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Last year's Belk Bowl game in Charlotte allowed Duke to let the nation now it was still very much in the football business.
This year's Chick-fil-A Bowl appearance, facing Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M in a prime-time television slot, offers a chance to market Duke's brand exponentially more.
Ranked among the nation's top 25 teams for the last month, the No. 22 Blue Devils (10-3) get a chance to show they play football at a high level while facing one of the nation's top players.
Duke athletics director Kevin White said Blue Devil coach David Cutcliffe has "transitioned our football program from irrelevant to relevant a year ago to, right now, pretty damn relevant."
The increase in relevance came with eight consecutive wins, including beating ranked teams Virginia Tech and Miami, as well as winning the ACC Coastal Division championship and finishing the regular season at No. 24 in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan, a former N.C. State basketball player who graduated in 1978, said the Blue Devils jumped on his bowl's radar when they beat Virginia Tech 13-10 at Blacksburg, Va., on Oct. 26.
"Having been from this area, seeing what Coach Cutcliffe has done with the Duke football program is nothing short of miraculous," Stokan said. "With Kevin White's support and President (Richard) Brodhead, it's truly one of the great stories in college football this year."
As he said when announcing the pairing of Duke and Texas A&M last Sunday, Stokan insisted Duke earned its way into the bowl with its strong overall season. Winning the Coastal Division and beating Miami and Virginia Tech head-to-head, Stokan said, were reasons why Duke was favored over the Hurricanes and Hokies by the bowl's selection committee.
The only team that could have knocked Duke out of the Chick-fil-A Bowl and down to the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando was Clemson. Had the Tigers not been selected for the BCS, Stokan said, the Chick-fil-A Bowl would have invited them.
Stokan spoke to John Swofford on Friday night in Charlotte at the ACC's Night of Legends banquet to get clearance on where Clemson stood with the BCS. Swofford's indication was Clemson was headed to the BCS.
That caused Stokan to tell White and Cutcliffe on Friday, about 24 hours before the Blue Devils played No. 1 Florida State in the ACC championship game, that they were his bowl's pick contingent upon Clemson going to the BCS.
That, Stokan said adamantly, was the extent of the selection process on the final weekend.
"There were no politics," Stokan said. "That denigrates the season Duke had and how we feel about Duke."
Last season, when Duke played in the Belk Bowl, it was the school's first bowl appearance in 18 years. This year marks the first time Duke has played in bowl games in back-to-back years.
While traveling on the recruiting trail in the weeks and months after the Belk Bowl, Cutcliffe said he received a lot of positive feedback about the Blue Devil program. He only expects that to be larger by playing in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
"Everybody is going to tune in to see Johnny Manziel,'' Cutcliffe said. ''...We're all competitors. This is what you live for. You're kidding me - Johnny Manziel? That's how it hits our team. I think that's good. ... We know it's a challenge, but you've got to be excited about that. We are excited about that challenge.''
The Chick-fil-A Bowl is played in prime time on New Year's Eve when no other college football games are being played. Last year's game was viewed by 8.4 million people on ESPN.
"Suffice to say, this game is going to be very highly viewed," Stokan said.
For a Duke football program emerging from nearly two decades of football malaise, the situation is perfect.
"I don't think there's any question that the ratings for this game will be through the roof," Cutcliffe said. "We're the only game on television that night. That's a great opportunity for us."
While the game is technically sold out, tickets remain available through the participating schools. Each school has an allotment of 18,500 tickets. As of Thursday morning, White said, Duke had sold more than 8,000 tickets, a number that pleased White.
EDWARDS NAMED ALL-AMERICAN
Duke redshirt freshman DeVon Edwards was named to the Walter Camp All-America second team as a kickoff returner, the organization announced Thursday.
Edwards, a 5-9, 185-pound safety, did not take over as Duke's primary kickoff returner until week five but then averaged an ACC-leading 31.1 yards per kickoff return with two touchdowns returns covering 100 and 99 yards. He has returned 18 kickoffs for 559 yards to rank second nationally in kickoff return average. Edwards accounted for three touchdowns in Duke's 38-20 win against N.C. State on Nov. 9, returning two interceptions for scores and a 100-yard kickoff return. His interception returns came on back-to-back plays and covered 25 and 45 yards. Also a starter at safety, Edwards has logged 55 tackles, three interceptions and six pass breakups in six starts. He has reached double-digit tackles twice and secured the game-winning interception with 13 seconds remaining in Duke's school-record 10th victory of the year at North Carolina on Nov. 30. Edwards is the second Duke player to earn All-America honors this season, joining USA Today All-America second team selection Jeremy Cash, also a safety. Edwards is the eight player in Duke head coach David Cutcliffe's six seasons to receive All-America honors.
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Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. -- Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan wants to set the record straight: His bowl always wanted No. 22 Duke.
Speaking Thursday during a news conference at the Blue Devils' team headquarters, Stokan shot down rumors that he would have preferred another ACC team in his bowl.
He says he "understands there's been some mention of politics" but adds that "there was no doubt in our minds" about Duke.
Stokan adds that "there was nothing that went on behind the scenes" about possibly choosing another ACC school -- possibly Miami or Virginia Tech -- ahead of Duke.
The Blue Devils (10-3) will play No. 20 Texas A&M (8-4) on Dec. 31 in the Atlanta-based bowl.
Copyright 2013 by initialnews.blogspot.com
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What: Chick-fil-A Bowl
Who: Duke (10-3, 6-2 ACC) vs. Texas A&M (8-4, 4-4 SEC)
When: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Where: Georgia Dome (71,250), Atlanta, Ga.
