Nikita Whitlock hobbled over to the wall at practice yesterday wearing a boot, but he wasn’t on crutches. He said he probably won’t play this week against Army, but did say he would be back by the Duke game on Sept. 29. I mentioned that if he got to play 10 regular-season games this year, that was far better than returning prematurely and re-injuring his sprained ankle to the degree it would impair him for weeks on end.