda performance though

[u/TigerWave01 → u/TigerWave01]

nvm I forget that the O-line has glue for hands

[u/Kimber80]

The last 10 minutes of this game has seemingly taken an hour

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

The have just stopped calling holds on the Tulane O-Line, huh? 3 guys tackled with no flag.

[u/riptide123]

Semonza is awful good lord

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/riptide123]

A rock and a hard place to be honest for Tulane at QB. Should have gone way more into option run, that was really the best part of their game.

[u/TigerWave01 → u/riptide123]

You should’ve seen the last guy lmao

[u/BosqueBravo]

Just. Let. It. End.

I’m hot and want to go home.

[u/riptide123]

Lmao the commentators know the clcok stops regardless of run pass right

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Jay Rock was the best ESPN music in 2019

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Mahan is our starting quarterback. The sooner Manny accepts this, the better for our team and my mental health

[u/TigerWave01]

Last game without a touchdown was September 2019…7 years ago? Please, for all that is good and holy, #FireWillHall

[u/JKess207 → u/TigerWave01]

All of the work we’ve done to get to the top of the G6 undone in a single offseason.

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/TigerWave01]

As someone who cheers for Tulane (when they don’t play Duke) fully agree

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Are we really not good enough to throw a screen or do anything with misdirection. A touch pass, a counter, a 2 back set, a qb run, anything?

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

That LT with another great tackle on the edge defender, but they have pity with him and don't flag him again.

This is the tackling we knew from last season, but they finally actually made the tackle just in time.

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

GOMPERS

[u/TigerWave01]

Was that PI? I mean I’ll take it but no way that was catchable

[u/redreditreditordblue → u/TigerWave01]

Should have been a no call

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Don't do this stupid fucking prevent shit now.

[u/JKess207 → u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Tulane’s offense is running prevent, it’s ok

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

It’s never gonna end 😭

[u/TigerWave01]

It truly cannot be that hard to stay still before the ball’s been hiked, right?

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/TigerWave01]

This game has proven otherwise I think

[u/stormstopper]

Took two penalties to give that punt room before the endzone, 5D chess move

[u/Star-K]

just according to plan

[u/TigerWave01]

please just put both of our fan bases out of the misery of watching this dog shit

[u/riptide123]

Tulane has a lot of idiots lmao - punt returner being the latest one

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Kesha and Pitbull is some millenial nostalgia

[u/TigerWave01 → u/SonOfStoopSign]

Unironically the only good part of watching this game

[u/Mdtwheeler]

Okay so when did we as a fan base start rejecting players after a single game - chill the fuck out

[u/ahappypoop → u/Mdtwheeler]

Like when did we become lenient enough to give players an entire game before flaming them? Idk probably fairly recently, sports fans aren’t usually that patient

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/Mdtwheeler]

Considering we have Illinois next week, don’t have a whole lotta time to figure it out

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Just throw a screen or something, don't just run into a wall. Some different stuff.

[u/Material-Audience487]

What ya know the ass one ia back

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Can we get one more TD tonight

[u/Crypto-Mamba]

Can we fire Will Hall and have a fan lottery to replace him for the rest of the season?

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/Crypto-Mamba]

You can ask Akron about that fan calling plays on offense, he might be free.

[u/theiwc0303]

Sheppard has a shot at the rushing record if they keep feeding him, needs 33 yards

[u/IdealWombat → u/theiwc0303]

William and Mary comes to town later this month.

[u/Glass_Apricot → u/theiwc0303]

Give the man a break.

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/theiwc0303]

Jesus

[u/abyssmalstar → u/theiwc0303]

Doesn't look like they're letting him :(

[u/Mdtwheeler]

Looking like VAjr out there

[u/Mdtwheeler]

The D has looked great today so far

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/Mdtwheeler]

Some iffy tackling, but not nearly as bad as last year. Every QB run or inline screen was an easy 8 yards gain. The blocking was also pretty good, 85 just broke that TD with 2 great blocks.

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Triple option with Mahan and Sheppard would feed families

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Screw it Mahan, Eget and Sheppard all in the back field

[u/TheSledgeHam]

Mahan being able to at least threaten the run on the read option is vastly more beneficial for the Duke offense than the threat of Eget throwing ducks that get batted down 50% of the time.

