One Heck of a Ride: Wake Forest's 2006 Championship Football Season

by Winston-Salem Journal

Wake Forest is a school where football is usually just a diversion before basketball season. 2006 wasn?t supposed to be any different. The Demon Deacons were picked to finish last in their division. Bad luck came early. Their starting quarterback broke his arm in the first game. His substitute was Riley Skinner, a redshirt freshman who had never taken a college snap. Yet they won that one, and the next and the next. Until they were 5-0. Even then people said it was all a fluke. Finally when the Deacons fell apart against Clemson in game six, the experts shook their heads and said the dream was over. Nothing personal. Just Wake Forest football. It wasn?t over, however the rookie quarterback and his team would win five of their next six, and find themselves in the ACC Championship game against Georgia Tech. There, they relied on tough defense and three field goals to become the first North Carolina school to win an ACC championship football game.

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2007

Reviews

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a wonderful walk down memory lane for this Demon Deacon! This book is a collection of the articles published by the Winston-Salem Journal about each week's Wake Forest game, going all the way through the loss in the Orange Bowl. Dan Collins also includes some interviews with the coaches & players to round out the experience of the greatest year in Wake Forest football history.

This season is one I'll never forget, and with this book, I can relive the wonder all over again!