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Grayson Loftis Starting At Quarterback For Duke, Head Coach Mike Elko As Duke Opposes North Carolina, Head Coach Mack Brown, Quarterback Drake Maye Tonight In Chapel Hill In Battle For Victory Bell?

Grayson Loftis starting at quarterback for Duke, Head Coach Mike Elko as Duke opposes North Carolina, Head Coach Mack Brown, Quarterback Drake Maye tonight in Chapel Hill in battle for Victory Bell?

That is the plan as Riley Leonard remains sidelined with toe injury Duke Head Coach Mike Elko said on Monday saying that Grayson Loftis will be a better version of himself following with saying Grayson Loftis taking over for Riley Leonard who has toe injury by saying it certainly was up and down in the first start but I thought he battled .

According to Mark Bergin article on wralsportsfan.com

Duke comes into the game with record of 6-3 3-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they topped Wake Forest on Thursday 24-21 as As Todd Pelino kicked, made 26 yard field goal Duke topped Wake Forest 24-21, Became bowl eligible Thursday in Durham.

Before Duke became bowl eligible before Todd Pelino kicked 26 yard field goal before Duke became bowl eligible Tate Carney ran 3 yards for touchdown, Matthew Dennis made extra point in 1st quarter giving Wake Forest a 7-0 lead . In the 2nd quarter Duke got on scoreboard tying game up 7-7 as Jaquez ran 32 yards , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point before Wake Forest regained the lead at 14 -7 as Mitch Griffis ran for 8 yard touchdown , Matthew Dennis kicked extra point before Duke tied up the game 14-14 as Jordan Waters ran for 4 yard touchdown , Todd Pelino kicked, made the extra point. In the 3rd quarter Wake Forest would regain the lead as Mitch Griffis ran for 5 yard touchdown, Matthew Dennis kicked extra point giving Wake Forest a 21-14 lead. Though, that lead was brief as Jordan Moore caught 29 yard pass from Grayson Loftis, Todd Pelino would kick, make extra point tying game 21-21 .

Following Todd Pelino, kicking , making 26 yard field goal Duke topping Wake Forest 24-21 Duke becoming bowl eligible Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say about Riley Leonard who was replaced by Griffin Loftis at quarterback position against Wake Forest!“Riley is going to be done for a while now.”

According to Stephen Wiseman article on newsobserver.com

Following Todd Pelino, kicking , making 26 yard field goal Duke topping Wake Forest 24-21 Duke becoming bowl eligible Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say about his Duke team!

Hopefully this will put to bed any talk about whether this team will respond.

Following Todd Pelino, kicking , making 26 yard field goal Duke topping Wake Forest 24-21 Duke becoming bowl eligible Duke quarterback Grayson Loftis who was taking place of Riley Leonard who was 7-19 for 86 yards , 1 touchdown 1 interception had this to say!

I think was easy to have confidence going into the game when you’ve got a group of guys who have so much of their time to pump you up

According to Associated Press article on espn.com

North Carolina comes into the game with a record of 7-2 while they’re 3-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. Though, North Carolina’s like Duke previous game they didn’t play an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent because instead they played a Colonial Athletic Conference opponent in Campbell Saturday in Chapel Hill who they beat 59-57.

North Carolina scored one touchdown in the 1st quarter as Dovontez Walker caught 10 yard pass from Drake Maye , Noah Burnette made extra point before Campbell got on the scoreboard as Chaney Fitzgerald caught 19 yard pass from Hajj Malik Williams , Caleb Dowden kicked extra point . From there though it was all North Carolina as Omarion Hampton ran 54 yard for touchdown , Noah Burnette made extra point. Dovontez Walker caught 31 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette kicked extra point as Omarion Hampton caught 4 yard pass Noah Burnette made extra point in 2nd quarter making score 14-7 , 21-7 28-7 In the 3rd quarter John Copenhaver caught 25 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette made extra point. J.J. Jones caught 21 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette kicked extra point , Noah Burnette kicked, made 35 yard field goal. making score 35-7, 42-7 , 45 -7. In the 4th quarter Chris Culliver caught 41 yard pass from Connor Harrell, Noah Burnette kicked extra point.

Following North Carolina routing Campbell North Carolina Mack Brown who’s defense held Campbell to 7 points had this to say!

They got their confidence back,

According to Chip Alexander article on newsobserver.com

Kickoff is set for 8:00pm on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Tim Hasselbeck, Taylor Tannebaum commentating!

Tim Hasselbeck’s meanwhile played from 1998-2000 at Boston College During his career he had 278 completions , 501 attempts , 3890 yards , 29 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. “according to https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tim-hasselbeck-1.html

Then Tim Hasselbeck went on to play six seasons in the NFL!

In the NFL Tim Hasselbeck played for five different teams that included Carolina, Philadelphia, Washington, The New York Giants and Arizona. During his six seasons in the NFL Tim Hasselback threw for 5 touchdowns, 1, 012 yards and had seven interceptions . “according to http://www.nfl.com/player/timhasselbeck/2504361/careerstats