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

By the way, Charlotte is still losing to the Citadel with 2 minutes to go...

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man → u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Man my school sucks

[u/abyssmalstar]

Early Season Heisman Rankings:

1. Nate Sheppard
2. Malachi Toney
3. who gives a shit but definitely not Darien Mensah

[u/Material-Audience487 → u/abyssmalstar]

Ill drink to that

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/abyssmalstar]

I think you mean
1. Nate Sheppard

1. Dan Mahan
   
2. Who gives a shit it’s not Darien Mensah

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

He is by far the best player on the field and it isn't even close. The O-Line isn't bad, they are actually giving him holes to run, but Nate is just so so good. Wow.

Now please the backup with some carries and put him in bubble wrap.

[u/etseco]

Well Tulane's run was fun. I was at the cotton bowl, best game I've ever been to in my life. Back to being irrelevant

[u/JKess207]

Wow, a Will Hall team looks like shit. Who would’ve thought

Oh wait, literally EVERYONE

[u/etseco → u/JKess207]

Yeah I think Tulane was all in on LSUs OC who went to Tulane and when he backed out they had no backup plan

[u/No_Owl_578 → u/etseco]

DC, but spot on everywhere else. Who would’ve thought the guy who went 10-21 at Southern Miss was a shitty head coach?

[u/FinalAntelope7763 → u/No_Owl_578]

As someone who lived in Hattiesburg during Hall Ball, flabbergasted he has an opportunity to helm a team that made the CFP last year. 0 clue how to coach at this level, somehow keeps falling up.

[u/TigerWave01]

yea it’s so over

[u/theiwc0303]

Sheppard is now 5th in Duke single game rushing yards

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

As someone who just started watching how has Duke only scored 10

[u/etseco → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Their QB and going for it on 4th down everytime

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Eget missed 3 open touchdowns leading to a missed fieldgoal, a fieldgoal and a punt. Also a fumble and the inability to complete even mostly easy passes. And a turnover on downs in fieldgoal range.

[u/theiwc0303 → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Our QB is 13/27

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885 → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

You started watching right when we replaced our QB

[u/TheSledgeHam → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Walker Eget

[u/rainbowremo → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Constantly missing easy opportunities(eget is not good) + missed chip shot fg + fumble + turnover on downs inside their 20

[u/JKess207 → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Walker Eget

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

It’s been rough

[u/c_dubby]

Nate 4 heisman

[u/stormstopper]

SHEPPARD US TO THE PROMISED LAND

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

BANG

[u/Mdtwheeler]

All Hail the Sheppard

[u/Orioles4Lifer]

SHEPPARD! LFG

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Don't go full Rosencopter, never go full rosencopter. Good on you for holding onto the ball.

[u/riptide123]

So an absolute bullshit pass interference call determines the game lmao

[u/TigerWave01 → u/riptide123]

Fwiw I have my doubts that Tulane would’ve actually scored a touchdown today either way

[u/riptide123 → u/TigerWave01]

Fair enough but now they’re dead lol

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

This drive looks like the game sealant

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

The Eget-Mahan dynamic is our version of Ewers-Manning lmao

[u/theiwc0303]

Eget hasn’t even completed half of his passes and has -9 rushing yards, just let Mahan stay in fully

[u/Mdtwheeler]

So Dan is the new Riley noted

[u/Embarrassed-Brain655]

Sheppard looks like he’s gonna break it almost every time he touches the ball. 

[u/Orioles4Lifer]

Sheppard really is the little engine that could

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

The crowd cheering at them benching the QB. Wow. Come on, keep him in.

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Craycraft has a funny name

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

The cheers and boos are killing me. I wanna see Mahan’s arm tho

[u/Mdtwheeler]

Those boos definitely won’t help with the mental aspect of walkers game

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Booing your own QB coming back is wild

[u/IdealWombat → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

Yeah, I don't approve of booing a player on your own team ever that is putting forth effort, let alone in his first start here. He's having a rough game, but he's trying. Nothing to boo here.

