The tape was brutal to watch, but Duke senior Jeremy Cash saw silver linings.
Duke’s once-heralded defense was utterly torched by North Carolina in a 66-31 defeat that was every bit as ugly as that final score suggests. Tar Heels’ QB Marquise Williams picked apart the Duke secondary, landing one big play after another in a game so bad that, after a long touchdown on UNC’s first play of the game, Williams overheard one Duke defender remark to receiver Ryan Switzer that, “It’s going to be a long day.”
But amid all that chaos, Cash believes progress was made.