A strong season for Duke unraveled down the stretch following a controversial loss to Miami and a blowout at the hands of rival North Carolina, but David Cutcliffe’s crew salvaged a silver lining by doing something no Blue Devils team had done in more than a half-century: They won a bowl game. Now Duke is looking build on that milestone, but it’ll have to start the spring without its focal points on both offense and defense from 2015.
1. Is Parker Boehme filling in or taking over?
Cutcliffe addressed the situation earlier this week, essentially saying Duke is moving forward with Boehme at quarterback, and the status of last year’s starter, Thomas Sirk, is uncertain.