Opening Line: Texas A&M -12.5
What matters: As basically no one outside of College Station believes Johnny Manziel will return for another year of NCAA headaches and media scrutiny, the matchup with the Blue Devils promises college football fans their last glimpse of the former Heisman Trophy winner in an Aggie uniform. At a glance, the Devils would appear to offer Manziel plenty of opportunities for his trademark fireworks -- they rank a middling 62nd in the FBS in yards allowed per-play, 45th in scoring defense -- but David Cutcliffe's team has pulled off plenty of late-game fireworks of its own on its way to the first 10-win season in school history.
Who matters: Not many teams have the personnel to match up with a nightmare like potential Biletnikoff winner Mike Evans, but the Devils have two reasons for optimism. One is a pair of first-team All-ACC performers in the secondary in corner Ross Cockrell and safety Jeremy Cash; the second was Manziel's erratic performances to end the season at both LSU and Missouri. If Johnny Football is on his game, there seems little chance Duke can keep pace, but that's not guaranteed.
Matchup question: The Aggies' rush defense isn't so much an Achilles heel as it is an Achilles foot, an Achilles leg, an Achilles everything-below-the-waist that finished the year an abject 112th in yards per-carry allowed, nestled between FIU and Purdue. The Blue Devils are no rushing juggernaut (62nd in FBS rushing), but against this defense, can their tailback-by-committee approach and running QB threat Brandon Connette do enough to keep Manziel and Co. off the field and the game tight?
Prediction: No team has been any better coached in 2013 than Duke, but few teams in a game of this stature would face as deep a raw talent deficit as the Devils will against A&M. Expect Cutcliffe's coaching (and A&M's rush defense) to keep it close for a half; also expect A&M's far greater depth to make it not close by game's end. Texas A&M 42, Duke 24.
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Photograph by Rich Addicks/The New York Times via Redux
There are, apparently, a number of ways to make breaded chicken sandwiches healthier. To this end, Chick-fil-A has been quietly switching out ingredients over the past decade. According to Nation's Restaurant News it eliminated heart-disease-promoting trans fats in 2006, removed high-fructose corn syrup from its bagels and golden wheat bread, and gradually reduced sodium in some products. Now the 1,700-store chain is working to remove preservatives from its breads and oil.
What's unusual about the efforts is that Chick-fil-A has largely refrained from publicizing them until now, hoping to avoid ire about any perceived change in flavor. Fast-food companies have had to balance customer loyalty to well-known menu items with growing pressure to offer healthier options. "We didn't necessarily want the customer to know we've tweaked their favorite product," Jodie Worrell, the chain's senior nutrition consultant, told NRN.
Chick-fil-A is testing a preservative-free white-bread bun in about 200 stores, and it's trying out a peanut oil without TBHQ, a chemical that extends the shelf life of oils but can cause health problems if consumed in large volumes. It will remove high-fructose corn syrup from sauces and dressings. And due to concerns about the health effects of food dyes, the chain is also looking into removing yellow food dye from its soup base and ice cream, reported NRN.
One ingredient the restaurant hasn't yet managed to get rid of: MSG, which is used in its fried chicken breast sandwiches. Chick-fil-A remains in the early stages of evaluating MSG-free recipes, according to the report.
Chick-fil-A revamped its salad menu this year, and its website states: "Chick-fil-A can fit into almost any healthy diet through moderation and balanced menu choices."
Monday, 9 December 2013
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Thursday, 28 November 2013
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Wednesday, 13 November 2013
World Kindness Day: Woman Pays It Forward At Chick
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Customers at a local Chick-fil-A got a nice surprise Wednesday morning when they tried to pay for their food.
Employees say a mystery woman gave them $100 to pay for the people behind her in the drive-thru. The money paid for 27 people, and some of those paid it forward and bought food for the people behind them.
And, this isn't the first time the mystery woman has done a good deed at the Chick-fil-A. Employees say she pays for food for at least one person behind her several times a month.
Wednesday's good deed was even more special because it was World Kindness Day. But, the people who know the mystery woman say she would have done this any day.
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Fans brave cold night for free Chick
Article updated: 11/13/2013 4:26 PM
A group of 100 Chick-fil-A enthusiasts formed a tent city on a cold and blustery morning Wednesday outside the popular restaurant chain's new location in Vernon Hills in anticipation of its grand opening — and a year's worth of free meals.
The first 100 customers in line when the restaurant opens Thursday morning will receive one Chick-fil-A meal per week for the next 12 months, a prize worth spending a chilly day and night in a parking lot for fans like Jacob Schmanke of Elgin and his brother, Josh Schmanke of Aurora.
"I was here right around 5 this morning. Free Chick-fil-A is the reason we come," Schmanke said as he stood bundled in the wind. "We are praying for sunshine all the way through. It's worth it. It doesn't matter how cold it is, Chick-fil-A is the best."
During the day, Chick-fil-A provided free meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner for the participants as well as sponsored games, contests and entertainment.
The fast food restaurant at 701 N. Milwaukee Ave. is scheduled to open at 6 a.m. Thursday.
Chicago Bears' rookie linebacker Khaseem Greene is scheduled to be a part of the grand opening festivities and sign autographs for fans from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. Later that day, the restaurant will sponsor the Mini Milkshake Bash for area high school students from 8 to 10 p.m.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Operation Christmas Child: Free Chick
Monday, 11 November 2013
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