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Lessons in Vanderbilt: Wake Forest

A 20-point home loss to the #23 Wake Forest Demon Deacons has muddied the Deep Waters a bit. On one hand, never cutting the deficit within 2 scores after 2 minutes and 50 seconds into the 2nd quarter makes it hard to call the game overly competitive. On the other, Wake used 2 minutes and 15 seconds at the end of the 1st and overlapping into the 2nd to score 21 points via a pick 6, 68-yard 1-play drive, a fumble recovery, and a 30-yard pass. It was a soul-wrenching series of events that turned a 3-0 Commodore lead after a goal line stand by the defense into a 21-3 deficit.