Wake Forest at West Virginia

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  Evening star, October 6, 1955, page 68

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  by hAEkHELL WHITTLESEY Scout Eddie league saw that he wasn’t getting q point across in discussing the Wake Forest team at Maryland’s press lunchcon yesterday and halted alb |ruptly. I’m prejudiced.” Coach Jim Tatunl’s chief scout blurted out, lsbut I’ve been watching Wake Forest too many years to belittle them on one bad game. “ The Deacons play Maryland here Saturday afternoon. league played against the Deacons while at North Carolina State and North Carolina, kept tabs on them while coaching at Guilford and has been scouting them since he joined the Mary land staff four years ago. He has q point. The Deacons never have been q team for con- sistency, either under Tom Rodgers or his predecessors. There’s something about the football setup there that has the Deacons up one week. down the next, and back up again. Plays Best Against Top Clubs Last year Wake Forest played Its best football against the two strongest opponents. Maryland and Duke. It tied the Terps. l3- |13, and lost only 1921 to Dukes Orange Bowl champions. Yet Wake Forest lost to three Vir- |ginia schools, Richmond, VPl and William and Mary. This year the Deacons beat vPI and South Carolina. then took that 46–⁠0 drubbing by West Virginia last week. Tatum said Nick Consoles. the IDeacons’ quarterback, was by far the best Maryland played against last year. Jim was asked whether Con- Isoles was Q better pasSer thar IUCLA’s Ronnie Knox and Tatum said 1t was O dtfiicult question to answer because they were diff Iferent types. Knox throws Z II running pass but Consoles throws more from q pocket. Nick has completed Is out Of 40 In

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West Virginia leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.