{"id":68853,"date":"2024-11-24T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=68853"},"modified":"2024-11-24T00:36:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T05:36:13","slug":"68853-what-wake-forest-said-after-the-miami-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/11\/24\/68853-what-wake-forest-said-after-the-miami-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wake Forest Said After the Miami Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press conferences after losses can be tough. The coaches and players don\u2019t really want to be there. The media members have a lot of questions, but the wrong one at the wrong time can provide unfortunate results. When the game is definitive, as was the case with the Wake Forest 42-14 loss to Miami, the press conferences tend to be much shorter. The Demon Deacons are officially removed from any bowl game for the second year in a row. There wasn\u2019t nearly as much to talk about. So let\u2019s check in on what Wake Forest said after the Miami loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dave Clawson<\/h3>\n

The game was really best characterized by Wake Forest having multiple opportunities go to waste. The score was close until the last six minutes of the game. Wake Forest has four drives in Miami territory in the second half and came away with exactly zero points. They even had a drive in the red zone, which crashed with two quarterback sacks and two false start penalties by the same offensive lineman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t take advantage of opportunities in the third quarter when we had the ball at midfield,\u201d the Wake head coach said after the game. \u201cAnd you know with Miami and their offense, it\u2019s a matter of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Demon Deacons defense is what kept Wake in the game when the offense couldn\u2019t generate much of anything. \u201cI thought our defense played really, really well. But you know, in the fourth quarter when the dam broke, it broke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clawson said the Wake offense had execution problems at every level against the Miami defense. The Deac receivers were not able to shake the Miami secondary, and then time would run out for quarterback Hank Bachmeier. The Canes had six quarterback sacks on the day. \u201cIf you can\u2019t hold up in protection and you can\u2019t separate, it gets really hard,\u201d Clawson explained.<\/p>\n

The 11th-year\u00a0head coach said the offensive play scheming was more conservative than usual, and it was his decision to have it that way. \u201cPart of it was we played a little bit more conservatively and wanted to run the ball more just because of how many turnovers we\u2019ve had in the last few weeks,\u201d the coach said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to lose the game on offense through turnovers. That was from my direction. That was from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Anderson<\/h3>\n

He said once the Miami offense got going, it made the game really hard. \u201cThey\u2019ve got good players all over the place. So you couldn\u2019t focus on stopping the run or focus on stopping the pass. So that made it difficult. You had to play an all around game,\u201d the senior defensive back said.<\/p>\n

Hank Bachmeier<\/h3>\n

The Demon Deacons have now lost three games in a row. The two prior to the Miami game were both winnable. And the Miami game was competitive for three-and-a-half quarters. But Wake came up on the losing end all three times. \u201cIt\u2019s a lack of execution. It\u2019s a lack of communication,\u201d the sixth-year quarterback<\/a> said. \u201cI\u2019ve got to do a better job on pre-snap operation.\u201d<\/p>\n

You could sense his frustration. \u201cThere were definitely opportunities to close the gap and win this game. Obviously, the score is not indicative if you watched it. The defense did a phenomenal job. And I\u2019ve got to do a better job on offense for us to score points.\u201d<\/p>\n

In terms of the game plan being more conservative, Bachmeier deferred to the coaching staff and offensive coordinator Warren Ruggiero. \u201cCoach R, he does a great job game planning. That\u2019s what he felt was best for us. He\u2019s calling the plays and we\u2019re going to go out and run them to the best of our ability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wake wraps up the 2024 season at home against Duke at 12 noon.<\/p>\n

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