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Duke celebrates win, but not for too long

By Gregg Doyel
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 4, 2002

DURHAM, N.C. -- The last time Duke coach Carl Franks saw them, both his goal posts were being carried up the steps and out of Wallace Wade Stadium, Duke students looking like a horde of ants making off with the picnic's prized banana. Franks didn't know exactly what to feel. Elation? Sure, but maybe a little regret, too. "I hate it that we tore down the goal posts for one win," he said. Before beating East Carolina 23-16 Saturday, the Blue Devils had last won a game in 1999, a streak of 23 lo ...

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