Wake Forest Football: 3 takeaways from upset loss to Louisville

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WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 13: Sage Surratt #14 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons watches on against the North Carolina Tar Heels during their game at BB&T Field on September 13, 2019 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

2. This one-possession loss was inevitable

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons opened their season with a comeback victory against the Utah State Aggies at home 38-35. They were 2-0 in conference, but won each game (North Carolina and Boston College) by one possession.

Murphy’s Law simply says that whatever can happen will happen and this game, in many ways, was inevitable. Three of their five wins were by one possession, and even Rice hung around for a bit before Wake Forest pulled away.

With all of those close games they eventually were going to come up short in at least one. This game gives the Deacons the “cycle” of close win scenarios. They’ve had to come back after teams have jumped out to big leads; they’ve had to hold on to leads late in games as well. Eventually, one of these would come back to bite them.

Louisville jumped out to a big lead, Wake came back, but the Cardinals were able to keep them at arms length for the victory.

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