DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke is breaking in a new quarterback. The Blue Devils offense still should look familiar.Redshirt freshman Daniel Jones makes his debut with the Blue Devils on Saturday night when they open the season against crosstown opponent North Carolina Central.Jones is the first freshman quarterback to start an opener at Duke since 1997, and just the fourth since 1951.Its a misnomer to think you have to be the guy in charge or win the game at quarterback, coach David Cutcliffe said. You dont. You just have to be more committed to your job than anyone else, first. Thats the role a quarterback leader has to take. Hes assuming that role rather easily.Jones took most of the first-team snaps during preseason camp while Thomas Sirk -- Dukes leading rusher and passer in 2015 -- worked his way back after tearing an Achilles tendon in a conditioning workout in February.Sirk reinjured the tendon during practice last week, finally giving the Blue Devils an answer -- though not the one they wanted -- to the will-he-or-wont-he question.Dukes hopes for a fifth straight bowl game rest with Jones, a redshirt freshman from Charlotte and a late addition to their 2015 recruiting class who has some of the same run-or-pass skills that Sirk has.Its the same system, so everyone in the quarterback room can do both, Jones said. Thats part of what (the coaches) want here, someone who has the ability to do both.The goal is to get him comfortable playing at this level against an opponent the Blue Devils historically have had no trouble beating: Duke has won all four meetings, all since 2009, by no fewer than 35 points apiece.N.C. Central won its last seven games of last season and claimed a share of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for the second straight year, but missed out on reaching the Celebration Bowl -- the new postseason game that matches the champions of the two highest-profile HBCU conferences.Some of these guys played with some of those young men (at Duke) over the course of their career, Central coach Jerry Mack said. Theyve got a chance to see these guys on television. ... Its a rivalry within a rivalry, so to speak, because the guys know one another.---Some things to know about the N.C. Central-Duke opener:- HAPPY RETURNS: Duke S DeVon Edwards enters his senior season with six career kickoff returns for touchdowns, one shy of the ACC and NCAA record. He probably wont get many chances this week because North Carolina Central might not kick off very often -- Duke has shut out the Eagles in both of their last two meetings.- THE OPENER: Duke has won four straight openers and is trying for five in a row for the first time since 1984-88. The Blue Devils have won the last four -- against Florida International, North Carolina Central, Elon and Tulane -- by a combined 180-46. Theyre 6-2 in openers under Cutcliffe.- UNFAZED EAGLES: N.C. Central probably wont be awestruck by facing the Blue Devils, since so many of the Eagles players took part in last years matchup. The year before, North Carolina Central opened at East Carolina. You have to grow up really fast, said Central QB Malcolm Bell, whose first career game came at Duke in 2013. They threw me in the fire. 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Garrett Bradbury Vikings Jersey .Y. -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Wednesday that J.Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has been playing through as good as a broken arm, coach Michael Cheika says, and wont play another Test until its fully healed.Polota-Nau was the surprise high-profile casualty from Cheikas 30-man squad on Thursday for the Rugby Championship clashes against South Africa and Argentina.The 31-year-old fractured his right arm for the second time while playing for the NSW Waratahs in March.Despite playing through significant pain in the June Test window and the early part of the Rugby Championship, hes still not 100 per cent, and after discussing the situation with Polota-Nau, Cheika said the best course of action was for him to stop.Hes as good as playing with a broken arm. His arm hasnt mended properly, Cheika told reporters on Thursday.Hes got the plate in there and hes been really pushing hard and its a real credit to him because its been tough for him.But thats enough now.Polota-Naus a player that we want. What hes adding in games has been really vital for us and hes a player we want in top condition going forward.His decision to either have a rest or operate or whatever it might be, well make in the next couple of weeks and decide then what happens for him for the rest of the season.Polota-Naus understudy at the Waratahs, Tolu Latu, has joined the squad as his replacement and is one of two uncapped players, along with winger Sefa Naivalu, in line to become Australias 10th Test debutant this year.Cheika said he would do everything he could to ensure Polota-Nau returned to SSuper Rugby as soon as possible, amid reports hes agreed to a big-money deal with English Premiership club Bristol.ddddddddddddeteran winger Drew Mitchell, lock Will Skelton and back-rower Ben McCalman have been left out of the side due to a lack of recent match fitness.Mitchell will return to his French club Toulon, leaving Will Genia as the last remaining European-based Wallaby.The Fiji-born Naivalu finally became eligible to represent Australia on Monday and Cheika said he was excited to see what he could offer the team.Weve been going through a bit of a changeover in a few positions and the idea is that were going to build more depth, he said.Young prop Allan Alaalatoa is also in the mix after overcoming the medial ligament strain he suffered in Brisbane, although Cheika admitted it was touch and go whether he would be right to take on the Springboks in Pretoria on October 1.The Wallabies face Argentina at Londons Twickenham Stadium a week later.Wallabies: Allan Alaalatoa, Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman, Quade Cooper, Kane Douglas, Scott Fardy, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Nick Frisby, Will Genia, James Hanson, Dane Haylett-Petty, Reece Hodge, Michael Hooper, Sekope Kepu, Samu Kerevi, Tevita Kuridrani, Tolu Latu, Sean McMahon, Stephen Moore (c), Luke Morahan, Dean Mumm, Sefania Naivalu, Nick Phipps, Tom Robertson, Rob Simmons, Scott Sio, James Slipper, Henry Speight, Lopeti Timani. 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