The Duke Blue Devils showed up to play, downfield and underneath. The first half started with two stalled drives, and some interesting variations from Bud Foster on the line of scrimmage. The Hokie D featured a 3 down linemen formation with Emmanuel Belmar playing an edge rushing outside linebacker instead of a classic Defensive End.
The appearance of Daniel Jones as QB seems to have had the same effect that LaRussa’s appearance had for the ODU game, though. After a throwing a tipped ball that was intercepted by Reggie Floyd, Tech stalled a drive inside the 10 aided by some frustratingly odd non-holding calls on the defensive secondary.