Winston-Salem, NC - Wake Forest Athletics invites all fans to celebrate Halloween at BB&T Field as the Demon Deacons take on the No. 8-ranked Miami Hurricanes. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. with all of the pre-game festivities beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Arrive early in your costume to participate in the pre-game Halloween festivities. Fans can stop by the front of Bridger Field House to register for the various events, which include costume contests for all ages, hay rides and trunk-or-treating.

Any children who want to trick-or-treat at BB&T Field should stop by Bridger Field House to pick-up a Wake Forest bag for all their treats. This custom bag will be allowed in the stadium with candy treats only.

Several vendors in front of Bridger Field House, as well as the vendors in Deacon Tailgate Town, will be available for kids to visit in costume for trick-or-treating.

Tailgaters in the Gold Lot are invited to participate in trunk-or-treating. Those who choose to join in the festivities should drop by Bridger to pick up a sign which will acknowledge their participation.

For more information, call the Wake Forest Sports Marketing Office at 336-758-5011.

Pre-Game Notes for the Wake Forest at Clemson Football game on October 17

Game 6: Clemson vs. Wake Forest
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Kickoff: 12:10 PM
Clemson Memorial Stadium
Clemson, SC (81,500)
Television: Raycom
Steve Martin, Doc Walker, Mike Hogewood
Clemson Radio Network
Announcers: Pete Yanity, Will Merritt, Patrick Sapp
Series History:
Clemson leads 56-17-1
at Clemson: Clemson leads 33-7
at Memorial Stadium: Clemson leads 28-7
At Winston-Salem: Clemson leads 20-10-1
Last Year: Wake Forest 12, Clemson 7
Last Clemson Win: 44-10 at Clemson in 2007
Last Wake Forest win at Clemson: 29-19 in 1998
Games over last 6 Years: 3-3

Clemson Personnel Update
J.K. Jay (OT)--Freshman who had season end¬ing back surgery in August.
Stanley Hunter (LB)--Retired from football due to epilepsy
Jamaal Medlin (DT)--Retired from football due to knee micro fracture.

Milestones in Range, Streaks
•C.J. Spiller needs just 59 all-purpose running yards to become the first ACC player in history to reach 6000 all-purpose yards in a career. When he does he will become just the 27th player in NCAA FBS history to reach 6000 all-purpose yards.

The Washington Post's Eric Prisbell previews Maryland's matchup at Wake Forest on Saturday.

Listen Live

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Jim Grobe
Show presented by BB&T is set to air tonight at 7 p.m. Fans can
tune in locally to the hour-long show on 98.1 WBRF-FM or FM Talk 101.1,
or the live audio stream can be heard for free online.

Coach Grobe and Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Deacons, will
discuss Wake Forest's big comeback win over Stanford last week, as well
as this weekend's opponent Elon.

2009 Jim Grobe Show Dates:

September 3, 10, 17, 24
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
November 4, 12, 19, 25
December 3

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - WakeForestSports.com will name a King Fisher Student-Athlete of the Week each week throughout the 2009-10 season. The Student-Athlete of the Week will be a Wake Forest student-athlete who has excelled both on the field and in the classroom. The award is sponsored by the King Fisher Society.

Stan Cotton, the Voice of the Deacons, will interview the Student-Athlete of the Week, and that feature will be posted on WakeForestSports.com.

The inaugural King Fisher Society Student-Athlete of the Week is Demon Deacon senior quarterback Riley Skinner.

Click here to watch Skinner's video.

Winston-Salem, N.C. - Wake Forest scored 21 unanswered points and racked up 311 yards of total offense in the second half to post a thrilling 24-17 comeback win over Stanford on Saturday afternoon at BB&T Field.

Riley Skinner hooked up with Jordan Williams on a nine yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to tie the game, and after a 44-yard pass from Skinner to redshirt freshman Lovell Jackson, Skinner took the ball into the end zone himself with two seconds left on the clock to give Wake Forest the win.

Click here to see over 100 photos from the game by sports photographer Gene Galin.

Riley Skinner scores on a 1-yard keeper with 2 seconds remaining

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest scored 21 unanswered points and racked up 311 yards of total offense in the second half to post a thrilling 24-17 comeback win over Stanford on Saturday afternoon at BB&T Field.

With the win, the Demon Deacons even their record at 1-1 on the season, while the Cardinal drops to 1-1.

The game was a tale of two halves, as Stanford came out rolling in the first half and jumped out to a 17-3 halftime lead. In the second half, Wake Forest came out of the locker room inspired and recorded some defensive stops before cutting the deficit to seven points on a Mike Rinfrette three-yard touchdown run with seven minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Robert Griffin completed his first eight passes, finishing with 136 yards passing and a touchdown, to help Baylor beat Wake Forest 24-21.

