The Clemson Insider recently caught up with John Dell to get some insight on Wake Forest ahead of Clemson’s game against the Demon Deacons. Dell covers Wake Forest football for the Winston-Salem Journal.
Dell hit on a number of topics during the following question-and-answer session, including quarterback Sam Hartman’s incorporation back into the offense, the defense’s performance under the direction of a new coordinator and more heading into Saturday’s game at Truist Field.
Note: This interview was edited for clarity
Given the anticipation surrounding this game between a pair of ranked teams in the ACC’s Atlantic Division, what kind of crowd and environment are you expecting Clemson to be walking into Saturday?
I anticipate about 33,000 or 34,000 people to be there. There are about 1,000 tickets left (as of late Wednesday afternoon). So there’s definitely some excitement with Clemson coming in. And I kid people that Clemson is bringing their varsity (team). They’re not bringing their JV.
Sam Hartman had a medical scare that required surgery last month, but now he’s back leading Wake’s offense. How has he looked in the two games he’s played?
I kind of joked that these first three games were the exhibition season for Wake Forest before Clemson came to town. But they faced a little adversity with Sam missing about a month of the season – preseason and the first game – with that blood clot in his left arm. He had surgery on it, and it was kind of a big stroke of luck that the vascular surgeon here at the Wake Forest medical center (Dr. Julie Freischlag) is like one of the best in the world at doing this. She kind of helped him move along a lot quicker, and he’s looked pretty good. I know last week he wasn’t happy because he threw three touchdown passes, but he had two interceptions. And they didn’t move the ball as well as they would’ve liked and of course had to scramble to beat Liberty. But I know he kind of rebounds…
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