With a game against overmatched William & Mary coming up on Saturday, followed by a bye week before getting back into ACC play, it would be simple for Duke players and staff to take their foot off the gas just a little bit.
The Blue Devils’ captains aren’t letting that happen.
"The intensity was very high in practice today, and as a leader, the onus is upon me and the other captains, Matt and Jerry, to make sure we're not taking a step back this week," Nick Morris Jr., one of six Duke captains, said on Wednesday.
And while the starters will be ready to put William & Mary in the rearview mirror as early as possible at Wallace Wade Stadium, another goal is to build a big enough lead, as they did against Stanford, to give some of the young players
a chance to shine.
"I love that we took care of business against Stanford and allowed the younger guys to get in,” Morris said.
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