Early this month DeaconSports reported that QB Stephen Collier would be visiting Wake Forest. He went through with that trip and now Wake has a better chance to land him than ever. Last week Collier was on the road a lot visiting schools like Auburn, Wake Forest, Marshall, Cincinnati and Ohio State, and Collier said he may try to visit some other schools before the end of ... read more...

DeaconSports caught up with DaiQuan Lawrence, who made his verbal pledge to his Wake Forest recruiter, Johnathan Himebauch, on June 4th. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound lockdown cornerback from Chesapeake, Va. played at Oscar Smith before transferring to Western Branch High School, where he'll play his senior season. read more...

Side note to all of this: today is the day that all of the freshman football players report, tomorrow begins their orientation, and Monday is when their first classes b... read more...

After 18 years serving as the lead radio announcer for Georgia Tech's football and men's basketball teams, Wes Durham will be leaving the Flats to pursue a position in television. It's a very sad day for Jacket fans everywhe... read more...

Oh, Wake Forest. You're drunk. Go home. Offensive coordinator Steed Lobotzke tweeted out a picture to inform followers—and potential recruits—that Wake Forest owns the state of Florida, calling the Sunshine State "Deacon Country." No, seriously. Yes, the Deacons have 28 players on their roster from the state of Florida (which is not too far away from North Carolina in t... read more...

The NCAA released their annual APR scores this year today. Wake Forest basketball came in at a 942, last in the ACC, 4 points behind Virginia. This is yet another embarrassing mark on a once proud basketball and academic University. read more...

Wake Forest basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik has a fan problem.They don’t like him.The students don’t like him. The townies don’t like him. The Board of Trustees doesn’t like him. The alumni base especially doesn’t like him. And fair or not, the line between that dislike being personal or professional continues to blur in the aftermath of his third straight losing campaign he... read more...

It’s not clear whether these helmets will be used by Wake Forest for the 2013-14 football season or not, but I hope the white one is.  The white helmet with the Demon Deacon logo is a great new look and would look awesome on the field.  The black helmet is decent, but the black on black makes it tough to see the logo and I’m not a huge fan of disguising your logo like that... read more...

A few de-commitments from Tech's 2013 class resulted in a few open spots at the end of the recruitment period, meaning there were more scholarship offers to be given out. One of th... read more...

One key component of Wake Forest's success on the gridiron during the Grobe era is the establishment of a Florida talent pipeline. Deacon stalwarts like Alphonso Smith, Stanley Arnoux and Riley Skinner are just some of the talent plucked out of the Sunshine State to make a difference in Winston-Salem. Coach Steed Lobotzke took time today on Twitter to let everyone know... read more...

From Dade County to the Panhandle, Wake Forest continues to be a player when it comes to recruiting in Florida. read more...

Sometimes the Wake Forest Demon Deacons don’t make the cut for the college football 77 in 77. There’s a whole lot of ACC in the 70s and 60s ranked teams; and a ton of basketball schools. Wake Forest is usually down here in the dregs with Duke, Kentucky, Boston College, Indiana, Virgina, every season. It’s b-ball schools and ACC; or both. And Wake Forest Coach Jim Grobe has... read more...

Today Georgia Tech picked up their 8th and 9th commitments for the 2014 class with 3-star CB prospects...and twin brothers...... read more...

After Antonio Messick's mid-July commitment, Georgia Tech's staff received a few commitments through the course of the season. However, thanks to America's favorite game of FBS recruiting, those commitments ended up fl... read more...

Tianna Hawkins and Alyssa Thomas each scored 23 points and No. 7 Maryland held on to beat pesky Wake Forest 73-63 on Friday night. Malina Howard added 12 to help the Terrapins (19-3, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) sweat out their ninth straight win. They shot 54 percent, built a 20-point lead and then blew nearly all of it during a dizzying series of mistakes before reg... read more...

This afternoon Georgia Tech picked up their 7th commitment for the 2014 class with 3-star jumbo Athlete Trey Klock... read more...

What if I told you I didn’t hate this Wake Forest team? You’d think I was smoking something, right? Well, you’d be right, I am smoking something, but that’s not what is going on here. I see a future here. I see the kind of talent that could blossom into a legit ACC team…one day. Now will Jeff Bzdelik be there to enjoy it? Well, that’s a different story. Projected 2013-14 L... read more...

After being drafted by the Houston Astros in the 24th round last season, Pat Blair returned to Wake Forest. He saw this pay off today as he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 12th round this season. read more...

A collection of clippings from around the web about what happened this week in Tie Dye Nation. read more...

Cam Albright committed to UNC during Saturday's "Fedora Freak Show," sources confirmed to InsideCarolina.com. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound safety from Kennesaw (Ga.) North Cobb chose the Tar Heels over Georgia Tech, NC State and Wake Forest. Stay tuned for more on this developing story ... read more...