Wake Forest's 42-10 blowout of visiting Western Carolina on Saturday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, took more than six hours to complete, but the Demon Deacons didn't even need one minute to score on any of their six touchdown drives.
It wasn't pretty, but the Demon Deacons squeaked by with a narrow victory last week over Kennesaw State. Demond Claiborne went down with an injury and is questionable for this week.
After beginning their season with a week one win over Kennesaw State, the Demon Deacons hope to take that and run with it, leading to back-to-back wins against Western Carolina.
"Built in the dark" has been the new mantra under head coach Jake Dickert. With darkness comes obscurity, and the Deacs' performance on Friday night was obscure.
It was dirty, scrappy, and not pretty for most of the night, but the Wake Forest Demon Deacons are 1–0 after beating the Kennesaw State Owls, 10–9 on Friday night at Allegacy Stadium.
New head coach Jake Dickert uses the motto “Built in the dark” to describe the work ethic for Wake Forest. There were times in Friday night’s 10-9 home win over Kennesaw State when the game was being played in the dark.
The focal point of the Wake Forest offense is not some state secret. There is no cloak and dagger as to the blueprint. Yes, there is a new head coach, a new starting quarterback, and a new offense for the Demon Deacons.
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Last week, Wake Forest defensive back Nick Andersen and running back Demond Claiborne were two of the four players who represented the team at ACC Kickoff in Charlotte.