Duke Blue Devils Quarterback Malik Murphy caused some controversy over the weekend when he raised his middle fingers to the sky after throwing a touchdown pass against Virginia Tech.
Murphy threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns in the 31-28 win The Hokies. Every touchdown was thrown to Eli Pancol.
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Duke Blue Devils quarterback Malik Murphy, #6, smiles during the second half of the game against the Virginia Tech Hokies on November 23, 2024 at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. (Jaylynn Nash-Imagn Images)
However, the middle finger incident was enough to spark a reaction from Duke head coach Manny Diaz, who said Monday that the quarterback is facing internal discipline.
Diaz explained that Murphy was referring to offensive coordinator Jonathan Brewer after they had an “argument” before the game.
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Duke Blue Devils head coach Manny Diaz watches from the sideline during the second quarter against the Miami Hurricanes on November 2, 2024 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)
“There was a practice in the middle of last week when we were throwing post after post after post, and we weren’t finishing them,” Diaz said. “And it happened over and over again. And at the end of it, a joking comment was made, ‘If you throw a post for a touchdown in a game, you can flick me,'” the coach said. Brewer.”
Middle fingers caught on ACC Network broadcasts. Brewer said he saw Murphy point on the replay.
“Some of the things you say on the field when you’re coaching obviously don’t mean it literally when you’re trying to get somebody in that world,” he said. be taken.”
Duke quarterback Malik Murphy, #6, looks to throw during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Durham, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Carl BD Blacker)
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The season ends Saturday against Duke. Wake Forest.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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