The Wake Forest Demon Deacons started off slow on Thursday night, but ultimately cruised to a 41-3 victory over the Elon Phoenix. While it was only one game against an FCS opponent, there is still a lot than can be learned from watching. Since this season is about growing, I thought it would make sense to compare the Elon game to last season's 23-7 victory over Gardner-Webb. What were the main differences?
For comparison purposes, I will point out that while Gardner-Webb won three more games than Elon last season (four to one), they had nearly identical Sagarin power ratings (35.