Duke's Two-Game Winning Streak Was Fun In Theory

I spent most of my Saturday getting irresponsibly rocked, but that was about the only thing that didn't feel strange. In Los Angeles, it rained all day. Buckets. And then Syracuse pulled off what was numerically the biggest upset in college football history. I was ready for just about anything, up to and including the unthinkable: Duke winning two games in consecutive weeks against DI teams without having to sell out and take a date with a Sun Belt team. During a particularly inspired fifteen minutes, I was halfway through preparing the celebratory post for their victory over Navy. And let's face it: you gotta be pretty heartless to root against Navy provided you didn't go to some other service academy.

For however long, order was restored as the Middies mounted a furious comeback to avoid the ignominy of getting bested by the former losers of 22-straight, ending the 46-43 firefight (over 1,000 total yards! For reals!) with a 44-yard field goal. Despite the increasingly impressive play of sophomore gunslinger Thaddeus Lewis (427 passing yards on Saturday), it's unlikely that Duke will get a better chance at victory until at least November, since their conference slate is particularly unforgiving. Then again, they round out against Notre Dame and UNC, so maybe hope of an actual two-game winning streak isn't so far fetched after all.