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Behind Enemy Lines: Q&A With Hammer and Rails
It has been a long time since Wake Forest and Purdue faced each other on the football field. The last time the Deacs and Boilermakers played, future NFL QB Kyle Orton was squaring off against future ACC Player of the Year Chris Barclay all the way back in 2003. To get us a little more […]
Scouting Report: Purdue Boilermakers
The first year of Barry Odom’s tenure at the helm at Purdue was pretty much the exact opposite of what Dickert pulled off at Wake Forest—after starting the season 2-0 with wins over Ball State and Southern Illinois, the Boilermakers lost their final 10 games of the season, finishing the year with a 53 point […]
Wake Forest Basketball Adds Georgia Transfer Justin Abson
The Deacs are adding some more front court depth to the 2026-27 roster—whether he will actually be allowed to play is still up for debate. Abson is a 6-9 forward who played at App State for 2 seasons before finishing out his 4 year career with the Georgia Bulldogs. In his senior year with Georgia, […]
Recap: Wake Forest Breezes Past Akron 38-16
The 2026 season kicked off last night, and, if the first game is any indication, the Deacs may be even better than they were last season. The 38-16 final score was really not indicative of how much Wake Forest dominated the game—the Deacs got up as much as 38-3 in the 4th quarter before the […]
Game Thread: Wake Forest Demon Deacons (0-0) vs Akron Zips (0-0)
Game Info Time: 7:00 PM Thursday, September 3rd, 2026 Location: Winston Salem, NC | Allegacy Stadium (31,500 capacity, FieldTurf) TV: ACC Network Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Wake Forest Sports Twitter: @WakeFB | @BloggerSoDear | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeFootball Uniforms: Matte Black Helmets, Black Jerseys, Gold Pants Spread: Wake -24.5 Over/Under: 47.5 ESPN Matchup Predictor: […]
Scouting Report: Akron Zips
The Deacs kickoff the season against the Akron Zips this Thursday at 7PM on ACC Network. Since Akron has not played a game yet this season, this scouting report is going to be forced to focus mainly on what the Zips did last year, so it may not be the best look into what the […]
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It’s a big day for Blogger So Dear. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Demon Deacons. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition […]
Wake Forest Releases Week 1 Depth Chart
The Deacs have released the unofficial depth chart for their week 1 game against Akron, and it is—for the most part—what was expected. On the offensive side, the only real surprises are at tackle. Tolu Olajide starting at left tackle and redshirt freshman Aidan Martin getting the start over redshirt junior George Steih, who started […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Season Predictions
The offseason is officially over, because the Wake Forest Demon Deacons play football in exactly 1 week! As always, its time to try to take a guess on how the Deacs will perform this season and where they will end up in the standings. Last season, the Deacs were given a 4.5 game win total […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Special Teams
Special teams were a bit of a mixed bag last season for the Deacs. There were games when a special teams play ended up winning the game for Wake Forest, and there were games were a special teams play arguably cost the Deacs the game. The kicking units—field goal, kickoff, kick return—were pretty solid all […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Defensive Backs
The Wake Forest secondary had one of, if not the, best turnarounds in college football last season. The Deacs held opponents to a 59% completion rate (down from 70% in 2025) for 207 yards (down from 279 in 2025) and 0.9 touchdowns per game (down from 1.9 in 2025) through the air. Unfortunately for the […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Linebackers
Like the rest of the defense, the linebackers were very good for Wake Forest last season. Unfortunately, the Deacs will have to replace 2 extremely talented redshirt seniors from that squad in Dylan Hazen and Quincy Bryant, who combined for 105 games, 438 tackles, 35.5 TFL, 3 sacks, and 4 interceptions over their illustrious Wake […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Defensive Line
The revival of the defense was the biggest reason for Wake’s incredible 9 win season last year. The Deacs gave up just 22 points (45th) and 328 (28th) yards per game after multiple seasons of being one of the worst defenses in the power 4 conferences. In 2024, the Deacs held just 1 opponent, NC […]
