I originially hoped to get out to the women's soccer opener last night, but due to the lateness of football practice and some other things going on it never happened. The Deacs won 2-1 and overtime, and the Journal has a bit of a report here.

I am almost positive I'll be at tonight's men's soccer scrimmage and will probably do some live blogging. Game starts at seven so stop by and check it out.

Elsewhere, Heather Dinnich at ESPN.com posted several Wake-related items, including this video (with Lou Holtz and Mark May showing the Deacs some love) and this post about Trey Bailey.

I'm headed to football practice in a couple hours. I should have a report up around noon. Enjoy your Saturday!

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I can't tell you how ready I am to finally see this team play. I know the next six days are going to move much to slowly for my liking. All the previews floating around don't make things easier, particularly this most recent effort ACC Nation put together - a great interview with Stan Cotten.

I've missed out on some items the last couple days, so here's a recap:

I even missed this one at first this morning: Lenox Rawlings thinks we'll see Wake in the ACC Championship game. I like it!

I think J.P. Giglio underestimates the Deacs when he says their most realistic scenario this season is "seven to eight wins and a decent bowl trip."

Misdirection...blah...blah...blah.

Still, you've got to love a third Wake article from the N&O in one 24 hour period.

The AP reminds us Wake isn't just a basketball school anymore.

Coach Grobe actually has to worry about complacency - amazing how that happened!

For those who have an interest in keeping up with Dean Hood at EKU, here's a preview of the Colonels.

I'll be out at this afternoon's practice, so look for a report afterwards. I also may head out to women's soccer's opener against Utah. We'll see if that fits the schedule or not.

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We've been all football, all the time for awhile here at Old Gold & Blog, and although there's still plenty of that to cover this morning we're also going to take the opportunity to branch out ever so slightly.

Last night (Monday) was another good practice. My coverage is here, and there's this from the official site.

Dan Collins keeps us updated with his football notebook and this feature on Sam Swank.

One Arizona reporter thinks his Wildcats will be facing Wake Forest in the Emerald Bowl. He had better be wrong.

Lucas Caparelli, best known for being kicked off the team and out of school at Wake for posting threating messages on Facebook, will be playing at Texas Southern.

I promised some non-football news, so here it is. Women's soccer was picked fifth in the preseason ACC poll. Former Demon Deacon Kelly Dolton has arrived in China as a member of America's field hockey team. Finally, the baseball team has picked up a commitment from Philadelphia area shortstop Mark Rhine.

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Could a bye week have come at a better time? With all the upsets on Saturday I'm pretty glad we don't have to play Duke until next week. Considering our track record against them, and how unpredictable yesterday turned out to be, the bye appears to have come at a good time (not to mention the time it gives Riley, etc).

Kudos to South Florida, Colorado, Auburn, Kansas State, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Illinois, and Florida State; all of whom upset teams in the top 25. I don't know the last time that many teams were upset, but I'm guessing it's pretty rare.

Particular congratulations to Maryland and Florida State for representing the conference well against solid opponents from BCS conferences. Maryland's victory has to make you feel even better about last weeks win, and FSU's win makes me even more excited but nervous about their trip to Winston.

I had some other stuff going on this weekend and did not get to catch much on TV besides Auburn upsetting Florida and a little bit of the Falcons/Texans game this afternoon (yuck), but overall it seems to have been a pretty exciting sports weekend. Hopefully the Deacs got well rested and are prepared to take care of business next weekend!

I'm not going to spend any significant time on these, but CSTV posted a couple of articles this weekend about our field hockey and volleyball teams, and Monday's Journal has an article about women's soccer tying Virginia on Sunday.

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