Duke’s final scrimmage of fall camp is later today, and Manny Diaz could get the final clarity he needs to make a decision on who starts at QB for the Blue Devils.
San Jose State transfer Walker Eget and rising sophomore Dan Mahan have been locked in a heated battle with little to no separation in the competition so far. While many have assumed that it was always Eget’s job to lose thanks to his significant edge in experience, Mahan has been neck-and-neck with him throughout.
In today’s scrimmage, the battle could be won or lost by either signal-caller, and as Diaz recently said, it might come down to which QB makes the fewest mistakes. Duke needs more of a caretaker than a playmaker at the quarterback spot this season, someone who isn’t going to lose them games with boneheaded miscues…