Pat McAfee, Kirk Herbstreit Apologize to Wake Forest During SMU Game

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Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit apologized to Wake Forest as the team was beating SMU on Saturday. Before the game, McAfee and Herbstreit picked SMU to beat Wake Forest on ESPN's…

Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit apologized to Wake Forest as the team was beating SMU on Saturday.

Before the game, McAfee and Herbstreit picked SMU to beat Wake Forest on ESPN's "College GameDay." At halftime, the Demon Deacons led the Mustangs 42-0.

"It was so good on the show today," McAfee said in a video posted on Herbstreit's X/Twitter account. "We should have known. That's on us.

"We apologize to Wake. Wake is real. We think they're so good. I don't know what we were thinking today."

Herbstreit said, "I thought, you know, they're on the road. SMU looked so good last week. I thought maybe they're in a spot to upset Wake. Boy, were we wrong."

Wake Forest took down SMU 49-7 and improved to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the ACC. Quarterback Gio Lopez finished with 201 passing yards and three total touchdowns, and four players (not including Lopez) had a rushing TD.

The Demon Deacons are one of the hottest teams in college football. After falling short to Miami in Week 3, Wake Forest has won its last seven games.

Head coach Jake Dickert is in his second season at Wake Forest and is proving that he is the right guy for the job. In 2025, Wake Forest finished 9-4, after winning a combined eight games in 2023 and 2024.

Ahead of the SMU game, Wake Forest announced it has signed Dickert to a long-term contract extension. According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, the new deal includes an uptick in resources and staff investment.

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