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Message: [QUOTE="K Otto XLIV, post: 1470033"] Welcome to this week’s Tale of the Tape where the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons take on the Syracuse University Orange. Let’s get started. Born on date Wake: 1834 vs SU: 1879 Otto’s Edge: Wake… the school was originally named the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute because students and staff were required to spend half of each day doing manual labor on the plantation. Kind of like today’s football players not getting paid for doing work. Edumacation Wake: 27th vs SU: 58th Otto’s Edge: Wake… I am sure that kids try to graduate early to get out of that manual labor. Maybe the student’s dislike of labor led to the name of… Mascot Wake: the Demon Deacon vs SU: Otto the Orange Otto’s Edge: SU… Otto is warm and fuzzy You get the opposite feeling from… The E at the end of Grob Wake: -e vs SU: eeeeee! Otto’s Edge: Wake… Grobe brought them to new heights while GRob made people jump from heights Sticking with football history… 1st year of football Wake: 1888 vs SU: 1889 Otto’s Edge: Push… basically the same thing What isn’t the same… All time Ws Wake: 432 vs SU: 706 Otto’s Edge: SU… by a big margin Head to Head Wake: 1 Win vs SU: 3 Wins Otto’s Edge: SU… who has won the last 3 games Bowls Wake: 6-4 vs SU: 15-9-1 Otto’s Edge: SU… beating Wake is key to getting to our 16th W National Champs Wake: 0 vs SU: 1 Otto’s Edge: SU… like Wake would have one Surprisingly they do have... Conference Titles Wake: 2 vs SU: 4 Ottos’ Edge: SU… how did that happen? Conference Wake: ACC vs SU: ACC Otto’s Edge: Push… wait Wake is in the ACC? Let the hate flow through you Wake: UNC, NC State, Duke vs SU: what’s a rival? Otto’s Edge: Wake… not fair that they have 3 and we have none. They have played their Tobacco Road rivals: UNC 106 times (but not yearly anymore) NC State 106 times Duke 94 times Another Carolina rivalry… Let’s put the women and children to bed and go looking for dinner Wake: Carolina BBQ vs SU: Dino BBQ Otto’s Edge: SU… better question is Lexington or Eastern? That difference is in location, as in... GPS Wake: Winston-Salem vs SU: Syracuse Otto’s Edge: SU… Winston was named after a revolutionary war hero. When the town got married to Salem it decided to use a hyphenated name. While we are on battle fields... No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around Wake: BB&T Field vs SU: Dome Otto’s Edge: SU… they only fit 31500 which makes the Dome look gigantic They don’t need a lot of seats because of their... Students Wake: 4800 vs SU: 15000 Otto’s Edge: SU… they are the smallest P5 school Students wear the… School Colors Wake: Old Gold and Black vs SU: Orange Otto’s Edge: SU… due to an orange out On the subject of colorful… TV Father Wake: Carroll O’Connor vs SU: Jerry Stiller Otto’s Edge: Wake... my dad would want to keep it all in the family. Although my mom would want the King to chose the man from Queens. All in the Family was known for the show starting with a song which brings us to... This is my fight song Wake: O Here’s to Wake Forest vs SU: Down the Field Otto’s Edge: SU… that sounds like a drinking toast Someone famous for a drink… Golf Wake: Arnold Palmer, Darren Clarke, Webb Simpson, Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins SU: Boeheim former coach Otto’s Edge: Wake… we would not win 10 -in holes Boeheim was more success at basketball… NBA Jam Wake: Muggsy Bogues vs SU: Derrick Coleman Otto’s Edge: SU… He’s on Fire! Which came from… Controversial Basketball Announcer Wake: Billy Packer vs SU: Marv Albert Otto’s Edge: SU… I always hated Packer glad he is gone Because now we have better sounding... Final Fours Wake: One vs SU: Five Otto’s Edge: SU… Packer was on their 1962 FF team While we are on the subject of a finale… Sopranos connection Wake: David Chase vs SU: our team lost in the newspaper Otto’s Edge: Wake… well he created the show When will he make a movie? Which brings us to... Football movie Wake: Brian’s Song about Brian Piccolo vs SU: The Express Otto’s Edge: Push… both were sad stories Staying with football... Football Coach Wake: Clawson vs SU: Shafer Otto’s Edge: Push… no one wins when you hire a MAC coach More with coaches... Head Coach Alumnus Wake: John Mackovic vs SU: HCRE Otto’s Edge: Wake… he also coached at Wake briefly While both of those guys played football they were not the school’s... Best Player Wake: Ricky Proehl vs SU: Jim Brown Otto’s Edge: SU… I think Best QB Wake: Norm Snead vs SU: McNabb Otto’s Edge: SU… Snead was a 4x Pro Bowler and is the last QB to win a game with a passing rating of 0.0 McNabb also played basketball… Multisport Guy Wake: Rusty LaRue vs SU: Vic Hanson Otto’s Edge: Wake… he made the Bulls great Speaking of bull, as in BS… Politics Wake: Jesse Helms vs SU: Joe Biden Otto’s Edge: SU… VP beats Senator No? Another important position in society is… Doctor Wake: Dr Jerry Punch vs SU: TGD Otto’s Edge: Wake… punch became a doc there TGD loved attention which is the opposite of… BBall Player Wake: Tim Duncan vs SU: Melo Otto’s Edge: Wake… he deserves more attention Sticking with Duncan… Donut preference Wake: Krispy Kreme HQ in W-S vs SU: Dunkin Otto’s Edge: SU… America runs on Dunkin Also HQ’d in Winston-Salem... Industry Wake: RJ Reynolds vs SU: Carrier Otto’s Edge: Wake… well Carrier did move to Carolina Cigarettes can be addicting just like fantasy sports… Guy you want on your fantasy team Wake: Michael Campanaro vs SU: Ryan Nassib Otto’s Edge: Wake… sadly we don’t have anyone to really choose Footballer Wake: Michael Parkhurst vs SU: Alex Bono Otto’s Edge: SU… rather have him in a “keeper” league And finally the category of the year... Sports Family Wake: Chris and Cliff Paul vs SU: Scoop and Dion Otto’s Edge: Wake… their fake family has two guys looking to make the assist while we only have one And there you have it folks. SU will beat Wake 20-14. Remember the numbers never lie and stats are for winners. Until next time! [/QUOTE]

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