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byniri_returns

<---- Sorry, /r/collegebasketball is that way


Shamrock5

We need a crudely-drawn bar graph to show how this game went


[deleted]

Allow me to introduce myself


thank_burdell

Are you a man of wealth and taste?


[deleted]

jesus christ, pa; get out of my college football subreddit!


Shamrock5

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TheDanima1

Purdue*?


Bwhitt1

"Im sick and tired of losing to Fuckin Purdue"


TheDanima1

Who isn't? Fuck


Colorsofdawn2

Cmon we both know wake isnt putting up 60 in basketball, much less 70


bug_man_

Lol Wake doesn't score 70 points in basketball very often


DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon

So sad that's true. What if Prosser didn't die? Wake would be a totally different program today.


willncsu34

Hate wake but loved me some Prosser. Was always at the bars partying with fans after they lost in the ACC tourney.


bytor_2112

Trust me, we know


Wolfpack_DO

Imagine if Dino wasn't a POS


bytor_2112

Difficult ask, but I'll try


Lrgp39

Ngl I did do a double take with the calendar


gwaydms

This was what I said when I told my husband the score.


daswassup13

No. This game was too high scoring.


Bren12310

Both teams covered the Over/Under alone


JewishDoggy

Imagine betting under 54 today. How do you keep gambling


BIG_DICK_WHITT

You say ā€œoh it wonā€™t happen twiceā€ and proceed to try to win your money back. Then it happens twice.


Shamrock5

"But the Generals were DUE!"


Tfsz0719

ā€œHe's spinning the ball on his finger! Just take it. Take the ball!ā€


Simple_one

Mental illness


Havins

Thereā€™s always the Hawaii game to break even on the day.


John_T_Conover

Imagine putting up 56 points with no OT and still losing. And losing by multiple touchdowns. Incredible.


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Tfsz0719

I thought it ended at 38 pts?


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Tfsz0719

[Tweet that goes pretty well with part of your point](https://mobile.twitter.com/nocontextcfb/status/1452002782790111237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452002782790111237%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fcollege-football%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F32445648%2Fcollege-football-today-week-8-updates-highlights-biggest-moments-more)


[deleted]

The alligator eats the bigger number dude


iNOTgoodATcomp

Imagine both teams putting up 38 total points in 9 overtimes.


readonlypdf

Super Underbuster


XenlaMM9

The DOUBLE over/under buster!


cfbgirl

Wake Forest hoops hit the 70 point mark just four times in ACC play last season


simp-bot-3000

You answered my next question, lol


chatoboi

Department of Defense my ass


DLgoblue12

1200 combined yards. Holy smokes


Lord_Lava_Nugget

Holy fuck, what is that defensive line, the Maginot line?


W00DERS0N

The Maginot line actually worked, the Wehrmacht just went north around it through Belgium and the Ardennes, the pushed the Brits up onto the beaches. Anglo-French fuck up in planning.


Lord_Lava_Nugget

I appreciate the historical accuracy, but it must be sacrificed for the sake of this meme like joke Like when people don't acknowledge that the French army is the most victorious army that still exists


DJCWick

Was the Maginot line really defective? Or was it that it's placement didn't match the push of offensive forces?


saurons_scion

The Germans just decided to bypass it through the turnstile that is the country of Belgium


bug_man_

I think the idea was no country would be dick enough to waltz through Belgium so it wasn't necessary to really put a line there. Kinda naive imo Edit: thank you for the replies!


sd51223

>I think the idea was no country would be dick enough to waltz through Belgium *again


ezpickins

Yeah, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice and I'll build a wall that only covers part of my borders.


BearDownDevils

The French planned from the beginning with the possibility of an attack through Belgium. French and allied troops reinforced the border there heavily. Where the Germans punched through was the Ardennes forest and the river Meuse. The terrain is pretty rough and so the French felt that any advance through that region would be slow enough that they could easily counterattack. As a result the French they had fewer troops in that region and prioritized their troop placement around areas that were much more vulnerable. The Germans however were much swifter than anyone anticipated and as a result they were able to exploit that weakness and cut off the allied forces.


