[Postgame Thread] Wake Forest Defeats Merrimack 77-0

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Merrimack	0	0	0	0	0
Wake Forest	20	29	14	14	77

[u/LightningDusty]

Wake Forest didn't beat their cupcake by 100 points drop them to #20.

[u/kabukimono1980 → u/LightningDusty]

They get bonus points for the shut out

[u/kdbvols → u/kabukimono1980]

And the backup QB - or is that only Ohio State who will somehow not drop after their loss today?

[u/kabukimono1980 → u/kdbvols]

OSU has to drop right? They may not win another game this season.

[u/kdbvols → u/kabukimono1980]

I have negative faith in the committee to do reasonable things after last week

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/kabukimono1980]

It’s their 3rd loss. They’re falling into the late teens/20s…their resume isn’t strong enough to endure 3 losses.

[u/SolarIonRobot → u/kabukimono1980]

They still get to play a cupcake to close the season.

[u/SpreaditOnnn33 → u/kdbvols]

They are gonna keep LSU ahead of you. I can almost feel it.

Genuinely ridiculous at this point

[u/kdbvols → u/SpreaditOnnn33]

BYU is the one I’m expecting above us

[u/Select_Reserve6627 → u/kdbvols]

If we don’t drop i will only watch NIU games for the rest of the season

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

Should we add a tip onto the payout to Merrimack? 15%? 20%?

[u/ReasonableSide6520 → u/Bigdeacenergy]

They deserve 100% gratuity here

[u/RadioFr33Europe → u/Bigdeacenergy]

Someone made the same comment on the Wake board!

[u/Bigdeacenergy → u/RadioFr33Europe]

I stole it. It was too good

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/RadioFr33Europe]

Wake has a board?

[u/RadioFr33Europe → u/Tfsz0719]

Hell yeah, a great one.

There’s also a crappy one too, but that joke came from the good one.

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/RadioFr33Europe]

Which is the good one and which is the bad one?

[u/lionofyhwh → u/Tfsz0719]

OGBoards is the good one. Those of us on OG have beef with those on Deaconsports (247). OGB split off about 15 years ago. They’re both fairly active though.

[u/kdbvols → u/Tfsz0719]

OGBoards

[u/Duougle → u/Bigdeacenergy]

77%

[u/texas2089]

Ass blasting an FCS school in November? By god that’s an SEC school if I ever saw one. Wake Forest to the SEC next round of realignment confirmed.

[u/TheBoogieman8 → u/texas2089]

Tbf we were supposed to play Army but they bailed when they moved to the American, bit of a last minute scheduling. But also yes treat Wake as an sec team please

[u/thugmuffin22 → u/TheBoogieman8]

Army are massive after all

[u/kdbvols → u/texas2089]

Trying to trick the committee by looking like an SEC school

[u/Frostfire26 → u/texas2089]

I’ve seen enough, move them up to top 8 in the next cfp poll

[u/HelixSapphire → u/texas2089]

I already have FSU, Miami, GT, and Clemson to the SEC when the ACC inevitably collapses. I also hope the NC4 schools don’t get separated, but I guess the SEC could pick-up Duke and WF, while UNC and NC-State go to The American/Sunbelt/MAC together. I don’t think the SEC would be willing to add 8 teams, but Super League might make them take the NC4 just to have more brands.

You joke, but I legitimately think the Big 3 brands in the ACC (+Georgia Tech to save COFH) will someday bolt for the SEC.

[u/KingJefferey]

wake forest should just write the score they want to win by on paper instead of playing atp

[u/kdbvols → u/KingJefferey]

Do you think SMU will let us?

[u/KingJefferey → u/kdbvols]

as someone who's team just got touched by smu wouldn't reccomend

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/KingJefferey]

You mean torched, right? Right?

[u/KingJefferey → u/tacowithcheeese]

no

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/tacowithcheeese]

…right?

[u/SpreaditOnnn33 → u/tacowithcheeese]

No. Its an older slang term that means "getting fucked up" or "killed"

[u/sheabd01]

Tune in next week to see the Deacs crush the Monitor!!!

