In a battle between two of the ACC’s toughest teams, Duke’s defense held firm, but the offense couldn’t deliver when it mattered most. Missed red-zone chances and a critical turnover shifted momentum, allowing No. 12 Georgia Tech to pull away late for a 27–18 win in Durham. Head coach Manny Diaz was visibly frustrated afterward, lamenting how self-inflicted mistakes on offense overshadowed an otherwise resilient defensive effort.

Manny Diaz addressed the blunders in the post-game conference, “We were in control of the game everywhere except the scoreboard, just keep doing what we’re doing, it’s two great teams,” Diaz said. “We just gotta finish drives… The identity of the team we want to be, we want to pound that thing in there.”

“When two really good teams play against each other, it

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