Program Profile: Duke

ACC since 1888
Colors: Blue and White
Mascot: Blue Devils

Ok, I know there are teams we laugh at and say they’ll never amount to anything. Like Utah or Kentucky. They’re bottom dwellers from the dawn time and then have a break out season. But this is Duke. There’s no hope. Really folks. There isn’t. No matter how many times they compete with North Carolina for a Victory Bell. Why do they even have a football team?

Because apparently, back in the day they were decent. Fifty years ago they were winning ACC championships and in the past decade they were having winning seasons. You don’t pull the plug just because you’re grandmother gets a little dementia. And Steve Spurrier coached there, so it’s a little nostalgic.

Now I’m sure we’re all wondering why a Christian school would choose their mortal foe to represent them. In World War I there were an elite group of French soldiers known as les Dibles Bleues. Duke translated the term and applied it to their team to match their all ready established colors. Why did Duke have Blue and White uniforms? Because in the 1880’s a president from Yale visited. No kidding.