Wake Forest / Boston College Running Blog

Good showing at Groves. The stands look filled, and the new artificial grass looks great as always. I've got my old Desmond Clark (now Nate Morton) #83 jersey on and ready to go.
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We're running all over them so far. The secret must be sending out Riley Skinner as a lead blocker - he never even blocks anyone, they just run away from him and Wake gets 15 yards. Case in point: TD Wake!
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Coming back from a commercial, they showed some display cases of WF athletic history - Len Chappell, Tim Duncan, etc. I passed by those displays when I worked for the Deacon Club - they're right outside their offices.
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Gattis lets an easy interception tumble out of his hands - but Wake gets the same field possession from the following punt. Matt Ryan seems to be a little off so far.
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So much for Ryan being off, he's starting to pick us apart. Yep, a too-easy TD pass from Ryan. Dude was wide open. At least we can still stop the run.
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I talked to Brian earlier today, he said he and Bear spoke to my parents and brother at Black & Gold scrimmage. I didn't even know they were going. Am I a bad son?
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Skinner is cruising like always. And I'm glad to see Lobo finally open up the offense for him. I wanna see what this kid can do. Ugh, which is apparently miss an open Moore that could have gone for 6. C'mon Riley.
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I looked up our sideline reporter Dr. Jerry Punch on Wiki to see what he's a doctor of. As it turns out, he's a full fledged MD. Not only that, he got it from Wake Med. Apparently he worked as a emergency room physician before he became a NASCAR pit reporter. Go figure.
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WIDE OPEN Nate Morton and a PERFECT throw from Skinner for 6! Oh here's to Wake Forest...
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WAKE!
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FOREST!
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WAKE!
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FOREST!
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Heavens... has Ryan thrown an incomplete pass since the first drive? They're throwing at will.
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3rd and 13... stop them Deacs! YES! INT GATTIS! Take that Ryan! And your pansy ankle too!
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According to ESPN2's graphic, we're playing Duke again next week. Awesome.
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Halftime! *slams head* [/Ace Ventura]
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"Wake Forest University: Small. Big. Tall." That's the best slogan we could come up with?
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And... we're back. And Ryan's back to picking our D apart.
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I'm grilling some chicken on my new electric skillet (thanks Mom!). I feel like I'm tailgating, only during the game.... and 500 miles away.
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BC 4th and tennnn..... YES! Stopped'em just shy. Wow. OK Riley let's blow this thing wide open.
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How bad of an actress is Jessica Simpson? She's from Texas, but her southern accent still sounds fake in those Direct TV commercials.
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KEVIN FREAKING MARION!!!! EIGHTY YARD TD REVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You gotta give it up for Kenny Moore. He was our best wide-out coming into the game, switched to half-back because of injury, and has just done a stellar job running the ball. He even had the final block on Kevin Marion's behemoth of a reverse.
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And now Nate Morton's tearing up the joint. Perfect form, just catching everything in sight. And did you know he was a quarterback in high school? I've never heard that before!
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They showed a graphic of what happened in 1944 (the last time Wake was 8-1). They left off my dad being three and my mom being an embryo.
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Aw, jeez, here comes that Ryan kid again. 1st and goal BC... not liking this.
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HUGE stop on 3rd and goal. If you're BC, do you go for it? Well, they are, annnnnnd they got it. Argh.
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Start of the 4th quarter... hold up your five fingers for Luke Abbate.
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I still don't understand the Best Buy commercial where the wife promises her husband to watch football *only* on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Thursday; aka the only days football is even on. It's completely nonsensical on so many levels. Will there ever be an explanation for this?
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Oh no... Wake fumble. Now BC has the ball close to the end-zone. I'm starting to feel ill. Under review. Please overturn... please overturn... PLEASE OVERTURN!!!
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YES!!! Overturned. There's a tornado warning flashing across the screen because all of Winston-Salem just exhaled.
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C'mon Wake. We just got a huge, possibly erroneous, gift. We need to stop them on this drive! A sack helps. Thank you, Mr. Tucker.
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And AGAIN Ryan is shredding us. Not just with his arm, but he's scrambling too! The guys got a bum ankle! WHAT ARE WE DOING? Oh no, Abbate's down. Repeat: Abbate's down! Send in the Marines! We need help! Panic!
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Big third down stop, annnnnnd... field goal missed! Yes!
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Riley Skinner came in with one interception, now he has two just in this game. Guess it comes with the territory of more open play-calling. Now we have to deal with the Ryan kid again. Not good. Is Abbate back yet?
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BC has completely given up on running the ball. Not that I blame them. OHHH! As I wrote that, they actually did run the ball, fumbled, AND NOW IT'S WAKE BALL!!! I LOVE IRONY!!!
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Great, we killed maybe 20 seconds off the clock with that possession. Ball back to BC at their 26, 3:42 left, 21-14 Wake Forest. I am officially nervous. Hold me.
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Naturally, Ryan goes right back to shredding our D apart. This is painful to watch. I'm starting to see a pattern: we either pressure Ryan and get a sack / Ryan throws it away, or we don't pressure Ryan and he completes it 15 yards down the field.
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One minute left.... Ryan goes long.... PATRICK GHEE INTERCEPTION IN THE END ZONE I LOVE YOU PLEASE HAVE MY BABIES OK I TAKE THAT BACK IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE ANYWAY BUT YOU'RE STILL THE MAN PATRICK GHEE!!!!!!!!!
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Ok, listen Wake. Hold on to that football. Run the clock. We got this.
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YES!!! WAKE WINS!!!!!
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Aww, the kids are storming the field. Can I call students "kids" now that I've graduated? What am I talking about, I called them kids when I was a student.
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OK, now that I've stopped crawling up the walls... that was huge. We're 8-1 for the first time since 1944, we control our own destiny towards the ACC championship game, and now we head down to Florida State whom we've NEVER beaten. Just an amazing win. Maybe the biggest regular season win in the history of Wake football. I'm in awe. I wish I could have been there (stupid law school). I just... I don't even know what to say. Go Deacs. GO FRIGGIN DEACS.
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Mom called from the parking lot at Groves. I guess you could say she was laughing hysterically. Can you blame the woman?