Duke was in a bowl game this year no?
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jms397 wrote:

UIEightyThree wrote: www.mrsec.com/2013/02/n...ainst-maryland/

accoring to this site,  multiple sources say  UVa and GaTech have talked with B1G league offices, and one source says  UNC & Duke have as well.   

they are all in a holding pattern until the lawsuit between Md & ACC is settled.

looks like UVa is pretty much a safe bet as our 15th at some point in time

Football drives the bus, so I don't see Duke getting an offer.  GT is not in a state that is contiguous to the Big Ten, so I don't see them in either.Personally, I like the idea of UNC and Virginia.  Decent enough in football and strong academically.

Duke might be a good fit for football. All of the big boys like an extra bye week homecoming game to pound the lower level teams. Indiana and Illinois can only provide so many homecoming games and a chance for the big boys to play their 3rd stringers and walk ons. If Barry gets his way and Big Ten teams stop scheduling small schools th big boys will want more easy games.

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Since 1994, however, Duke's football program has declined, with the team lacking a winning season since. From 1999 to 2007, Duke's football win-loss record was at 13-90;^[3] from 2005 to 2007 Duke suffered a 22-game losing streak.^[4] In 2008, a judge ruled in favor of Duke after they pulled out of a four-game contract with the University of Louisville; the judge stated that it was up to Louisville to find a suitable replacement as, he wrote in the ruling, Duke's lawyers had persuasively argued that any Division I team would be equivalent or better.^[3] Duke's 2009 season gave them five wins and seven losses, the closest the school had come to bowl eligibility since 1994  Wikipedia.

I'm fully aware of Duke's football history. The Ol Ball Coach was there a hot minute ago.