Wake Forest Post Game Thread

[JMick]

The AAC office calls for the reviews. None of the plays should have been reviewed. ACC office was looking to review plays to benefit Wake.. There were no reviews on some of the terrible ball spots by the refs. This reminds me of the Duke game last year where they review a targeting call against Uconn and determine there was no targeting. The ACC office requested that it be reviewed again and then the review was reversed and our best defensive player got thrown out of the game.

Twice now we have also snapped the ball and then had them blow the whistle to review a play. I'm fairly certain that isn't even allowed??

 

[JMick]

It was total chaos and I am 100% positive at least one of the chain refs started moving forward (if not both) as if it were a first down. The stadium PA did his 1st down schtick, the crowd was pumped, etc. And we played the next play like it was 1st down.

Field refs should have blew whistles and stopped the play,

By the way…

There la just no gosh darn way you can run that “let’s snap the ball, have our QB & RB hold the ball, sit down, set up a table, and have tea & crumpets for 5 seconds RPO without also having anyone from the D make it into the backfield to TFL without egregious offensive line holding going in. That crap was ridiculous.

The entire offense is built on holding. If they were to beat someone like Miami playing this style of football, their offense would start getting flagged out of existence. it's a "well they can't call a penalty every play" thing

 

[AllHusky]

We had Ross Tucker on the call today? I always enjoy his calls.

Really enjoyed the announcers

 

[goalline]

"Old Guy" has read every post. It seems that one who was not at the game could say the refs favored the other team. For sure, if so, that makes it difficult to be playing 17 individuals rather than 11. I believe it falls to the team, and coaches to make sure that the refs are not able to be the deciding factor. Make the catches that can be caught, complete the passes to receivers that are open and the game can be won, refs aside. Tape of the game should be sent to the NCAA officials, and see if bad calls can be reviewed. If call is correct lose a down, or in the final 2 min time off the clock. Sounds like a good size crowd. Beat Rice and move forward. Go Huskies, Thanks for great posts and hopefully another good crowd for the rice game.....

 

[CL82]

You can see Mora’s press conference in the UConn + app.

I am glad to see him so fired up. I love his passion for the team.

I looked for it but could not find it.

 

[uconnfan68]

The entire offense is built on holding. If they were to beat someone like Miami playing this style of football, their offense would start getting flagged out of existence. it's a "well they can't call a penalty every play" thing

We had 2 weeks to prepare, and we didn’t figure out anything.

 

[Alum86]

The loss is on Mora. He started the wrong QB out of NIL loyalty, and babied him because of the concussion. It’s obvious we now have a running QB who they aren’t going to run. And his throws were off.

 

[Bongo Fury]

But would you really want an ACC invite over the B12 at this point or even the BIG... not saying any invite is forthcoming but I really do NOT care to join the ACC like I once did. That conference as a whole and its schools acting independently do NOT help support our College Football aspirations - so either blaze your own trail or - keep knocking on the door to the club with the bouncer joking to the members inside... hey hahaha look who showed up again. Simply don't show up - ignore them, let them play with their ball, and let them compare themselves to the Bigger P2 conferences and see what happens. Cause 50% of them are not getting in. Imagine Syracuse regulated to non-P2 status. OR even Miami. Imagine BC whining because their big pay days are behind them. Well, I don't care because I put UCONN above all of them no matter who we play or what our conference is! I Simply PUT UCONN FIRST!

I’d be happy with either. As long as Yormark is commissioner, Big 12 appears to be far more proactive.

 

[How Sway?!]

The loss is on Mora. He started the wrong QB out of NIL loyalty, and babied him because of the concussion. It’s obvious we now have a running QB who they aren’t going to run. And his throws were off.

Evers played as well as Joe did two weeks ago and did it against better competition. The QB play is what it is, there's not much separating the two at the moment. However, Evers has the higher ceiling and so he's the one the coaches have decided to roll with.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Mora not holding anything back on the refs in his press conference.

No conference to fine/suspend him lol

 

[Patman]

No conference to fine/suspend him lol

That is the blessing.

The reffing situation IS embarrassing and DOES reflect on Benedict. THIS is his job.

 

[ZooCougar]

Evers played as well as Joe did two weeks ago and did it against better competition. The QB play is what it is, there's not much separating the two at the moment. However, Evers has the higher ceiling and so he's the one the coaches have decided to roll with.

He did not. He didn't even do what you guys said he did well.

The loss is on Mora and Sammis.

Sammis didn't even know what down it was on 3rd and 1. He listened to the stadium announcer and not the sticks. Botched..

A false start on 4th and 3 after a lengthy time out? That's brutal coaching.

The bad call on 4th and 8 should have never happened.

Absolutely mismanaged.

 

[ZooCougar]

We had 2 weeks to prepare, and we didn’t figure out anything.

We looked completely unprepared on offense and stupefied by the slow mesh.

