Tony Romo watches Duke beat Wake Forest amid the Cameron Crazies

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was blamed by many Duke basketball fans last year for jinxing the Blue Devils, who lost to 14th-seeded Mercer in the NCAA tournament.

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Romo had visited Duke weeks before the tournament and some believed his habit of early exits from the NFL playoffs rubbed off on the Blue Devils.

But there was Romo Wednesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium amongst the Cameron Crazies cheering on the Blue Devils as they annhilated Wake Forest 94-51. The third-ranked Blue Devils won their 27th game with Romo looking on and look to be on their way to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

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Romo and his teammates DeMarco Murray and Jason Witten along with Cowboys coach Jason Garrett, visited Duke this week to spend some time talking with coach Mike Krzyzewski. Garrett explained why they make such trips in the offseason during an interview with the Dallas Morning News last month at the scouting combine in Indianapolis.

“That’s a big part of what we do, encouraging our coaches to really be thoughtful about taking a trip,” Garrett told the Morning News.” We call it, ‘one-day, learning excursions.’ Go somewhere in football, outside of football, in town, out of town and try to spend some time with somebody who has been successful in what they do and hopefully we can learn from  and come back and grow as an individual. Hopefully it helps us grow as a staff and as a football team. We’re going to do some of those things as this off-season progresses.”

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[Kyle Ringo is the assistant editor of The Dagger on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at kyle.ringo@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @KyleRingo