Wake Forest Football: Key takeaways from loss to Boston College

WINSTON SALEM, NC - SEPTEMBER 13: Cade Carney #36 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons runs between Brandon Sebastian #10 and Connor Strachan #13 of the Boston College Eagles during their game at BB&T Field on September 13, 2018 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

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WINSTON SALEM, NC – SEPTEMBER 13: Tanner Karafa #48 of the Boston College Eagles pressures Sam Hartman #10 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons during their game at BB&T Field on September 13, 2018 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

Third down struggles

The Demon Deacons were an impressive 6 of 7 on fourth down conversions against Boston College on Thursday night. However, one of the reasons they had seven fourth downs was because they went 5 of 22 on third down.

This wasn’t something that necessarily played into the outcome of the game as Wake Forest still won the time of possession battle and the Eagles’ defense struggled to really stop this offense on the other downs.

This won’t always be the case and if this offense fails to extend drives, it will force the Wake Forest defense on the field more and cause them to tire out quickly.

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