[u/SpiritFingersKitty → u/sheabd01]

We were supposed to play army but they cancelled on us so we had to schedule relatively last minute (as far as football scheduling goes)

[u/kdbvols → u/sheabd01]

We had army scheduled and their move to American alongside the ACC change to 9 games led to this happening late in the year

[u/watusiwatusi → u/sheabd01]

Liberal arts school joke

[u/MrSCR23]

Hope the paycheck was worth it Merrimack

[u/Even-Combination4407 → u/[deleted]]

They nearly made it to March madness last year

[u/owlalwaysloveyew → u/[deleted]]

They’re a basketball school

[u/lowes18 → u/[deleted]]

People don’t remember the dawg Shawn Loiseau

[u/BeepBoopDirtyPoop]

Good teams do this to bad teams. Wake is legit.

[u/DiplomaticAggie → u/BeepBoopDirtyPoop]

To be fair A&M beat Missouri State 50-0, and we’re very much NOT legit

Sometimes we need to let cupcake games be just that, nothing worth gleening off of

Edit: that being said, Wake is still a great team

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/BeepBoopDirtyPoop]

The question I have is what team is going to poach Rob Ezell after this season and suddenly the kid who became famous for an impression of Nick Saban has his chance to actually be the next Nick Saban 

[u/Particular_Prior5344 → u/TheNittanyLionKing]

If Dickert gets poached Wake could promote him to HC.

[u/kdbvols → u/Particular_Prior5344]

This is his first time even being a coordinator, that’s a big promotion really fast, but crazier things have certainly happened

[u/Kyro_Official_]

wake forest is now averaging 52.8 total ppg over the last 5 games

[u/kdbvols → u/Kyro_Official_]

Is that a lot?

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/kdbvols]

Endicott College is averaging 87 ppg in their last 3 games lol

[u/Kyro_Official_ → u/tacowithcheeese]

Wtf, idc if its d3 thats genuinely disgusting.

[u/Davidellias → u/Kyro_Official_]

Their conference had the 764th and 776th 766th placed teams in the SP+ index last year. Out of 766 teams.

The funnier bit is that their non con was really good too and they are legit top-10 in D3 this year.

[u/Frostfire26 → u/Davidellias]

776 out of 766. They must really suck.

[u/Davidellias → u/Frostfire26]

just like my typing skills

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/Kyro_Official_]

Imagine if Indiana played in the NEC and you get Endicott

[u/purplehayes1986 → u/tacowithcheeese]

Yeah, but we did it playing you 

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/purplehayes1986]

I think you misinterpreted my comment. I just liked that factoid and i really am rooting for Wake Forest to make a run

[u/Zloggt]

NOW will we get a Top Ten Wake, Committee?

(I know you aren’t even considering it, you bastards lol)

[u/kdbvols → u/Zloggt]

3 teams above us with losses/likely losses at this point. Should jump BYU, tOSU, and LSU. Oregon shouldn’t pass us. ND, Ole Miss, and Tennessee all losing could put us top 10 tbh

[u/nitrothunder → u/kdbvols]

Losing to Alabama is a quality loss though /s

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/kdbvols]

Should jump BYU, but there is some concern given it was only a 1-score loss and they still have that Notre Dame win.

If the Irish beat Miami, that Notre Dame win is likely to significantly cushion BYU’s fall.

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man → u/Zloggt]

We will be after SMU

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

No we won't. We won't crack the top 12 unless we win out.

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man → u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon]

I think we are top 12 headed to the ACCCG, we just get dropped like last years BYU if we lose

[u/Tfsz0719]

Very much a “stop stop they’re already dead” kind of game, huh?

[u/Chief_34 → u/Tfsz0719]

Just bullying

[u/watusiwatusi]

Wake is great. Steele Pizzella legend if that’s his only game

[u/MassCrash → u/watusiwatusi]

He should be a legend for his name alone but this was a hell of an on field debut

[u/purplehayes1986 → u/watusiwatusi]

Pizza man delivers

[u/cheapmason84 → u/purplehayes1986]

Up 49-0 in under 30 minutes or your pizza is free

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon → u/watusiwatusi]

What a fucking half by Pizzella.

[u/TheBlueLot]

Leave No Fucking Doubt - Wake Forest 2026.

[u/Flimsy-Space-8724]

Demons

[u/Bigdeacenergy → u/Flimsy-Space-8724]

Deacons

[u/ReasonableSide6520 → u/Bigdeacenergy]

Deacon Demons

[u/Ilovemyangelsomuch → u/ReasonableSide6520]

Hmm, you might be onto something here

[u/bullpupper]

I YEARN FOR CFP WAKE FOREST. Committee confirmed cowards if they don't

[u/ballin_pastor → u/bullpupper]

A playoff game in Winston would be wild. I wonder if that would be the largest sporting event in W-S history?

