A fast-ball hitter faces off against a pitcher whose out pitch is a 100 mph heater.
A great server versus a great returner.
Strength against strength. Your best against my best.
Bring it on.
A lot of variables will decide Duke’s football game this Saturday against Louisville.
But one could be more equal than the others. Duke loves to run the football. Its offense is built around a physical line of scrimmage establishing dominance and letting its skill-people work.
Louisville loves to stop the run. Led by 290-pound senior Dezmond Tell, 270-pound defensive end Ashton Gillette and redshirt junior tackle Ramon Puryear they load the box and dare you to beat them one on one.
Gillette is a legit All-American, big enough to stop the run, mobile enough to chase down anyone with the ball.
Linebacker T.J. Quinn leads the team in tackles.
Duke ranks second in the ACC with 198.3 rushing yards per game; Boston College is first. Louisville ranks second in rushing defense at 97.1 yards per game.
That’s a pretty big gap.
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