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Name: Tom Shanahan
Date registered: April 8, 2018
URL: http://shanahanreport.com

Latest posts

  1. Here is the unromantic Alabama Rose Bowl story the media won’t tell you — December 27, 2023
  2. My Michigan State history lesson for UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz — December 11, 2023
  3. Antonio Gates on his fatherly advice for his namesake and Nick Saban’s advice he ignored — September 22, 2023
  4. Another round of realignment brings up folly of adopting legends — September 7, 2023
  5. Air Coryell, the offense that changed football, lands in Canton — August 6, 2023

Most commented posts

  1. Pat Narduzzi rebuilt Pitt with model his old boss used to close in on Duffy — 3 comments
  2. Duke football isn’t one of Kirk Herbstreit’s white flag teams — 2 comments
  3. Brian Kelly says Notre Dame QB competition is closer but better — 2 comments
  4. Ian Book’s play answering questions why Notre Dame recruited him — 1 comment
  5. Don Coryell’s Hall-of-Fame case supported by Pro Bowl record — 1 comment

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Sep
24
2021

David Cutcliffe brought stability to Duke that Kansas continues to seek

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DURHAM — There’s no better weekend than this one for Duke alumni and fans to appreciate David Cutcliffe coaching his 14th season in Durham. Kansas (1-2), the opponent Duke (2-1) faces at 4 p.m. Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium, continues to be mired in changing coaches every few years – a vicious cycle Duke escaped …

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Sep
24
2021

Army’s support system pushes Captain Broughton

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One of the secrets of military service academy athletic programs is the academic instructors aren’t professors. They aren’t on campus to write papers, publish books, appear on TV and radio talk shows and earn advanced degrees that enhance their department chair’s portfolio. Foremost, they’re teachers on a campus of only 4,000 cadets. The instructors are …

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Sep
19
2021

Ken Burns and Muhammad Ali are a knockout one-two punch

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What’s left to learn about Muhammad Ali? Plenty. That is, if Ken Burns is involved. He is, releasing his latest Public Broadcast System documentary in four two-hour parts, Sunday at 8 p.m. ET through Wednesday. Appropriately, it’s simply titled, “Muhammad Ali.” We’ve already read multiple thick biographies, watched previous documentaries and movies on the big …

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Sep
19
2021

Duke makes a victory formation statement against Northwestern

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DURHAM – Duke’s rebuilding football program went into a victory formation to finish of Northwestern 30-23 Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium. Actually, three straight kneel-down snaps to expire the clock. That has been considered the most convincing sign yet that Duke can end a two-year bowl drought after a dismal 2-9 season. Duke led …

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Sep
17
2021

Army’s Braheam Murphy is a modern-day “West Point Story”

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“The West Point Story” was a late 1950s TV series that aired on both CBS and ABC as a drama. Episodes included unknown actors such as Clint Eastwood, Chuck Connors and Leonard Nimoy on their way to iconic stardom. The plots were written from actual events, with the names changed. The Department of Defense cooperated, …

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Sep
16
2021

A first-year Duke starter’s growth draws the ACC Network’s attention

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ACC Network analyst Eric Mac Lain offered more than a routine break down of the conference’s top five quarterbacks through the first two weeks of the season. He was invited on Tuesday morning’s Packer and Durham Show to list them in order. Returning starters, naturally, topped his list. He named Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina’s …

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Sep
11
2021

Duke jump starts season with two second-quarter calls

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DURHAM – Duke football needed something to jump start its home opener. Heck, Blue Devils needed a jump start to their season against a second straight pesky non-Power 5 opponent. First there was an onside kick that the quarterback Gunnar Holmberg converted into a second straight touchdown drive for a 14-7 lead. The recovery and …

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Sep
09
2021

MEAC commissioner Dennis Thomas praises Duke for HBCU opportunities

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DURHAM — In July, The Athletic posted a story praising UCLA football – and rightly so — for scheduling future games with two HBCU schools, Alabama State in 2022 and North Carolina Central in 2023. The Bruins joined a trend of Power 5 schools sharing the wealth, but it’s nothing new at Duke. Blue Devils …

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Sep
08
2021

Duke’s Ben Frye asked to switch positions but never thought about transfer portal

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DURHAM – If Ben Frye played football like a modern-day college athlete, he’d be long gone from Duke. Instead, the graduate student is starting at defensive end in his fifth year at the school. In today’s world, the transfer portal redirects players – sometimes with snap decisions. Maybe they felt they weren’t getting enough playing …

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Sep
06
2021

The day Steve Mariucci put double-duty Tom Izzo back on a basketball path

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lan Haller now occupies the seat behind the big desk as Michigan State’s new athletic director. Mel Tucker has the football team off to an impressive start. All of this allows Tom Izzo to focus on the upcoming basketball season. No need for the school to seek double duty from Izzo when the athletic department …

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Sep
05
2021

College football evolves into a New Power 5

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College football’s Power 5 is a full-on misnomer. It formerly meant the Continental Divide between the Power 5 conferences – Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big-12 and Pac-12 – and the Group of Five, the remainder of the Football Bowl Subdivision schools, AAC, Conference-USA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt That’s no longer a definition. The …

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Aug
27
2021

Duke’s Jack Wohlabaugh not taking anything for granted

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DURHAM – These days Jack Wohlabaugh enjoys mundane pre-practice stretching periods. The Duke senior center also is excited performing other drills he has done enough times to do in his sleep now. No more taking things for granted. Missing a full season with a preseason injury will spur that kind of awakening. “I always got …

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Aug
24
2021

Nolan Cockrill learned Army football was the challenge he wanted

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College football recruiters require an eye for more than talent. They must also balance maturity to project future growth. Talent attracts scouts, but scholarship offers are based on next-level forecasts. At the service academies, though, there is an additional box for scouts to check. Can the prospect deal with the military lifestyle? It starts with …

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Aug
20
2021

Jimmy Raye among 1965 and 1966 national champion Spartans endorsing Alan Haller

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Spartans endorse Alan Haller as Michigan State’s next AD Jimmy Raye of Fayetteville, N.C., the South’s first Black quarterback to win a national title, and other Spartans from Michigan State’s 1965 and 1966 national championship teams have endorsed Alan Haller to be promoted as the school’s new athletic director. Raye rode College Football Coach Duffy …

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Aug
18
2021

Cutcliffe brings Bear Bryant’s towering view to Duke

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DURHAM – Duke coach David Cutcliffe reached back to his Alabama roots in the off season, purchasing a mobile tower for the practice field. He decided to “Bear” down his day-to-day practice role from a year ago. He’s gone from micro-managing the offense, calling plays as the offensive coordinator, to climbing a modern-style Bear Bryant …

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Aug
16
2021

Ken Burns commenting on importance of Michigan State’s 1960s football teams

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A conversation with Ken Burns, thanks to the National Sports Media Association. EPISODE 7: Ken Burns (click on video below) on a Michigan State football as an important story to tell and to understand. And announcement at the end about Raye of Light being adapted into a screen play. Ken Burns and Michigan State’s Milestone …

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