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Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich

Finally.

Duke's athletic director is ready and willing to give Wallace Wade Stadium -- which feels as old as its namesake -- an upgrade, according to the Raleigh News & Observer.

Kevin White, who was recently hired from Notre Dame, met with reporters Monday and called the facility "antiquated at best."

The problem is, White said he doesn't know where to start. By acknowledging the subpar stadium, though, he already did.

Duke now has the two most important things in place to begin improving upon its embarrassing 4-42 record over the past four seasons -- a veteran head coach in David Cutcliffe and an administration to back him.

In other ACC news this morning. . . .

* This isn't exactly the picture you want for your player bio in the Clemson media guide, but apparently Tommy Bowden has his reasons for allowing DB DeAndre McDaniel to remain an "active member" of the team while he faces criminal assault charges.

* Here's a story for you that I'm all-too familiar with. I covered Maryland for the Baltimore Sun for two and a half seasons and wrote this very same story, which struck a nerve in the Gossett football building. At that time, PSU had gotten 9 of the top 11 players in Maryland. Here's my take on it this time around -- Maryland isn't going to be too concerned because these guys are going to pan out to be average players. How do I know? When's the last time you saw TWO phenomenal players come out of the same high school at the same time? PSU defensive line coach Larry Johnson got four kids from two high schools (Lackey and Eleanor Roosevelt). He's earned quite the reputation for plucking talent out of Maryland, but frankly, he's overrated as a recruiter. Aaron Maybin? Hasn't played. Antonio Logan-El? Quit the team. The list goes on.

* The only other news out of ACC country was unfortunate, as former Georgia Tech DB Jake Rudolph died on Sunday, according to the AJC.