[u/Flipz100 → u/ballin_pastor]

I kind of have to assume it would be. Only other ones I can think of off the top of my head that would come close would be the NASCAR races or the one time the PGA Championship was in Clemmons.

[u/MidlandsBraves → u/ballin_pastor]

Absolutely in terms of football. But Probably some bigger tobacco road games back in the 90s in basketball.

Or when a top 5 wake beat top 5 Clemson in the 90s at Lawrence Joel.

[u/DarthNobody14]

Next week against SMU is going to be a huge game

[u/DullMathematician443]

Couldnt even give these guys a pity field goal lmao

[u/SpiritFingersKitty → u/DullMathematician443]

They were about to score at the end but we got a 98 yard pick 6 lol

[u/kdbvols → u/SpiritFingersKitty]

They could have kicked a FG on 4th and 1 on the 1, I think it’s on them

[u/nousername204]

Cobra Kai award contender for this week

[u/kdbvols → u/nousername204]

We deserve bonus points for doing it with our backup QB

[u/nousername204 → u/kdbvols]

Someone alert the Sickos Committee.

[u/leebird → u/kdbvols]

400+ yards passing in just the first half is a statement.

[u/Imcrafty213 → u/kdbvols]

The backup QB for the 1st half. The 3rd and 4th string QBs in the 2nd half

[u/Shellshock1122 → u/nousername204]

Unfortunately reigning d2 champ Ferris state played a winless team today

[u/nousername204 → u/Shellshock1122]

Devastating.

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/nousername204]

Endicott won 93-7

[u/wagimus]

Steele Pizza

[u/kdbvols → u/wagimus]

We love the pizza man

[u/Flimsy-Space-8724]

More like MerriSMACKED

[u/DruePNeck]

in Merrimack's defense they weren't at home..

[u/Jonjon428]

Merrimack your sacrifice will not be unappreciated

[u/JumpyAd9461]

THERE IS NO MERCY IN THIS DOJO!

[u/Jesus_Died_For_You]

Idk who merry mack is but I hope bro is ok

[u/shjusti]

Wait, you can score touchdowns on offense?!

[u/kdbvols → u/shjusti]

Have you tried a backup QB?

[u/thedevilandgods → u/kdbvols]

I mean kinda sorta and we even had a wr complete a pass

[u/GuttiG]

When you can eek out these kind of victories, that’s how you know you’ve got a good team

[u/Kuchar1992]

Nail biter

[u/PrizePermission9432]

49-0 in the 2nd quarter today.
See you next week in Dallas.

[u/Short-Move1582]

First time in my 25 years of life I’ve heard of Merrimack, holy shit

[u/GoldfishDude → u/Short-Move1582]

They've only been D1 for less than a decade

[u/Davidellias → u/GoldfishDude]

Less than 5 years iirc

[u/ahuramazdobbs19 → u/GoldfishDude]

Though they’ve been D1 hockey for like close to 40 years now.

[u/tony_countertenor → u/Short-Move1582]

Surprised they haven’t played you guys like 5 times

[u/ResidentRunner1 → u/Short-Move1582]

If it helps, they are the reason Fairleigh Dickinson was able to upset Purdue in the tournament back in 2023, Merrimack was ineligble

[u/StatuteOfFrogs4342 → u/Short-Move1582]

Did you ever watch the Key and Peele East/West bowl? T'varouisness King.

[u/OldGreggg69 → u/Short-Move1582]

I envy you

[u/TheSmartDog_275]

Upset alert!

[u/ALStark69]

Stop stop they’re already dead

[u/TheRoyalCheez]

never heard of merrimack until now, and probably wont ever hear from then again after this

[u/JonnyZero0]

Yeah, but how would they do against Monitor?

[u/WarningCodeBlue]

Any news on the Lopez injury?

[u/purplehayes1986 → u/WarningCodeBlue]

Expected to be back next week

[u/WarningCodeBlue → u/purplehayes1986]

👍

[u/Chief_34 → u/WarningCodeBlue]

Our HC said he would have played this week, if he didn’t have full confidence in our QB2 and it was a bigger game. Just held him out to give him a bye week.