[u/Embarrassed-Brain655 → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

He sucks so much. 

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/Embarrassed-Brain655]

It’s the first game - Mensah looked rough the first few weeks

[u/Material-Audience487]

Wtf diaz

[u/Embarrassed-Brain655]

Hell yeah already better. 

[u/theiwc0303]

Leave Mahan in just for trying to truck a defender

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Easy decision

[u/Mdtwheeler]

LETS GO DAN

[u/Material-Audience487]

FINALLY 

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

YESSSSSS

[u/Embarrassed-Brain655]

God damn it Walker. 

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Perfectly overthrown lol

[u/TheSledgeHam]

Eget is a painful fucking watch.

[u/granlyn]

I don't think Eget is very good...

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Didn't they have 12 man on the field there on defense on 2nd down? It looked like it when I counted.

That DPI is more of a flop/uncatchable, gotta be honest. But also a stupid move by the DB.

Edit: How is it not a foul to throw a guy down 3 seconds after the play?

[u/theiwc0303]

Nate Sheppard has broken into the top 10 of Duke single game rushing yards now

[u/etseco]

The refs have bailed Duke out multiple times tn

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/etseco]

No really, this was the first questionable call and they missed what looked like 12 men on the field on the previous snap. And the bogus backwards pass early.

[u/Shenanigangster]

Lmao BS

[u/stormstopper]

That is both a correct call and a complete bailout

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Just leave him open Eget will miss 😭

[u/Orioles4Lifer]

Thank you for the PI lmao

[u/theiwc0303]

I cannot imagine how bad Mahan has to look for Eget to win the starting position

[u/Traditional-Till9998]

Ok I'm here for the 4th quarter who can fill me in on the lore?

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/Traditional-Till9998]

Iowa vs Iowa but worse offense

[u/TigerWave01 → u/Traditional-Till9998]

Tulane is probably going back to the dark ages

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww → u/Traditional-Till9998]

Just got in 5 minutes ago the fans dedicated to this game are not in a great place

[u/Material-Audience487 → u/Traditional-Till9998]

Both teams suck and Manny Diaz hates duke fans

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

This defense paired with a competent offense would’ve ended this game 2 min into the 3rd quarter

[u/JtotheC23 → u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

It can make next week very interesting because I feel the exact opposite about Illinois

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

So, how about a fucking score now?

[u/djsquilz]

POINTS

[u/TigerWave01 → u/djsquilz]

…yippee…

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

"I got hoeeeesss" *snap* "Nope" "nope" "nope" internal monologue ass game

[u/Orioles4Lifer]

Manny Diaz leaving this statue in the game has to have Tulane ML. Duke should be up 55-3. My goodness brutal

[u/Crypto-Mamba]

Yay. Not zero 🫩

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Hearing Mo Bamba every 3rd down is annoying

[u/JtotheC23 → u/SonOfStoopSign]

Let the damn band play something cool on 3rd down. I say that as someone from a school that's done the same shit (tbf, getting a new song is awkward for us with War Chant but still)

[u/Crypto-Mamba → u/SonOfStoopSign]

I need Less Bamba

[u/stormstopper]

Great wrap-up there

[u/WatchOutIGotYou]

Unrelated, but I thought you might want to hear this: Vanderbilt is playing Austin Peay and Austin Peay scored a TD to take the lead, the PAT was blocked and returned. A rare 6-5 score.

[u/StFuzzySlippers]

Tulane is our only hope for good football until the delay is over. Roll Wave!

[u/Crypto-Mamba → u/StFuzzySlippers]

Clearly you have not been watching this game lol

[u/TigerWave01 → u/StFuzzySlippers]

I got some bad news for you man…

EDIT: But either way, Roll Wave!!!

[u/ShinyTotodile24]

His leg went the wrong direction

[u/JKess207]

Tulane has one good play and the receiver gets hurt. What the fuck man

[u/BosqueBravo → u/JKess207]

I’m at the game, and I’m not sure it translated on tv but he wanted to break the tackle too much. Sucks, but he needs to learn how to take a tackle safely.

