Tuesday night I got an e-mail from US Presswire asking me if I could head up to Durham for Georgia Tech’s game against Duke.  Well, not remembering that I still had high school football for the AJC on Friday night, I said yes.  So, Friday night around 11 p.m. I took off for North Carolina  to make sure I made the noon kick off.  6 hours, a bunch of random blood on my car (I really have no idea what happened), and 30 minutes of sleep later I shot the game at Duke’s Wallace Wade Stadium.

The venue was by far the smallest stadium I’ve ever been in, at only 33,000 or so seats so it made an interesting game day experience.

Probably the happiest Duke was the entire game.

Georgia Tech during warmups.

Buzz

Georgia Tech: Brad Jefferson (51) Duke: Charlie Hatcher (93)

Georgia Tech: Brad Jefferson (51) Duke: Re’quan Boyette (21)

Georgia Tech: Orwin Smith (17) Duke: Nick Maggio (47)

Georgia Tech: Demaryius Thomas (8)

Georgia Tech: Jerrard Tarrant (37) Duke: Tony Foster (80)

Georgia Tech: Josh Nesbitt (9)

Georgia Tech: Anthony Allen (18) Duke: Re’quan Boyette (21)

Georgia Tech: Brad Jefferson (51), Anthony Egbuniwe (41) Duke: Jay Hollingsworth(27), Danny Parker (88)

Georgia Tech: Sedric Griffin (54) Duke: Brett Hufman (87)

Georgia Tech fans

Duke: Johnny Williams (37)

Duke: Thaddeus Lewis (9)

Georgia Tech: Izaan Cross (94) Duke: Thaddeus Lewis (9)

Duke cheerleader

Georgia Tech: Jerrard Tarrant (37)

Georgia Tech: Jonathan Dwyer (21) Duke: Adam Banks (39), Michael Tooley (53)

Duke fan

Georgia Tech: Jonathan Dwyer (21) Duke: Damian Thornton (56), Matt Daniels (40), Adam Banks (39)

Georgia Tech: Embry Peeples (24) Duke: Vincent Rey (31)

Duke Blue Devil band

Georgia Tech: Jonathan Dwyer (21) Duke: Catron Gainey (23)

Georgia Tech

Duke: Conner Vernon (2)

The stadium, which only holds about 33k people.

Duke fan

Duke: Jeremy Ringfield (18)

Georgia Tech: Brad Jefferson (51) Duke: Danny Parker (88)

Georgia Tech: Scott Blair (14), Jemea Thomas (38) Duke: Desmond Scott (33)

Georgia Tech: Julian Burnett (40) Duke: Desmond Scott (33)

Georgia Tech: Michael Peterson (35), Sedric Griffin (54), Rashaad Reid (28) Duke: Conner Vernon (2)

Duke: Austin Kelly (83)

Georgia Tech: Marcus Wright (3) Duke: Jordon Byas (38), Damian Thornton (56)

Georgia Tech: Marcus Wright (3)

Georgia Tech: Richard Watson (32)

Georgia Tech: Tony Foster (80) Duke: Mario Edwards (33)