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Tennessee offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe emerged Thursday as the leading candidate to get Duke's football head coaching job. Cutcliffe interviewed with Duke officials on Wednesday and remained in contact with them on Thursday. Former UCLA coach Karl Dorrell had been popular with Duke's search committee and athletics director Joe Alleva after meetings on Monday, but his candidacy appeared to stall. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also reported Thursday that Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Hue Jackson was in Durham on Thursday to interview for the job. Jackson, who molded receivers Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh as the receivers coach at Cincinnati, also interviewed for the Duke job in 2003.

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December 14, 2007  08:42 AM ET
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Hasn't Duke figured out yet that if you want to get to the top in college football you have to rendezvous at midnight under a bridge with your coaching candidates?

This whole "let's do it in a rational, methodical manner" junk will get them nowhere!!!

December 14, 2007  09:46 AM ET
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Cutliffe is very good offensive coordinator who worked well with Ainge the last few years. You figure Duke will have a QB-oriented offense. This would be a good move for the Devils.

December 14, 2007  10:38 AM ET
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Good move..

December 14, 2007  10:45 AM ET
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I guess what is one programs castoff is another programs gold mine.

December 14, 2007  10:57 AM ET
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I guess it's a good move, but I would have preferred if Duke went after Dorrell.

December 14, 2007  11:36 AM ET
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The TRUTH suggests stuffing a jalepeno up your arse to stay focused on this yawner

December 14, 2007  11:54 AM ET
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The truth, the Truth.

The last time I checked, not even Duke students and alumni cared about Duke football.

Zero on the "Buzz Meter."

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December 14, 2007  12:25 PM ET
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Why would you go to Duke to coach football

December 14, 2007  01:22 PM ET
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i guess the same reason steve spurrier went there to coach football. suprised you would ask that as a gators fan. u must be bandwagon since u clearly didn't know spurrier's history

December 14, 2007  01:38 PM ET
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Where coaching career's die...........

December 14, 2007  01:45 PM ET
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Duke needs to hire a graduate assistant to coach their football team. I'm sure with all of those "Sociology" majors running around someone would take it for an exchange in tuition.

December 14, 2007  02:54 PM ET
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Don't do it. You'll have the worst seat in the stadium.

December 14, 2007  03:12 PM ET
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Wow..they actually have a selected place to "play" football?

December 14, 2007  03:55 PM ET
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ESPN is stating that Cutcliffe accepted the job. If that is true, then congrats to him.

December 14, 2007  04:19 PM ET
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Um...

Duke, guys, really, stick to basketball.

December 16, 2007  02:47 AM ET
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Carl Franks: totally willing to come back.

 
December 16, 2007  12:39 PM ET
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You gotta be able to recruit ... Cutcliffe can do that.

Clemson has heard of Duke, eh Tommy?? (Whitehurst)

Go !skcoC

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