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Wake Forest 53, Presbyterian 13
ACC Now | News & Observer — It will get more challenging from here for Wake Forest but the Deacons’ season-opening 53-13 victory over Presbyterian Thursday night at BB&T Field provided an encouraging start for the redesigned Deacons. With redshirt sophomore Ted Stachitas making his first start at quarterback, the Deacons rolled to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and spent a good portion of the warm evening evaluating its potential strengths and weaknesses. It figured to be a one-sided opener considering Presbyterian – in the fourth year of its move up to Division I football – was coming off an 0-11...
12 hours agoBig inning helps Yellow Jackets rout Deacs 14-6
Winston-Salem Journal — ATLANTA, Ga.
August 29, 2010Defensive end picks Deacs over Cavs
Winston-Salem Journal — Defensive end Zach Thompson made life a bit more difficult for his father when he decided this week to play football at Wake Forest.
August 29, 2010Three Deacons could be going to NFL
Winston-Salem Journal — When NFL personnel came calling at Wake Forest’s pro day last month in near-record numbers, there was a reason: good football players.
August 29, 2010
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- Duke's Singler has arthroscopic knee surgery Above the Rims | Charlotte Observer Duke senior forward Kyle Singler, who was named the most outstandidng player of the 2010 Final Four, had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this afternoon at the Duke University Medical Center, the school announced.Singler is expected to make a full recovery before the start of practice on Oct. 15.“Kyle had some discomfort in his knee following a very busy summer so we elected to go in and clean it up prior to the start of the season,” said Duke associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski. “By all accounts, today’s surgery was a success and Kyle will be back at full strength before the start o...
- Trustees' chair backs Davis, Baddour Observations from 50-yard Line | Charlotte Observer UNC Board of Trustees chair Bob Winston said he is "extremely saddened and disappointed" with the school's football scandal today, but said he backs coach Butch Davis and athletic director Dick Baddour as the Tar Heels move forward.Twelve UNC players are being held out of Saturday's season opener against LSU, and three more have not made the trip to Atlanta for the game but may be cleared in time to play."I think we have the right guy as our coach," Winston said. "I feel that Butch Davis is going to take a look at what’s happened and will figure the best way to move forward. And I think he is ...
- Former UNC president on football: "Great sadness" Observations from 50-yard Line | Charlotte Observer In the early 1960s, then-UNC President William Friday had to deal with a point-shaving scandal involving basketball players at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State.Now long retired, Friday, 90, has been thinking about those bad old days a good bit lately as he follows the scandal enveloping the football program at Carolina."For people who care about the university, this is a moment of great sadness," Friday said today. "We've gone 50 years without even the remotest allegation of wrongdoing at Chapel Hill.Athletic ethics is an issue dear to Friday's heart. For more than 15 years, he co-chaired the Kn...
- Grading Hurricanes vs. FAMU (plus Shannon talks 2003 Fiesta Bowl and other notes) 'Canes Watch | Palm Beach Post Remember that class in college where you barely paid attention and still received an ‘A’? That’s probably the way UM felt following its season-opening 45-0 victory against Florida A&M.; OFFENSE: Hard to quibble with anything here. UM’s first-team offense scored on each of its first-half possessions (with the exception of its ...
- Breaking down Georgia Tech and S.C. State Tech Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution 3 keys to the game Establish the A-backs. The keys to stopping an option team are to take away the quarterback and B-back. Assuming that S.C. State tries to do that, the A-backs will need to make big plays on the edge. Neither Roddy Jones nor Embry Peeples provided a home-run rushing threat last season. Look for them to break a big play early. Find a wide receiver. Who will provide the downfield threat that Demaryius Thomas was last season? Few remember that Thomas posted relatively modest numbers in 2008 (627 yards receiving), before totaling 1,154 yards last year. Will it be Kevin Cone? Will...