Game Week Preview: Wake Forest

Posted Sep 6, 2012
This weekend's game is a match between two former Air Force assistants. First-year Tar Heel head coach Larry Fedora worked on Fisher DeBerry's staff in 1997 and 1998. Wake Forest's Jim Grobe, in his 12th season in Winston-Salem, was at the Academy from 1984-1994. Last week, Carolina (1-0) defeated Elon at home, 62-0. Wake Forest got past Liberty, 20-17, in Winston-Salem. (Tar Heel Monthly)

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