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A class of committed players rated in the top 50 nationally suffered defections after Mike Elko left for Texas A&M. But new Duke coach Manny Diaz retained the vast majority of the recruits.
For a second consecutive week, the New Orleans Saints, led by a defensive mastermind in head coach Dennis Allen, swarmed the opposing offense to mount a 24-6 victory over the New York Giants. Though the Saints opened up Sunday’s game slow offensively, the team was able to catch a second.