 

[uconnbill]

I came home to see what the announcers said and both said a game shouldn't end that way. That is on the officiating crew and shallowing their whistles as they did a few times during the game.

 

[87Xfer]

Does Evers have what it takes to be the on-field brain of the offense? I think no.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Does Evers have what it takes to be the on-field brain of the offense? I think no.

I though start and showed a lot in second half and late.

This isn't the nfl.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Lots of whining about the refs but we played an awful game on offense and didn't deserve to win.

Our ceiling is capped with Evers as the QB going forward. Its just too hard to put up points when you can't hit big plays downfield. You're forced to execute long drives and have very little margin for error.

Not saying Evers was the reason we lost, he made some nice throws in 4Q, but maybe we're good enough to beat the dregs of fbs but that's about it.

 

[ddent68]

Evers did run a couple of times for a few yards but he seemed like he was seeing ghosts. Very tentative. He ran like he was sure he was going to get hurt.

Not sure why they waited until the end of the fourth quarter to open up the passing game. Also not sure why we don’t use the TE’s more. We have a couple of good ones.

Not a single holding call does make you wonder. I feel like that has happened to us before.

I think our O line is a little over hyped. I know there were injuries but that’s two weeks in a row they couldn’t make holes big enough to run through.

A little disappointing but it’s nice to be competitive again. 2 of our 3 losses were winnable games. Sucks they didn’t win but last year most of the games were over in the first quarter. Some people don’t think we should accept that. Baby steps.

 

[Jimdish255]

I though start and showed a lot in second half and late.

This isn't the nfl.

We haven't found our QB yet. That seems pretty clear.

 

[KryHavok]

I saw several Wake Forest fans on their message board acknowledge that was obvously a PI Call to everyone watching.

We may have read the same boards, and I'll add that in addition to WF fans admitting we for hosed on that non call for the PI, they also agreed we got hosed on a bad spot when the refs didn't give us the first down. Reddit posts also were in line with that. I hate how things ended as we had a real shot at 5-2.

 

[willie99]

Disappointed with the finish and how it ended. ACC refs have been doing this to us for decades, they cheat, conference post season money depends on winning. I remember a weak / bogus back side holding call vs UNC giving UNC a safety, the ball and ending the game back 10-15 years ago

I am happy we competed. I'm not a moral victory guy, but they're competing and that's progress.

But I want to talk about attendance. I saw more cars parked than I did people in the stands. Into the first quarter, seats were still empty and I could see a line of cars still waiting to park. It's obvious people just stay outside and tailgate. I guess this tradition started during our dark ages, but it's time to come inside and make some noise. The only section more than scarcely filled was the student section and maybe where the WF fans were sitting. So I can't blame the students

We need fans in their seats

 

[Chin Diesel]

Evers did run a couple of times for a few yards but he seemed like he was seeing ghosts. Very tentative. He ran like he was sure he was going to get hurt.

Not sure why they waited until the end of the fourth quarter to open up the passing game. Also not sure why we don’t use the TE’s more. We have a couple of good ones.

Not a single holding call does make you wonder. I feel like that has happened to us before.

I think our O line is a little over hyped. I know there were injuries but that’s two weeks in a row they couldn’t make holes big enough to run through.

A little disappointing but it’s nice to be competitive again. 2 of our 3 losses were winnable games. Sucks they didn’t win but last year most of the games were over in the first quarter. Some people don’t think we should accept that. Baby steps.

On Evers and OLine performance....

Going forward I would think every DC game plans on making Evers beats you with his running.

Defenses are already selling out to prevent the outside zone run.

UConn players wasted a bunch of yardage yesterday where Sammis drew up good plays. But if UConn's players can't execute those plays, technically they're not good plays.

 

[UCan3]

The loss is on Mora. He started the wrong QB out of NIL loyalty, and babied him because of the concussion. It’s obvious we now have a running QB who they aren’t going to run. And his throws were off.

My son got mad at me because I quoted a WF Fan - guess that’s taboo in our house.


WF Fan said “Well once they figured out they couldn’t run in 1st half, why didn’t they put Fagnano in the game? He’s obviously the better passer.”

Also let’s face it Evers had some bad throws and could have been 4 INTs.

Evers was also coming back after 2 concussions. No reason not to give Fagnano some reps. yesterday, Sr. Leadership could have gone a long way.

 

[CTBasketball]

Can’t put yourself in a position to have it come down to one call. But I am proud of how we fought back. We have a path to 8-4, at the very least 7-5.

Evers took awhile to get going, he made some bad throws, and the WRs had about 5 drops. But the 2H comeback showcased some great passes.

Defense dug in late too. Kept us in the game and gave us a shot to win.

Kicking game was good today.

 

[CTBasketball]

Dave Benedict needs to stop treating this program like a joke.

Write and agree to fair contracts, ones that include us bringing our own refs for home games. Stop trying to save a buck. It all matters.