Wake Forest’s sluggish mesh run go possibility was quick and livid throughout Saturday’s 43-15 victory over Boston College at Truist Field in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Wake rolled up 428 yards of whole offense to 315 for BC. Demon Deacons quarterback Sam Hartman accomplished 25-of-40 passes for 313 yards and 5 touchdowns earlier than taking a seat at 6:11 of the fourth quarter.
Eagles sign caller Phil Jurkovec accomplished 20-of-38 passes for 221 yards and a landing earlier than being relieved by Emmett Morehead with just below eight to play within the fourth.
BC fell to 2-5 general, 1-4 within the ACC, and can play a non-league recreation at Connecticut subsequent Saturday. The No. 13 ranked Demon Deacons improved to 6-1 and 2-1.
“They run a very unique offense and it is tough to defend because their type of attack is so different,” mentioned BC defensive finish Marcus Valdez. “But at the end of the day you have to tough it out and force the issue to make them run it or pass it.”
BC drove downfield on its second possession to arrange a primary and aim from the Wake 5-yard line. But the Eagles skilled a purple zone implosion and settled for a 29-yard discipline aim by Connor Lytton to make it 3-0 with 5:13 to play.
“First and goal from the 5-yard line, you have to score a touchdown there,” mentioned BC coach Jeff Hafley. “When you are playing team that averages 41 points a game you can’t kick a field goal there.”
Hartman countered with a meticulous 10-play, 65-yard scoring drive. Hartman capped the journey with a 15-yard landing toss to Jahmal Banks.
An errant Danny Longman punt gave Wake the ball on the BC 42 and Hartman took benefit of a brief discipline to take a 14-3 lead. Hartman accomplished a 12-yard TD toss to fit receiver Taylor Morin with 13:01 to play within the second.
BC lower the result in 14-9 on an odd sequence of performs that culminated in a 61-yard go from Jurkovec to Zay Flowers with 5:51 to play. Flowers has 4 explosive performs of over 50 yards this season. The further level was blocked. Wake went into the half up 21-9 on a 12-yard landing go from Hartman to A.T. Perry with 2:11 to play.
“It was just a one-on-one and I pride myself on winning one-on-one match ups,” mentioned Flowers. “I just ran my route and got into the end zone to help my team.”
Wake went up 28-9 on its second possession of the third quarter. Morin caught a 5-yard go from Hartman for his second landing of the sport.
BC countered with a 10-play, 55-yard scoring drive. Jurkovec accomplished the drive with a 7-yard landing run, the primary speeding landing of the sport. Jurkovec was stuffed on the 2-point conversion to make it 28-15 with 4:42 to play within the third.
Wake put the sport away with a nine-play, 73-yard, scoring drive that made it 36-15 with 41 seconds to play within the third. Hartman scored on a two-yard run and hit vast receiver Ke’Shawn Williams on the conversion.
“It stayed at two possessions for a while and then it got away from us,” mentioned Hafley.
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