WRAL Sports' Chris Lea spoke with WRAL Sports' Kacy Hintz for postgame reaction and how Duke head coach Mike Elko is handling the bounce-back game for the Blue Devils.
KNOW DUKE SNAPS A TWO-GAME LOSING STREAK GETTING THE WIN IN DURHAM TONIGHT. 24 TO 21 WRAL'S KASEY HEADS IS LIVE AT WALLACE WADE STADIUM AFTER TONIGHT'S GAME KACY DUKE SNAPS THAT LOSING STREAK AND GETTING ANOTHER FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK A WIN IT WITH THE START. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, MY COCOA CAME INTO HIS PRESS CONFERENCE A LITTLE BE READ THE FACE. YOU KNOW, HE WAS CELEBRATING IN THAT LOCKER ROOM WITH HIS GUYS AND HE SAID I CAN'T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS JUST HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS TEAM TONIGHT. ALL THE ADVERSITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, THE KIDS WHO COULDN'T PLAY TONIGHT, THE KIDS WHO HAD TO STEP UP TONIGHT, THERE'S EVEN GUYS THAT WENT DOWN AND COULDN'T FINISH THE GAME. BUT THEY CONTINUE TO BATTLE GOING DOWN INTO THE 4TH QUARTER AND FOUGHT TO THE VARIANT IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE TRUE FRESHMAN GRAYSON LOFTUS GETTING THE START TONIGHT IN PLACE OF RILEY. LEONARD, WHO MY COCOA CONFIRMED TONIGHT WILL BE OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH AN INJURY ON HIS OTHER FOOT AS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT NOW FOR THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT LOFTUS HERE. I ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, WHEN DID HE KNOW HE WAS GOING TO GET THE STARTING? HE'S KNOWN ALL WEEK THAT HE IS GOING TO TO START ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO ME SAID, LET IT LOOSE. GO OUT THERE. HAVE FUN. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. AND OF COURSE, YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE OF FRESHMAN PLAYS EARLY IN THIS GAME, A YOUNG KID, BUT YOU CONTINUE TO BATTLE AND IN THE 4TH QUARTER, HE CAME UP BIG AND THAT LED THEM TO THAT DRIVE FOR THAT GAME. WINNING FIELD GOAL AND SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS SUPER INTERESTING THAT ELKO SAID IN HIS PRESSER BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED, YOU KNOW, ABOUT LAST WEEK'S GAME AND HE'S LIKE ENOUGH ABOUT LAST WEEK'S GAME. OKAY. THIS IS ABOUT THIS TEAM CONTINUING TO FIGHT CONTINUING TO BATTLE ISIS. I HOPE THIS PUTS TO BED ANY THOUGHT THAT THIS TEAM WILL GIVE UP AND NOT FIGHT HIS LIKE THIS TEAM CONTINUES TO DO THAT AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT ALSO WITH THE WIN, THEY'RE NOW BOWL ELIGIBLE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW UNDER ELKO. SO AGAIN, A LOT OF THINGS TO CLEAN UP WITH A GUN FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK, BUT A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR THIS TEAM JUST CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT THEY BOUNCE BACK UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CHRIS, AND A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TO