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Heel tackle

[u/ahappypoop → u/SonOfStoopSign]

No, Blue Devil tackle

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Honestly feels like a game we lose

[u/TigerWave01 → u/ZeroEchoVX]

Had this been last year’s coaching staff and/or team, even if we didn’t have Retzlaff, I’d agree. But atp I’d be shocked if we even score

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/TigerWave01]

Hope you’re right, I’m just traumatized

[u/theiwc0303]

That was a smart way to get him down but fuck, that looked painful

[u/WatchOutIGotYou]

Tulane got away with a blatant hold Mickow on O'Connor lol

[u/CrownTownLibrarian]

Oh I hope that kid is okay

[u/Material-Audience487]

Is it bad that im kinda used to gameplay like this from my highschool team?

[u/Mdtwheeler]

Ouchhhhhhh

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Yoooooo I love this game

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Nate is taking the money this offseason unfortunately.

And I wouldn’t blame him

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

As long as he doesn’t make a LeBron style video saying he is staying, i won’t be mad

[u/CrownTownLibrarian → u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Could definitely see him in BR

[u/JKess207]

On the bright side, we won’t have to worry about our coaching staff getting poached this year!

[u/TigerWave01 → u/JKess207]

Some fans were hoping for that, btw! Or for “stability” without realizing what that, exactly, meant

[u/BosqueBravo]

Let’s just build the whole team out of Nate shepherd

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Damn, this team is stupid on offense. Wasting an all time game by a WR with bad playcalling and even worse QB play.

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Dude this is atrocious QB play. World-historically bad

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Okay last post because this "rock fight" as the announcer just put it is highly compelling. But I cannot publicly hate on these student athletes in good conscious.

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

I’ll do it for you

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Cmon Manny take him out

[u/Mdtwheeler]

Can we please do something

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

He just... Slid?

[u/IdealWombat → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

He's trying not to die by mid-October, which is what will happen if he has 35 touches every game.

[u/TigerWave01 → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Alongside all of this awful gameplay, keep in mind that there was a massive storm and everything’s wet and gross atm

[u/tryingthisok]

lol. These teams are conference champs btw.

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Why did you guys stop running the QB, that was you best offense when the offense was gaining some yards?

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

That might be an all time great tackle at the end of Baylor - Auburn on the second screen. And that game was also a SICKO game.

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

I might stop watching this. That drive was horrific.

[u/TigerWave01 → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Leave now…leave while you still have hope

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

That’s been the entire game summed up

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Watching fresh but the rb running into that "hole" right into the lineman hurt me

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Tulane needs to wake TF up

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/SonOfStoopSign]

I think only Nate Sheppard is awake in Durham right now

[u/CrownTownLibrarian]

Can we get Riley back from the Colts

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/CrownTownLibrarian]

Can we get castle and sahmir while we’re at it

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Zero zip on that ball. But at least it was on target? No. But surely it was rotating on a stable axis? Also no.

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

My own crap from last night would leave a better taste in my mouth than Eget’s passing

[u/Affectionate-Tax9885 → u/ZeroEchoVX]

You haven’t had a bowel movement today?

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/Affectionate-Tax9885]

Nah I didn’t feel like it

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

That just isn't a good playcall, especially with a QB struggling.

[u/CrownTownLibrarian]

Look you can get away with being a statue if you have a rocket launcher(Maalik) but I don’t know that walker has that feature loaded

[u/JKess207]

Doesn’t matter, they don’t need the points. We’ll be lucky to get into the end zone

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

COMING IN HOT FROM BOISE v OREGON. SCORE A FUCKING POINT G6 BROTHERS. SCORE. A. POINT.

[u/WatchOutIGotYou → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Hate the outcome but loved the game

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww → u/WatchOutIGotYou]

Yeah upset energy was there. Drive before halftime and a few lucky plays from magic. But honestly the result doesn't really matter Oregon chilling, Boise turns into playoff favorites ahead of NDSU,Memphis and others(JMU HASN'T LOST YET, maybe tulane scores?)

[u/TigerWave01 → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Atp we’ll be lucky to get bowl eligibility

[u/WatchOutIGotYou → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Hell yeah, Dukes!