Duke football win sound-off

Sep 19 2011, Written by Andrew Karim in News, 0 Comments

Duke’s close football victory (20-19) against Boston College surprised many Duke students. The Chronicle‘s Andrew Karim asked Dukies what they thought of the elusive win.

“We won? I thought it was against the rules of football for Duke to win.”
—Bailey Ryan, freshman

“I’m just glad we got that win. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard the common room louder than it was when they missed that field goal.”
—Jordan DeLoatch, freshman

“What game?”
—Jordyn Gracey, sophomore

“I didn’t know that we won until way after. BC is legit[imate], so I guess that’s good.”
—Zach Gray, sophomore

“We might’ve won a football game but we’ve still lost Tailgate… so I’m not sure you can call that winning.”
—Brithny Zhang, senior

“I’m excited that the football team has a win under their belt, and I hope they use this momentum to crush Tulane over Homecoming weekend.”
—Jacob Robinson, sophomore

“This win is great news for Duke football after a rather shaky start to the season. Hopefully it marks the beginning of a successful year for our team.”
—Jaisal Mariwala, sophomore

“At times, everything seemed to be against us winning our first game of the season. However, the team never believed that we were destined to lose and kept fighting. We knew we were the better team and knew that if we kept fighting, things would eventually go our way. We are a high effort practice team, and that translates onto the field.”
—Will Johnston, sophomore football player

“Um, go Duke?”
—Thomas Koutsogiannis, freshman

“It was awesome! All the Dukies here in Madrid were talking about it for days.”
—Stephan Lambert, junior

“[I think this is] a step in the right direction for the team—especially after the failure of the new college Gameday model.”
—Derek Saffe, sophomore