In what was a defensive slugfest for much of the game, it was the Duke Blue Devils who escaped Charlottesville with a huge ACC road win against the Virginia Cavaliers in a rematch from last year's league championship, 19-16.

It's a big win for head coach Manny Diaz, who gets his program over the hump of a two-game skid and now faces a favorable two-week stretch against Boston College and NC State before a season-defining game against the Miami Hurricanes. One could argue this was the defining moment for Duke and Diaz, as we take a look at the biggest takeaways from Friday night's victory against Virginia.

Duke's First Half Struggles Continue

The Blue Devils have not been a first-half team since the bye week. Their struggles continued in the first 30 minutes, and it didn't help that the offense lost Walker Eget with a finger injury to his right hand that kept him out for that period.…