Published 9/8/2008
by Derek Stephens
at Bleacher Report - College Football
As many saw, last week I made a claim, one that I questioned and thought I might regret.
I wrote: UPSET ALERT: Three Reasons Why Ole Miss Will Beat Wake Forest
After watching the Ole Miss-Wake Forest game on Saturday, I still don't regret making the prediction that Ole Miss would upset the Deacons, even though I was wrong.
I was wrong by eight seconds, when Sam Swank, the most proficient kicker in the NCAA, kicked Wake Forest to a 30-28 victory and Jevan Snead's last-minute heroics came up just short.
For those saying that it was just an average ACC team beating a lower-tier SEC team, we didn't watch the same game.
Ole Miss and Wake Forest made some mistakes, but both looked very sharp. I really think Wake Forest will go on to win the ACC and a BCS Bowl. Nothing was supposed to go against Wake Forest in my article, although some Deacons fans thought I was sending jabs their way by saying Ole Miss has a chance to score 38 points on them.
I think after the game, Wake Forest ...
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