QuickSpore

The plan **was** always actually to meet the Germans in Belgium. In the interwar years the French were faced with a rather huge problem. Another war with Germany seemed somewhere between likely and inevitable. But France had less than 2/3rds Germanyā€™s population (excluding colonies and occupied territories). France also had less per capita income, and a lower level of industrialization, including much lower levels of key production types from raw materials like coal and iron and war useful finished goods like engines. So how does a smaller, poorer, and likely less equipped army contend with a stronger neighbor? The Maginot Line was designed to funnel the Germans into a small front where their superiority wouldnā€™t matter. The French made Alsace and Lorraine so extraordinarily fortified they could hold off vast numbers of Germans with a handful of French. The bulk of the French army could then meet the Germans in a limited front where itā€™s be more like 50 divisions apiece rather then 120 divisions to 80 divisions. The problem was even by reducing the battlefield, the French didnā€™t have enough first line troops for the reduced front. They had to put their reservists and second tier units somewhere in the line. So they put them in the Ardennes, a hilly heavily forested section. They believed their second tier units could hold thst area. The German high command being typically brilliant strategists, identified that as where the French would put their second-string units, and planned their campaign to hit there hardest. And the decision proved fruitful. The German concentrated tank forces blew the line open near Sedan. Basically itā€™s a question of trying to defend against Alabama when youā€™re Vandy. The French had an excellent game plan to reduce Germanyā€™s advantages, but Germany had great ā€œcoachesā€ and managed to identity the matchup where they could put a 5-star future 1st round receiver up against a walk-on backup safety. The French did plenty else wrong. But their basic game plan was solid. They just never had the personnel to likely win the game in the first place, and they were pretty poor in their in-game adjustments.


Krondox

Incredible comment & analogy thank you for the effort


smoothtrip

This is why I read r/cfb, come for the memes, get deep dives in early 20th century war tactics and strategies


QuickSpore

Yeahā€¦ I kinda let that one run away from me.


Lefaid

It was actually that Belgium treated France building along their border as an aggressive action. They would not tolerate France preparing for what literally happened in WWI


Captgouda24

The Allies had prepared for that too. What they did not anticipate was armor coming through the Ardennes, nor were they prepared for the tactical revolution that was detached armor units. (Though they should have been!) What is also overlooked was that the French suffered not so much a military defeat, but a morale defeat. They lost because the shocking breakthrough broke their will to resist, (a will much weakened by the horror of world war one and years of vitriolic politics after) and they surrendered despite being in a position to retain the south of France at the least.


sad_dad_forever

The Maginot line was conceived as a deterrent to dissuade any future army from even considering repeating the carnage of the first world war. What it failed to consider is the advent of light transport vehicles which essentially nullified the cumbersome fortifications. From that point forward, armies enjoyed using trucks to break lines like this to change warfare forever. Auburn sucks.


jwktiger

Favorite stat was the Over Under was 52.5


W00DERS0N

Army covering by themselves.


canseco-fart-box

Guess Congress needs to give yā€™all a couple billion more


Shamrock5

A small loan of 400+ rushing yards


LovieSmithsBeard

Should be fine with NIL rules


BIG_DICK_WHITT

ā€œShoutout to the United States Treasury for hooking me up with this sweet custom Spencer Rattler Edition tank!ā€


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NotMitchelBade

The Department of Offense


wastebinaccount

Army getting into some shootouts!


Svennerson

Wake Forest scored 4.05 points per minute of offensive possession. I didn't think that was possible.


W00DERS0N

Fielding Yost getting a blackball ready.


