Wake Forest Football

Spring football underway

March 6, 2019 Brett Friedlander

If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]

Which in-state players helped, hurt themselves at the NFL Combine

March 6, 2019 Shawn Krest

Seventeen players from North Carolina colleges participated in the NFL Combine over the weekend and draft fortunes diverged after their performance on the various events at the annual prospect evaluation in Indianapolis. One of the […]

Colleges finish up football recruiting classes

February 13, 2019 Shawn Krest

The early signing period in December once again took much of the drama out of last Wednesday’s National Signing Day. Of the 137 players signed by the seven FBS school in North Carolina, 112 signed […]

NC comes out ahead in bowl games

January 9, 2019 Cory Lavalette

The college football bowl season, with the exception of the four-team playoff that ended with Clemson’s national championship victory Monday, was largely defined by who didn’t play rather than who did. It’s a phenomenon that […]

Newman leads Wake Forest past Memphis 37-34 in bowl comeback

December 22, 2018 John Zenor, AP Sports Writer

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jamie Newman’s season started on a sour note and finished on a sweet one. Newman ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 34 seconds left to cap a big performance and Wake Forest’s […]

North Carolina schools are going bowling

December 5, 2018 Brett Friedlander

NC State football coach Dave Doeren spent a good portion of his postgame press conference Saturday politicking for his Wolfpack to be selected to “an elite bowl” and earn a spot in the national rankings. […]

Bowl game on the line for Deacons at Duke

November 21, 2018 Shawn Krest

For the second year in a row, Duke and Wake Forest close out the regular season with one team fighting for its postseason life. Last season, the Blue Devils traveled to Winston-Salem looking to get […]

Demon Deacons face rocky path to bowl eligibility

November 14, 2018 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest’s path to a bowl game became much clearer with last Thursday’s upset win at NC State. The Deacs improved to 5-5, one win away from becoming eligible for their third straight bowl game, […]

Anatomy of a game-winning play

November 9, 2018 Shawn Krest

RALEIGH — Every Wednesday, Wake Forest practices the two-minute drill. They’ve followed that schedule since Dave Clawson took over as coach. Whether it’s preseason or regular season, every Wednesday, the offense is given the game […]

Wake Forest blows out Louisville 56-35 for first ACC victory

October 28, 2018 By Gary B. Graves, AP Sports Writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Wake Forest running back Matt Colburn II couldn’t believe the space he had on many of his carries against Louisville. While that says a lot about the Demon Deacons’ run blocking, the […]