Big Four football season opens; Wake win streak on the line
Wake Forest opens defense of its Big Four football championship by hosting Duke today.
The Deacons have won eight straight Big Four matchups and are undefeated in three seasons going back to a loss to North Carolina on Nov. 13, 2004.
The over-inflated ACC has not granted a Carolina-Wake game this season, unless the two meet in the league title game in Tampa. The two look like the Big Four's strongest teams, although Duke is improving.
Today's game provides a big opportunity for the Blue Devils, but Wake obviously has been the Big Four powerhouse for a long time and won't yield easily.
Prediction: Wake 20 (24 if Swank is back), Duke 10.
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