Everything Manny Diaz said after Ole Miss beat Duke in Gator Bowl Duke head coach Manny Diaz and Blue Devils wide receiver Jordan Moore spoke with the media after Ole Miss beat them in the Gator Bowl, 52-20. Here’s what they had to say to reporters. MANNY DIAZ: First of all, congratulations to Ole Miss. They played a great game. It was a great — this week has been a great week for Duke football, the entire experience, the Gator Bowl committee, the green coats, the green jackets have been phenomenal, and we learned a great lesson tonight, which is really what we needed, where our program is, is to be in a game like this in a setting like this against an opponent like that, a team who is going to be difficult to beat when you’re playing well, but to make the mistakes that we made, and we’ve It was possession downs in the first half. They were able to drive the ball and maintain possession of it because they were unable to leave the field while playing defense, which is something we believe we should be able to do at our core. So it’s a great thing for us to unpack all off-season. I think this game will provide tremendous fuel for our football team in our off-season program and through summer workouts. We’re going to really, really miss this senior class, including this guy sitting right here next to me. Phenomenal leaders, phenomenal players, phenomenal men that I’m really proud of in terms of not just what’s next for them in their football career but what they’ll do in life, because I do think this is a school They do what they do, sort of. They are rather easy. ...