Click here to see over 50 photos by sports photographer Gene Galin from the game.

Wake Forest will host Stanford at noon on Saturday, Sept. 12. The game will be televised on Raycom, a syndicate of over-the-air stations in the southeast. Here is a list of the stations where the game will be available:

Albany, GA WSWG-DT
Atlanta, GA WUPA
Augusta, GA WFXG
Baltimore, MD WNUV
Bluefield/Beckley, WV WVNS-DT
Boston/Manchester, MA/NH WSBK
Charleston, SC WTAT
Charlotte, NC WJZY
Charlottesville, VA WVIR
Chattanooga, TN WFLI
Columbia, SC WACH
Columbus, GA WLGA
Dothan WDFX
Fort Myers/Naples, FL WZVN
Gainesville, FL WCJB
Greensboro/W-S, NC WXLV
Greenville, NC WFXI/WYDO
Greenville/Spartanburg, SC WLOS
Harrisonburg, VA WAZT
Jacksonville, FL WAWS
Miami, FL WBFS
Mobile/Pensacola, AL/FL WBPG
Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC WMBF
Norfolk, VA WGNT
Orlando, FL WRBW
Panama City, FL WJHG-DT
Portland/Auburn, ME WPME
Providence, RI WLWC
Raleigh/Durham, NC WRDC
Richmond, VA WRLH
Roanoke, VA WDBJ-DT
Salisbury, MD WRDE-DT
Savannah, GA WGSA
Springfield, MA WSBK
Tallahassee, FL WTLH
Tampa/St. Pete., FL WTOG
Tri-Cities, VA/TN WEMT
Washington, DC WDCA
West Palm Beach, FL WTVX
Wilmington, NC WSFX

The Wake Forest football team will open the 2009 season at BB&T Field on Saturday against the Baylor Bears at 3:30 pm. Join WakeForestSports.com for our live interactive blog throughout the afternoon, being at 2:30 pm.

Also, WakeForestSports.com will be posting game notes as they develop on the Twitter page WakeFBStats.

Follow both the live blog and the Twitter feed throughout the game on Saturday.

Mobile users click here.

Listen Live

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The 2009 edition of the Jim Grobe Show presented by BB&T will debut tonight at 7 p.m. Fans can tune in locally to the hour-long show on 98.1 WBRF-FM, or the live audio stream can be heard for free online.

Coach Grobe and Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Deacons, will
discuss Saturday's season opener against Baylor and take calls from
listeners.

The Jim Grobe Show can also be heard on-demand via All-Access on WakeForestSports.com.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest opens its 108th season of college football by hosting Baylor on Saturday, Sept. 5, at BB&T Field. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised regionally on ABC and nationally on ESPN2 and will also be available on the Wake Forest ISP Radio Network.

Wake Forest is in the midst of its greatest period of football success in school history. The Demon Deacons are one of just 22 school in the Bowl Subdivision to have won 28 or more games over the last three seasons. The Deacons have won eight or more games and have been to a bowl game in each of the last three seasons.

Wake Forest opens the season against Baylor for the second straight year. In 2008, Wake posted a 41-13 win over the Bears in Waco. It was the Deacons' first-ever win over Baylor after losing the first four meetings, including the 1949 Dixie Bowl.

Wake Forest is receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN poll, ranking the Deacons tied for 47th in the country.

Quickie Notes
- Wake Forest is 49-55-3 all-time in season openers. The Deacons have won two of their last three to start the season. Under Jim Grobe, the Deacons are 4-4 in season openers.

Head Coach Jim Grobe

On getting ready for Saturday...
"There's no preseason game for college football so the first time you really find out whether you're ready to play is in the first game. It makes the coaches a little bit nervous and it puts the players on edge. But we're as ready as we can be, you've just got to go out and play.

We really haven't had many bad practices. For the most part we've had good competition, good effort in practice. It's been one of the better Augusts I think we've had since I've been here.

The problem in August is you to compete against each other in offensive in defense. We got to where we limited our mistakes against our offense and our defense, then you start working on Baylor and reliving a lot of those mistakes again. Hopefully by Saturday we'll have it worked out."

On Robert Griffin (QB) and Baylor...
"He's very talented. They do a great job running the option. He's got great foot speed. He makes a lot of people miss. They really make you work hard to stop their running game, but he's a very talented thrower and they have some really dangerous receivers. They're the whole package. They're not a one dimensional football team."

Winston-Salem, NC. - Here's a very brief taste from from Wake Forest's Wednesday football scrimmage.

Winston-Salem, NC - Wake Forest Senior QB Riley Skinner speaks with the media after the third pre-season football scrimmage.