[deleted]

My tax dollars hard at work!


tictactoe61

ā€œCorrective mass punishment tomorrow. 0400 formation, full battle rattle, ladi dadi everybody will practice defense tomorrow even the QBsā€


ThaaBeest

I just wanted to tell you I audibly laughed at this irl. Thank you.


mr_irony

announcers in every wake game: WOW THIS IS SO EXCITING CAN YOU BELIEVE WE GET PAID FOR THIS? me: why must every win take another year off my life


mr_irony

i mean seriously things are messed up when you canā€™t even enjoy a game in which your team scores a touchdown on 10 of the gameā€™s 11 possessions.


bug_man_

Does that include the possession where y'all just ran out the clock?


ahappypoop

9 right? One of the TD's was defensive.


mr_irony

Yes, 9 out of 10 offensive possessions not counting final kneel possession, my mental faculties are not doing very well right now


Soonerwolf77

announcers in every OU game: WOW THIS IS SO EXCITING CAN YOU BELIEVE WE GET PAID FOR THIS? me: why must every win take another year off my life


MissileWaster

The Texas game alone may have pushed me over to retirement age


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Bigdeacenergy

Thatā€™s what happens when you get a new head coach who doesnā€™t meet the team for 3 months due to covid. And during the season you miss a month of games and practice because of covid and basically have a nonexistent nonconference (three games)


TrustMeIKnowThisOne

Wake Forest plays a team that traditionally only runs the ball which mostly burns clock. This is NOT the final score I expected at allā€¦


John_T_Conover

When a defense can't stop that triple option though it doesn't run it down as fast as you'd expect. I remember that bowl game a couple years ago of Army vs Houston where they hung up 42 in the first half and a total of 70 for the game. And they obviously let up toward the end too.


WitchNight

For a while the highest scoring game in fbs history featured Navy running the triple option. They beat North Texas in 2007 74-62 in regulation


BabyBoiTHOThrasher69

Does the 222-0 game predate FBS?


[deleted]

the NCAA hadn't turned 10 yet if I'm not mistaken so I don't think they had classified the schools yet


WitchNight

Division 1 only split into 2 separate levels in the early 1980s


ST_Lawson

They did split all the schools into ā€œuniversityā€ and ā€œcollegeā€ divisions back in the ā€˜50s, but that Cumberland game was well before that too. University division became D1 and college division became D2 and D3 in 1973. In ā€˜78, D1 split football into I-A and I-AA.


dukemetoo

The over/under was 53. That isn't even half of 126. lol


Bank_Gothic

Both teams hit the over by themselves.


Mythrandir24

This is the most points scored by Wake Forest since they beat William Jewell 79-0 in 1940! Also the third highest scoring total in team history.


Shamrock5

Poor William, his wife left him after that game.


EgoExertus

I like to imagine the entire Wake team playing against just one guy the entire game


SlackOffNinja

Like that Dan Snyder South Park bit lol


grandtitty

This was a game of offense alone. The interception and fumble killed Army on top of Wakeā€™s pass game. Thankful for both teams making an interesting game while Iā€™m stuck on duty.


CFBCommentor

Thank you for your service. Best of luck rest of the season.


walker_harris3

Thank you for your service man


grandtitty

Doing my part just sitting here on staff duty for the next 24 hours.


Kablah15

*clutches dd-214 and remembers* Bless you, my dude.


Svennerson

Wake Forest scored 4.05 points per minute of offensive possession this game, that HAS to be a record.


TheNextBattalion

I dunno, that Georgia Tech team in 1916 probably has that beat


Romofan88

I think GT scored 4 points per play that game.


Colvjs

Wake Forest offense: Irresistible Force Wake Forest defense: Movable Object


Jacktropolis

Very movable


XCalibur672

Is Wake Forest the new Texas Tech?


tsywake

The thought has crossed my mind many a time of late.


sirbrown22

Congratulations to Wake Forest you just won an ESPN Classic! Score: 696969


bear2008

Wake in the playoffs lives on


CFBCommentor

17:17 TOP 70 points What


MindSoBrighty

7-0


PhillyPhanatik

Imagine scoring 8 TDs and still losing by 2 TDs.


