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Wake Forest Football: 4 Bold Predictions for the 2018 season

By Brandon Croce

WINSTON SALEM, NC - OCTOBER 03: DeMarcus Walker #44 of the Florida State Seminoles grabs the jersey of Kendall Hinton #2 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons during their game at BB&T Field on October 3, 2015 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Florida State won 24-16. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
WINSTON SALEM, NC - OCTOBER 03: DeMarcus Walker #44 of the Florida State Seminoles grabs the jersey of Kendall Hinton #2 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons during their game at BB&T Field on October 3, 2015 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Florida State won 24-16. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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WINSTON SALEM, NC – NOVEMBER 18: The Wake Forest Demon Deacons celebrate an upset victory over the North Carolina State Wolfpack following the football game at BB&T Field on November 18, 2017 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images)
WINSTON SALEM, NC – NOVEMBER 18: The Wake Forest Demon Deacons celebrate an upset victory over the North Carolina State Wolfpack following the football game at BB&T Field on November 18, 2017 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) /

These are four bold predictions for the Wake Forest football team for the upcoming 2018 season.

The Wake Forest football team is coming off its second consecutive winning season after going 7-6 in 2016 and 8-5 in 2017. They also went on to win their bowl games at the Military Bowl in 2016 and the Belk Bowl in 2017.

One of the reasons for the success of the Demon Deacons was their explosive offense led by quarterback John Wolford. However, Wolford has graduated and now head coach Dave Clawson has been tasked looking for a new quarterback.

The expectation was that Kendall Hinton would be the player to replace Wolford but he is suspended for the first three games. The coaching staff decided to go with true freshman Sam Hartman to start the year.

Now that the Demon Deacons have a new quarterback they are likely to take a step backwards and this will put pressure on the defense to step up. They have a number question marks but plenty of potential that they can improve this coming year.

These are four bold predictions we have for the Demon Deacons in 2018.

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