Notes from Wake-Duke
** The Demon Deacons have won six straight ACC home games. Four of the victories have come by seven or fewer points. Two of those have been in overtime.
** Wake's nine-game winning streak over Duke is its longest over any ACC team at any time.
** The Deacs scored 34 points in their first four ACC games of 2008 and 33 on Saturday.
** For the third time in his career, Alphonso Smith blocked one punt and returned another.
** ACC career interception leaders
20 Dre Bly, UNC (1996-98)
19 Alphonso Smith, Wake (2005- )
18 John Talley, Duke (2003-06)
** If you're curious, the onside-kick situation is covered by Rule 6, Section 4, Article I, which reads as follows: "A player of the receiving team within the boundary lines attempting to catch a kick, and so located that he could have caught a free kick or a scrimmage kick that is beyond the neutral zone, must be given an unimpeded opportunity to catch the kick (A.R. 6-3-1-III, A.R. 6-4-1-V and A.R. 6-4-1-X).
a. This protection terminates when the kick touches the ground, when any player of Team B muffs a scrimmage kick beyond the neutral zone, or when any player of Team B muffs a free kick in the field of play or in the end zone (Rule 6-5-1-a) (A.R. 6-4-1-IV)."
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