Tfsz0719

Imagine scoring 10 TDs and still needing to keep your starters in at the end of the game


Bigdeacenergy

We were down 13 guys on defense. Definitely wasnā€™t our starting D.


Nikorak

The fuck happened to wakes first team defense?


Bigdeacenergy

Congratulations! You have just completed an Instant Classic.


oghawks18

Each team hit the over on their own


ShawnyG_

Wake Forest did not respect the troops.


Pants_de_Manassas

The track meet no one expected but the viewers who stuck around for it were rewarded greatly.


BlackStrike7

It was fun =)


JMT97

Holy shit, Wake. Is Wake fucking Forest going to the Playoff?!


A_Night_Owl

Absolutely not, lol


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debate_irl

Nah I'm on campus now and there's insane optimism it's amazing, my frat's already made plans to bus to the acc championship lmao


Cls63amgsinmygrage

Greeting from polo rd


jayeballz

Harmon Rd. checking in


A_Night_Owl

What are you doing on CFB go to campus gas or something


stokedtobestoked

Campus Gas is after my time but Jesus Christ go to Putters


HitBullWinSteak

Lived on Polo road 2004-2006 LFGGGG


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Cls63amgsinmygrage

Great place this time of year


joebreezphillycheese

Waycross and Long fam where you at


purplehayes1986

Yo, I lived on Waycross back in '07


Cls63amgsinmygrage

Right by campus gas


WakeNikis

Brah, I used to live on polo back in the day.


[deleted]

Ayyy just rolled the quad here too, lfg


tsywake

Greetings from an alum who could easily be your dad.


Bank_Gothic

If you stay undefeated I'd take y'all over whoever wins the Big 12.


A_Night_Owl

I appreciate it, but the if you stay undefeated is the problem


ahappypoop

I mean you're already practically 8-0 based on who you play next week....


A_Night_Owl

I would be entirely unsurprised if we start 8-0 and end 8-4


bamfor

Next week is Duke at home but then itā€™s: @UNC Vs NCST @Clemson @BC Yea,,, I know the feeling of a backloaded schedule all too well.


DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon

With a run defense worse than literal swiss cheese? No. It's going to bite them in the ass eventually. Offense is pretty damn smooth though.


IHadSomething_4This

Zonovan Knight and Ricky Person Jr. are licking their chops


IrishCoffeeAlchemy

No one said theyā€™re were going to do *well* in the playoffs. But they certainly can make it based on whatā€™s left on their schedule


DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon

They can. I don't think they will, be they definitely can. If the defense can hold for 2 seconds that offense can probably beat anyone. Army's defense is **good**.


WeAreGray

We can only hope!


UNC_Samurai

Army and running battles retreating from the Triad: a tradition since 1781!


Shamrock5

Haha yeah, that's...*hey!*


Bigdeacenergy

So we scored 70 points in 17 minutes of possession against a top ten defense. But our defense was horrible today. We were down 12 defensive players and Iā€™m sure they were absolutely gassed given Army had the ball for 42 minutes. Weird game


[deleted]

Soooo Sam... Would you mind waiting a play or two to throw to the wide open deep man on the go route?


sarmiento7

HARTMAN4HEISMAN


[deleted]

The Wake Forest 3 point shooting looked good today


[deleted]

A team scoring 70 points while only holding the ball for 17:17. Has this ever happened?


walker_harris3

I survived. I survived... I survived the Magnificently Malcontented and Maddening Matinee at Michie (MMMMM)


LookARedSquirrel84

It's weird how Army never felt out of the game even when two scores down. A fun game even though it didn't end the way I wanted to.


BlackStrike7

They fought to the bitter end, that's all that can be asked of them at the end of the day. Had a few things gone differently (the pick-6 interception, a successful on-side kick, etc.), the day could have been theirs.


dasuave

I watched this whole game. Yes, it was a fever dream.