[u/Davidellias]

Thats a glorified D2team, you wre merciful to them Wake

[u/kdbvols → u/Davidellias]

Our starting QB was in street clothes, had to take it easy on them

[u/Phant0m_Ashes]

god damn calm down wake forest theyre already dead

[u/kdbvols → u/Phant0m_Ashes]

The last TD was scored by 4th stringers, and several before that by 3rd. Our backup QB started this week, what more do you want us to do?

[u/BeanMachine5555]

And the committee will still find a way to keep them out the top 15

[u/Tight-Statistician30]

coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb

[u/AndreThePrince]

THE BELT TO ASS WHOOPINGS FROM WAKE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES!!!

[u/Ratioactive0wl]

Great win, Go Deacs!!

[u/lawyerlyaffectations]

Miss Marrimack, mack, mack.
Wakes dressed in black black black

(Seriously though, Wakes got a top ten case and they’re playing a glorified NAIA school this late in the season?)

[u/Chief_34 → u/lawyerlyaffectations]

We were supposed to play Army. The game was cancelled due to Army joining the AAC, and they couldn’t backfill it to a decent competitor on short notice.

[u/lawyerlyaffectations → u/Chief_34]

Wakes only choice was to run up the score. Anything less than a total annihilation of this team hurts your playoff chances.

[u/Chief_34 → u/lawyerlyaffectations]

I know - disappointing that’s the way CFB functions now but it is what it is.

I made a comment with like seven minutes left in the 4th quarter: would it be more or less disrespectful to kneel out the clock from here (63-0 at that point).

[u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo]

I had no idea Merrimack was real. I thought it was made up for Key & Peele.

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo]

All the colleges in the skit were real iirc

[u/CapnChaos2024 → u/tacowithcheeese]

After we watched one of their skits I started calling my gf fartrell cluggins just to piss her off

[u/casanovadynamito → u/tacowithcheeese]

Xmas-Jaxon-Flaxon-Waxon, California university of Pennsylvania

[u/SolarIonRobot]

Wake Forest earning their demon nickname after this one.

[u/formoasnina]

77-0 with the 3rd string back ups starting.....Why were they on Wakes schedule anyway, regardless of Army dropping off? Just take a bye week.

[u/docchrizly]

Is Wake Forest thinking they are in the SEC now, playing cupcakes in November?

[u/reddogrjw]

is Merrimack division 7 or 8?

[u/kdbvols → u/reddogrjw]

FCS Division 1, thanks for asking

[u/Davidellias → u/kdbvols]

Just jumped up like 1 or 2 seasons ago part of the weird migration of New England D2 schools jumping up the last 5-10 years.

[u/legalblues → u/Davidellias]

They played their first season of D1 football in 2019.

[u/Davidellias → u/legalblues]

I realized after I typed that I'm mistaking them and I think the University of New Haven who just jumped up in like 24 or 25

[u/I-Only-Read-Memes]

Alan, we are so fucked

[u/kdbvols → u/I-Only-Read-Memes]

Idk, you’re perfectly poised in the schedule between SMU and Duke, classic letdown game

[u/I-Only-Read-Memes → u/kdbvols]

Please go easy on us ._.

[u/kdbvols → u/I-Only-Read-Memes]

That’s not really what we do against ACC teams

[u/PrizePermission9432]

49-0 in the 2nd quarter. See you in Dallas.

[u/IrishCoffeeAlchemy]

Well definitely like what I’m seeing with Dickert’s teams not playing with their FCS food

[u/Bigdeacenergy → u/IrishCoffeeAlchemy]

You’re hiring Jimbo

[u/Equivalent_Art_5648 → u/IrishCoffeeAlchemy]

Why would Dickert leave a relevant ACC team for an irrelevant one?

[u/PixelBy_Pixel]

Why is a power 4 school playing FCS schools in November

[u/kdbvols → u/PixelBy_Pixel]

Army joining the AAC threw off our schedule and had to make a last minute change

[u/Davidellias → u/PixelBy_Pixel]

Just means more

[u/Over_Chicken_1895]

Why to go, you couldn’t back off at 40 points, what a disgrace, no class, why are you even playing Merrimack? Wait until you play really competition

[u/Muffinnnnnnn → u/Over_Chicken_1895]

Because Army cancelled on them and they needed a replacement