ACC Lands 3 Teams on Preseason AP Top 25
The preseason AP Top 25 poll was released today, and the ACC has 3 members represented: Miami at 7, SMU at 19, and Louisville at 24. These 3 teams all have something in common—they all play Wake Forest this season. The Deacs will play 2025 National Runner Up #7 Miami at home in week 3. […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Offensive Line
Offensive line is not the flashiest position on the field, but it is where games are won and lost. It doesn’t matter how good the rest of the team is, if the line can’t block, the offense isn’t going to score very many points. Unfortunately for the Deacs, they will be looking to replace 4 […]
2026 Wake Forest Football Preview: Tight End
The tight end position was starting to lose its importance in the Wake Forest offense towards the end of the Clawson era—that changed under 1st year head coach Jake Dickert. Between Eni Falayi, Kamrean Johnson, and Dominic Deluca, the Wake Forest tight ends combined for 33 receptions for 357 yards and 3 touchdowns in 2025, […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Wide Receiver
The good news for Wake Forest is that they are getting back their top pass catcher from a season ago in senior Carlos Hernandez. The bad news is that almost every other player on the team who caught a pass last season is gone—outside of Hernandez, the only returning wide receiver who caught a pass […]
2026 Wake Forest Preview: Running Backs
The obvious difference between last season and this season at the running back position is that the Deacs will be without Demond Claiborne, who was drafted in the 6th round of the NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. While Claiborne had somewhat of a down year in 2025 (finished with under 75 rushing yards in […]
2026 Wake Forest Football Preview: Quarterbacks
We are exactly 1 month away from opening night against the Akron Zips in Allegacy Stadium! As fall camp begins for the team, it’s time to start diving into the roster to see what the Deacs have in store for us come September. While Wake Forest had a hugely successful 2025 in Jake Dickert’s first […]
Wake Forest Football: Roster Recap
ACC Kickoff is underway in Charlotte and that means football season is right around the corner. With just a little under 2 months until kickoff for the season opener against Akron on September 3rd, it is time to start slowly releasing the annual preseason position breakdowns for the 2026 Wake Forest Football team. Since college […]
Wake Forest Basketball: 2026-27 Non-Conference Schedule Released
The Deacs have released the full non-conference schedule for the 2026-27 season, and if you were hoping for some exciting home games before conference play starts, you are probably out of luck. Here’s a quick rundown of the schedule since the graphic above only has logos: If the goal of this schedule was to make […]
Wake Forest Adds Slovenian Guard Lukas Bojovic
The Deacs have finally added what should the be the final piece of the 2026-27 basketball team with Slovenia’s Lukas Bojovic. Bojovic is a 6-5 wing player who most recently played for the BC Partizan NiS Beograd U19 team in the Serbian ABA league. In the 2025-26 season, he averaged 22.2 points, 5.6 assists, 2.4 […]
NCAA Adopts Age-Based Eligibility Rule
The NCAA has officially adopted new rules regarding the eligibility of student athletes. The new model gives athletes 5 total years of eligibility starting when they enroll in college or when they turn 19, whichever occurs first, and includes exceptions for pregnancy, military service, and religious missions. While athletes gain an extra year of eligibility, […]
Wake Forest Basketball: Transfer Portal Recap
I was trying to wait for the Deacs to add another point guard before posting this transfer portal recap for the basketball team, but it’s the middle of June and I’m starting to think that isn’t going to happen anymore (Wake did add Dimitrije Kovacevic in the middle of August last year, so I guess […]
Wake Forest Draws LSU for ACC-SEC Challenge
At first reported by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, Wake Forest will be heading to Baton Rogue for the ACC-SEC challenge to take on the LSU Tigers. This will be the 6th game between the Deacs and the Tigers since 2015, with LSU holding a 3-2 advantage in the recent series. The Deacs won the first […]
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