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Rusty Larue
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In a conversation on Sunday in WF's home city with about 6 men (none with degrees from schools in the Triangle) there was lamentation for football failure this past Saturday for State, Duke, and UNC. There was no mention of the ACC team in town. To turn this college football conversation to something positive I referenced the local Winston Salem team that enjoyed some success on Saturday. All I got was this deer in the headlights look. Guys had no clue. When I filled in the blank saying Wake Forest I got an "Oh well" response. Public perception about WF and football is not easily changed by a 4-4 season nor easily changed by a couple of winning seasons including a win over an SEC opponent in a bowl game in state. No wonder the national folks get it wrong all the time when some of the home town folks have trouble even remembering WF. Sisyphus had it better! And thank goodness the Journal is letting Connor O'Neil do his thing!
I'm assuming these were OWGs, but even given that, kinda dumb that people think this way. It's not like State or UNC (or Duke) are any kind of football powers.
Only one school in this state has won an ACC title since 1990, and it isn't one of those