Well, Wake Forest managed to avoid a bit of a shock when Coach Jim Grobe decided that his heart and career for now stays in Winston-Salem rather than the position at Arkanas. It would have been a lucrative offer to be sure with the Arkansas booster club putting up nearly $2 million in extra salary for the coach. But Grobe is happy here and for that we are grateful. As Grobe is already paid well and has a long-term contract extension signed last winner, there was no incentive for him to get a more lucrative deal for himself from the university. However, he did asked that his assistants get consideration for a salary increase which the university is considering.

With that distraction out of the way, the team can now look forward to its appearance in the Meinke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte NC on December 29th. They will be facing off against University of Connecticut, aka UConn Huskies. UConn has been one of the better teams in the Big East this year but they have weaknesses and two of them are that they do poorly against a determined running game and also they do less well on the road. For Wake Forest, while the offence is more balanced than in prior years, they still have a potent running game and no one has done it better this year for Wake than Josh Adams, the ACC Rookie of the Year. The game be being in Charlotte, will be essentially a home game for Wake Forest as they can call on the hometown crowd along with the alumni boosters. The current line on the game is Wake by 3.

There will be 32 bowl games from mid December through early January. Doubtful I will see them all but I will see plenty though.