Heading into halftime of Friday night’s season opener, Utah State football coach Gary Andersen told ACC Network reporters that the back-and-forth offensive outburst between his team and host Wake Forest reminded him of a heavyweight title fight.
Not a bad analogy, considering it seemed to embody the idea of two sluggers trading haymakers, scoring knockdowns, then having to pick themselves up on the canvas, only to do it all over again.
Unfortunately for USU, the Demon Deacons picked up a late TKO, getting the go-ahead score with 1:08 to play, then intercepting Heisman candidate Jordan Love for the third time in the game with just 17 seconds left, preserving Wake’s 38-35 victory in Winston-Salem, N.