Pinstripe Bowl: Michigan State (6-6) v Wake Forest (8-4) (3:20pm ET, ESPN)

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It’s Wake Forest’s slow hurry up spread RPO offense against Michigan State’s defense in New York City.

Dave Clawson’s Deacons look to finish with a 9 or more win season for the third time in school history (the others being a 9-4 season in 2007 and an 11-2 season in 2006 when the Deacons won the ACC Championship but lost in the Orange Bowl against Louisville).

The Deacons looked to be taking advantage a down ACC on the path to an Orange Bowl bid (as Clemson’s replacement) - even getting ranked at one point - before injuries to multiple starting WRs, linebackers, and even quarterbacks caused them to lose steam near the end, a potentially 9 to 10 win season becoming an 8-4 one and unfortunately dropping them back from the Orange/Camping World range down to the back end of the Music City/Belk/Sun/Pinstripe (being almost punished pretty much for being a smaller brand).

This will be the first time in school history that Wake Forest has made 4 straight bowl games in a row.
 
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TD Wake Forest. Having starting WR Hinton back has helped.

7-0 Wake 2:15 into the 1st quarter.
 
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I would hate to see Dantonio get fired he has been a good coach with lessor talent...maybe he will just retire if he has a down season again
 
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VolnJC said:
I would hate to see Dantonio get fired he has been a good coach with lessor talent...maybe he will just retire if he has a down season again
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I’m not sure there’s too much actual pressure to fire him. He’s done quite a lot there.
 
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Wake forces a 3 and out.

MSU having a lot of success with the run...but seem to be trying to still push/favor more passing plays.

That said, if Michigan State does get into a good groove defensively, they did a great job milking clock (6 min drive) and keeping both Wake’s offense and their defense off the field.

FG makes it 7-3 Wake late in the 1st.
 
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I can see Dantonio getting a chance at South Carolina after next season, when Muschamp is let go.
 
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Ball batted at the line and picked off inside the 20 by a MSU lineman for the TD

That result came mostly from the field position, which shows how important not committing penalties like holding on the kickoff return can be.

10-7 MSU with 2 min left in the 1st quarter.
 
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Newman almost had a 20 yard run to balance out the penalty, but on the 3rd and long but he slows down 4 yards short instead of running through it!
 
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Wake’s freshman RB, Kenneth Walker, is a fun player to watch. They don’t use him as much as the upperclassmen Carney, but when they do and he gets him the blocks, he’s fast and makes player’s miss / break tackles.

He’s also from Arlington, TN.
 
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Wake’s drives aren’t converting on their first series of the drive and it’s turning into repeated 1:00 3 and outs.

That’s going to start to catch up with their defense if they keep only getting a minute or less to rest.
 
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Great punt return puts Wake Forest at around the 35 yard line...the punter save the TD.

And a Wake Forest starting WR might be hurt on the punt.
 
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ESPN executive: “Neither of these teams are really that great or too major of a national football brand. What should we do?”

Other ESPN executive: “What if we just make this game into an extended commercial for the New York Yankees for the entire broadcast?
 
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Slower TE beat every Wake DB on that one. The Wake Forest defense strikes again.

One QB run later, and it’s 17-14 MSU with 7:59 left in the half.
 
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TrueOrange said:
ESPN executive: “Neither of these teams are really that great or too major of a national football brand. What should we do?”

Other ESPN executive: “What if we just make this game into an extended commercial for the New York Yankees for the entire broadcast?
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I mean why not? The Yankees are the Bamas of baseball
 
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