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This season has certainly been a disappointment for the Demon Deacons, but at least Riley Skinner and the Deacs won their final game of the season to end a season, career, and era on a positive note.

Two teams that started the season bent on playing in bowl games will reach a dead-end at least one victory short of that destination when Wake Forest and Duke close their seasons at noon today at Wallace Wade Stadium.

Wake Forest's 22 seniors figured it was only a matter of time before they took their place as the winningest class in school history.

When Jeff Griffin first took the field for Wake Forest as a redshirt freshman in 2006, he came to play.

The drizzle started at Clemson a month ago, and then came the Navy flood. The rain keeps falling on Wake Forest's football team even when the sun shines.

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Former Wake Forest cornerback Alphonso Smith continues to have an impact on the Demon Deacons.

Experience will not be on Navy's side when the Midshipmen host Wake Forest on Saturday.

Alphonso Smith worked so hard on making Josh Bush into the next great cornerback at Wake Forest that Bush is now playing safety.

Considering the Demon Deacons entered this season with eight new starters on defense and had to replace the best defenders to come through the program in Alphonso Smith and Aaron Curry, it's impressive Wake Forest even had itself in a position to challenge for the Atlantic Division title.

When considering that Clemson has been ahead during the fourth quarter in two of the three losses this year, Coach Dabo Swinney said it's up to him to teach the Tigers how to win.

Published: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 5:20 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 5:20 p.m. Will Wright chose to attend Wake Forest to get a good education, and so far, he hasn't been disappointed.

Just a little evening snack, hungry Hokies. Looks like CB Rashad Carmichael, who has hauled in back-to-back clinching interceptions against Nebraska and Miami, will remain at boundary corner for the foreseeable future likely the season.

Since the start of the 2000 season, they are 1-3 in 9 a.m. games and 5-11 in all morning games.

2009 College Football Preview Heading into his fifth and final season at Wake Forest , defensive tackle Boo Robinson wants only to go out the way he came in.

Robert Griffin completed his first eight passes, finishing with 136 yards passing and a touchdown, to help Baylor beat Wake Forest 24-21 on Saturday.

WAKE FOREST'S ACCURACY MACHINE It would be hard to find many quarterbacks in college football as accurate as Wake Forest senior Riley Skinner .

So much for Wake Forest breaking in its inexperienced defense with a breather. Instead, the Demon Deacons will spend Saturday's opener against Baylor trying to contain one of the speediest players in the nation -- quarterback Robert Griffin III.

Heading into his fifth and final season at Wake Forest, defensive tackle Boo Robinson wants only to go out the way he came in.

If Baylor wants to keep playing in December, it must start making noise in September.

Alex Frye's highlight film at Wake Forest consists of one play. It was a great play, running down Maryland's Darrius Heyward-Bey from behind to set up Alphonso Smith's 99-yard interception return for a touchdown that saved the game and maybe even the season.