Wake Forest vs. SMU: Close Game Analysis & Insights

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00:00This is a blue-collar team in Wake Forest.

00:02They're 4-2 overall.

00:04You just look at this team, very physical now in back-to-back games.

00:07They've stepped up.

00:08They are getting consistent quarterback play.

00:11SMU only a three-and-a-half-point road favorite against the Demon Deacons.

00:16Early look, how do you see this game playing out?

00:19I think it's going to be a close game.

00:21It's going to come down to like two or three points.

00:23Wake Forest is running a two-game win streak.

00:25They're both moving upward in their efforts and their ability as a football team.

00:31I really like the way their new coach is playing at Wake Forest.

00:35I think they're, what, 5-2, 4-5, and 4-2 for the season.

00:39And it'll be a good game.

00:40I think SMU is on a roll.

00:42I think they'll win this game.

00:43But I would say this one's going to be a 28-27 type of ball game

00:47that SMU is going to have a chance to win.

00:50Yeah, what's interesting is they're 2-2 at home this year, Wake Forest,

00:54with Dickert, the former Washington State head coach.

00:58He's gone with a couple of quarterbacks, Robbie Ashford,

01:00for the beginning part of the season.

01:02Then Ashford went down.

01:03He turned to the backup, and they dominated Oregon State a couple of weeks ago.

01:07So they are really coming into their own.

01:10He's starting to weed the players out that fit the scheme, that don't fit the scheme.

01:13I'll just say this.

01:15When you just look at Wake Forest, even last year with Dave Klaassen,

01:181-5 at home, which is very untypical of the Demon Deacons.

01:22This year they're 2-2 overall, undefeated on the road.

01:26So we'll see how that game plays out.

01:28And Coach and I will certainly break down that game later in the week

01:32as we inch closer to week number nine.

01:34We haven't talked about North Carolina and Bill Belichick

01:38because Miami stole the show on Friday night.

01:41North Carolina played last Friday night.

01:43It was a late-night affair.

01:45They had an opportunity to knock off Cal.

01:47The kid fumbles going into the end zone, Coach.

01:50They lose it 21-18.

01:53They now come back home.

01:54It's a rivalry game against top-ranked Virginia.

01:58North Carolina catching 10.5 points in this game.

02:02I have to take the points with Belichick in this matchup early on.

02:06You know what?

02:06And I was going to say, that's the best game they've played and lost to Cal.

02:10They should have won the game.

02:12I feel so bad for that player because of how close it was any time the team

02:17goes through the suffering that they've gone through

02:20and the transition of a coaching staff and all that.

02:23And Cal's been playing really good.

02:24That would have been a great win for them.

02:27And if they're playing as good as I think they're playing,

02:29that's just too many points for them to have to get beat by.

02:35So I do like their points.

02:36I don't know that they can win the football game.

02:38I'm not going to pick them to beat Virginia

02:39because I think that Virginia now sees the prize.

02:43They see the goal line and what they can accomplish this year.

02:46But I think North Carolina finally sees some improvement in their football team.

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