WAKE FOREST RUMORS & GOSSIP
Deacons offer Ohio OL
Wake Forest liked what they saw from Jon Benzey, a 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman from Mariemont High School in Cincinnati, Ohio and extended an offer. He claims 18 offers from an assortment of top D-1 programs, but likes what Coach Jonathan Himebauch told him about the Demon Deacons.
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New Billboard: Fire Jeff Bzdelik, Wake AD
Fed up Wake Forest basketball fans have made it abundantly clear that they want head coach Jeff...
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Lobo offers FL ATH
Wake Forest is looking for that elusive all-purpose back to find into their offensive spread attack. The staff extended an offer to Keith Harrington, a 5-foot-9, 176-pound running back/slot receiver out of Northeast High School in St. Petersburg, Fla.) Northeast. Harrington list of D-1 offers has increased to six this spring and is excited to receive his first from the ACC.
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Wake Forest fans take out billboard calling for firing of coach Jeff Bzdelik
Wake Forest fans are so frustrated that they have taken out a billboard calling for the firings of basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik, as well as AD Ron Wellman.
Anti-Wellman group funds billboard on major N.C. highway
Plans to erect a billboard expressing displeasure with both Wake Forest AD Ron Wellman and head basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik finally came to fruition on Saturday after a week of message board speculation about its actual existence. The easily visible black and gold message is located on a high-traffic stretch of NC Highway 52, between two exits for BB&T Field and Lawrence...
RCR Receives Family Busines of the Year Award from Wake Forest University
During a ceremony at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Thursday night, Richard Childress Racing received the Family Business of the Year Award, Large Business Category, from the school's Family Business Center.
The award was based off the economic impact and contributions RCR has made in their community through the years. RCR was recognized for the race team...
This Is How You Lose Them: Wake Forest Basketball Fans In Revolt
Wake Forest basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik has a fan problem.They don’t like him.The students don’t like him. The townies don’t like him. The Board of Trustees doesn’t like him. The alumni base especially doesn’t like him. And fair or not, the line between that dislike being personal or professional continues to blur in the aftermath of his third straight losing campaign...
Suspension of redshirt policy signals change for Wake Forest football
One of the staples of Jim Grobe's tenure at Wake Forest has been his desire to redshirt every incoming freshman to the program. The basic reasoning behind it is solid enough: 1) It gives freshmen one full year of coaching in the program without burning a year of eligibility, and 2) the athletes have a good chance to acclimate themselves to a rigorous academic curriculum...
Spring preview: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
2012 record: 5-7 overall, 3-5 ACC
Spring Practice opens: March 19
Spring game date: April 20
2012 in review: The Demon Deacons dropped six of their last eight games because the defense struggled too often and the offense ended up ranked No. 117 in the nation. Wake Forest scored 21 of fewer points in six of the last seven games, with the lone exception being a 28-14 win over Boston...
Via Fox Sports Carolinas
April 03, 2013
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Wake AD re-affirms support for Jeff Bzdelik
Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman says basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik will be back for a fourth season.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Wellman re-affirmed his support for Bzdelik and said he is ''very encouraged about the future of our program.''
The Demon Deacons have had three straight losing seasons and no postseason tournament appearances...
Via AP on Fox
March 26, 2013
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Photos: Wake Forest Has New Helmets, And They’re Actually Pretty Cool
Wake Forest is stepping up its recruiting game. On Saturday, the school unveiled a few new potential helmet designs on Twitter, and they’ve actually been getting some pretty positive reviews. Specifically, the black matte helmet is getting some love.
New helmets looking good! #GoDeacs twitter.com/DeacsRecruitin…
— Wake Football (@DeacsRecruiting) March 23, 2013
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Wake Forest unveils prototype football helmets
It’s not clear whether these helmets will be used by Wake Forest for the 2013-14 football season or not, but I hope the white one is. The white helmet with the Demon Deacon logo is a great new look and would look awesome on the field. The black helmet is decent, but the black on black makes it tough to see the logo and I’m not a huge fan of disguising your logo like that...
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Prostitution sting nabs poker champ
Greg Raymer, a World Series of Poker champ, was arrested after allegedly responding to an ad posted by police on a website often used by male prostitutes.
No. 10 Maryland 92, Wake Forest 81
Alyssa Thomas had the first triple-double in Atlantic Coast Conference tournament history, and No. 10 Maryland beat Wake Forest 92-81 in overtime in a quarterfinal Friday night.
Thomas - the league's two-time player of the year - had a career-high 32 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for her second triple-double this season. She helped the second-seeded Terrapins (24-6) sidestep...
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March 08, 2013
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Wake Forest Fans Take Out “Fire Bzdelik” Ad In Student Newspaper
When former Demon Deacons coach Dino Gaudio was fired in April of 2010, it was his lack of postseason success that was cited as the main reason for his dismissal. At this point, Wake Forest fans would welcome the mere thought of a postseason.
In his three years at the helm, Jeff Bzdelik has just ten ACC victories. For reference, UVA has ten ACC wins this year and is considered on...
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