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It took a lot of looking to see anything really memorable during East Carolina's 2004 football season.

A number of Wake Forest football players have received additional postseason honors this week.

27 4:53 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/45068/ Duke and Wake Forest entered the second half of their schedules believing they were in good position to reach a bowl game.

A fitting project for Wake Forest's Calloway School of Business and Accountancy might be to measure the rate of return that the Deacons' football program received from the final scholarship handed out in 2005.

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.

24 5:24 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/44956/ WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Riley Skinner's career at Wake Forest will end the same way it began -- against Duke's Thaddeus Lewis.

As senior Riley Skinner plays his final home game for Wake Forest Saturday, Florida State freshman E.J. Manuel will make his first collegiate start.

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

Both teams love to hold onto the ball. Tech is first in the ACC in time of possession and Wake is second .

Not content to carve up only No. 18 Miami, Wake Forest turned the blade on itself in the fourth quarter of yesterday's 28-27 loss in front of 30,011 at BB&T Field.

SALEM The natural topic bannered around the Wake Forest football team is the idea of playing Saturday at Georgia Tech without senior quarterback Riley Skinner.

The 60-yard field-goal attempt died in the mist, and the gloom set in. Wake Forest needed to fall through every trap door imaginable to lose the Miami game, but the Deacons pulled off the long shot yesterday.

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich It's not often Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe lets his emotions show, but he was miffed -- and that's putting it mildly -- in the fourth quarter against Navy when John Russell was called for an offsides penalty.

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.

C.J. Spiller ran for two touchdowns and Clemson put aside two weeks of turmoil to get back in the ACC's Atlantic Division race with a 38-3 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday.

Series Record: Clemson leads 56-17-1. Last Meeting: 2008, Wake Forest 12-7. What's at Stake Control of the ACC's awful Atlantic Division.

A lot of Maryland players and coaches will suffer from nightmares featuring open receivers and easy touchdowns allowed stemming from a mid-October visit to BB&T Field.

Duke's Thaddeus Lewis is the Atlantic Coast Conference's offensive back of the week.

A half of college football doesn't get much better than the one Riley Skinner enjoyed last night in Wake Forest's 42-32 victory over Maryland in front of 32,780 at BB&T Field.

Wake Forest's rise to prominence this decade is tied to its penchant for collecting fumbles and interceptions.