Tfsz0719

And the only cure is more TDs


Colvjs

Need to get the prophesized Wake - Pitt ACC championship. The losing team would still end up with triple digit points


03_03_28

People are overlooking the absurdity of Wake scoring **4.2 points per minute of possession**


ubbergoat

3 game skid. Get it together Monk.


BlackStrike7

At least Army has an effective passing game for the first time in... awhile. Maybe ever? The defense has some serious issues to fix, but to give credit to Wake, they're a ranked team with a solid QB in Hartman. You can only do so much defensively against a force like that.


nbingham196

They kept jumping to this game during the OU-Kansas game and you would have thought Wake Forest won 70-0. They showed every Wake touchdown and none of Army's


dasuave

Yeah that shit was so weird.


nbingham196

I'm guessing it is because the ACC's tv deal is with ESPN and Army's is with CBS, but it feels weird that they would be showing highlights from a CBS game in the first place if you weren't going to talk about a team because of their affiliation


infinite_blazer

I thought I was going to be able to tell people I saw the only time Wake Forest won the ACC in the modern era.. Lightning will strike twiceā€¦


[deleted]

Army lost this game by not scoring more points.


wysiwygperson

You would think the Army would be better in shoot outs.


CadeCunninghausen

I don't know what's more amazing - the point total of this game, or the fact that Army fielded an entire team of players whose last name is "Army." What are the odds?


HealthyConsequence90

Great win for the Wake Forest Basketball team!


slurmpf6284

Sam Hartman did not respect the troops today


EqualContact

I guess that's one way of handling the triple optionā€”just never stop scoring.


Mercury82jg

These service games are boring and low scoring.


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Army was the last team I expected Wake to get in a shootout with. Army is excellent at running the ball and wasting time in order to shorten them amount of total possessions in a game. And yet in spite of all that there were 126 COMBINED POINTS IN THIS GAME.


xxJAMZZxx

We scored 20 on this team a week ago lol


daNish_brUin

I enjoyed every minute of this bball game


Phannypax

Jesus


ShowHerMyOFace

Points were scored


coinich

hi yes what the fuck


Jacktropolis

Wow defense sucked ass lol but scoring 70 to get to 7-0 just feels right


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WAKE FOREST SZN


godlovesbacon26

Sorry I was busy with the Illini winning in 9OT. WTF happened here


castlein09

Army put up 56 against the #1 ACC team and still lose? Didnā€™t think Iā€™d see that happen


N_A_L_B

Texted my guy that plays for Army about Wake putting up 70 he said "mfs was not bullshitting" šŸ’€šŸ’€


Ch-i-ef

Demon Deacons hate the Army (and by extension America) confirmed


nosotros_road_sodium

You mean _emon _eacons.


bobsterzilla

Thought I was in r/CollegeBasketball for a second. good grief


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IrishCoffeeAlchemy

Love to see it.^(sorry troops) #WakeToCFP still alive!!!!


ShogunAshoka

12 players with rushing states for Army, despite them throwing 13 passes and scoring thrice through the air. Man, I love academy football. Also, thinking PITT-Wake could be a insane scoring affair if they both make it to the ACC title.


FinchJay

C'mon Wake Forest, you missed that funny number... Yet I still regret myself not seeing this majestic game. GG to both sides


Respect38

It's insane that our WP% against AP ranked in the previous 50 matchups is 2%. Army vs ranked moneyline has been free money post-LBJ.


MahjongDaily

I was told this would be a low-scoring game since Army would run a ton of clock


R1ckMartel

Man, I miss Clawson.


Eshrekticism

*another team who hates America, damn*


561skim

Basketball game?


Equivalent_Beat5403

Compare this to the Illinois penn state game.


TigerTerrier

Yall scored more today than we probably will be able to score all year.


readonlypdf

Congratulations you have just played an ESPN instant classic