Wake is a more integral part of the W-S community now than it was even when I was in school in mid-2000’s. The Innovation Corridor, new Med School buildings downtown, and sports marketing geared towards the city have been very strong. Yeah- we might be a lot of people’s second favorite ACC team but we need to be OK with that. I live in Dallas and there are a ton of people who didn’t go to SMU that embrace the school - show up for games, give money, hire grads, etc. While W-S is not the DFW market- you still have a lot of people out there who didn’t go to school who can be captured.
Not to mention we no longer have a complete pompous asshole as an AD who never socialized with the "peasants". Currie has REALLY reached out to the local community and has increased our social media and digital marketing presence immensely!
Currie and Clawson can be one hell of a combination if given some time to gel. It's already showing.