On a Roll...to a Bowl

Cheesy title? Stupid title? probably. Couldn't help myself though.

How about our Deacs? Against FSU, Navy, and today against UNC Wake has looked as good as they did any time last season. Today Wake played without making any significant mistakes giving up huge plays, turned the ball over exactly zero times, and solid performances out of just about everyone you wanted to see them out of. Where can we complain?

With two more defensive/special teams touchdowns (Marion kickoff return, Curry INT return), the Deacs now have nine on the season. When your defense can supplement the offense like that, winning football games isn't so difficult. Add to that another Curry interception, a fumble recovery, and you've got one of the better big play defenses around.

Josh Adams once again looked like a star. Although he failed to break the 100 yard mark to make it three weeks in a row, he scored two touchdowns and still put up 82 yards on 18 carries. You're not going to hear me complain about a 4.5 yard average. Riley was once again consistent, completing 12 of 15 passes for 133 yards. It was almost comforting to not need Kenny Moore to catch 12 passes for us to win. Instead he only had four, and Chip Brinkman actually had the most Wake receiving yards today.

The defense had two good looking interceptions today, and although they gave up 236 yards through the air, the secondary didn't really play poorly. They allowed a couple of slightly frustrating drives, but nothing worth getting upset about. The Carolina run was held to only 77 yards, with another good showing from the D-line. I would say that it was a relatively quite day for the defense, but mostly because they played well and kept Carolina's offense quite. That, to me, is a good day.

Kevin Marion showed some great speed and vision with two great kick returns, the first big one for a TD. Makes you wish he'd catch the ball so we could get the ball in his hands more often. Swank was predictably solid with three field goals, the longest being from 46 yards out. With his first field goal in the first quarter he became the leading scorer in Wake Forest history. Congrats, Sam.

So I was very impressed with Wake once again today. We played good, mistake free football. If we can keep this streak of solid play up, the end of this season should be a lot of fun.

Let's go bowling. But lets not stop here. If BC doesn't lose a couple for us, I want us to keep this up and make a run at something like the Chick-fil-a. We've got it in us.