Duke’s path to the 2025 ACC Championship Game was a minor miracle wrapped in a series of perfectly timed results. The Blue Devils needed California to upset No. 21 SMU on Saturday night, and they did. When SMU’s Sam Keltner missed a 52-yard field goal wide right with three seconds remaining, Duke was headed to Charlotte. Cal’s interim head coach, Nick Rolovich, making his debut on the sidelines, didn’t let the opportunity slip to turn Duke’s good fortune into something meaningful.

Rolovich took to social media with a pointed but light-hearted suggestion. He wrote, “Congratulations to @DukeFOOTBALL for making it to the @ACCFootball championship game. In this season of gratitude, I think it would be a fine gesture for Coach Diaz and all happy Duke fans to make a donation to a charity of the

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