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BB&T Field:
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The home of Wake Forest Football is BB&T Field, considered
one of the most beautiful stadiums of its size in the nation.
The facility, which celebrated its 35-
th season in 2002, underwent a $1.5 million refurbishing in recent years
which added significantly to both its appearance and utility heading into the 21st century. Of course, the mo-
st
obvious and striking improvement to the complex has been Bridger Fie-
ld House, which houses the Wake Forest and
visitor locker rooms, pos-
tgame interview room, specific areas for the equipment and sports medici-
ne staffs and
the Deacon Shop on the first floor.
Wake Forest is currently in the mid-
dle of a six-phase plan to completely renovate BB&T Field.
Prior to the 2005 season, the facade along the sidelines and south endzo-
ne were re-faced with approximately
89,000 bricks, specifically created for this project by Pine Hall Brick Company. The bricks are in the sam-
e
style of those that adorn the buildi-
ngs on Wake Forest's Reynolda Ca-
mpus, less than a mile away.
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The Demon Deacon
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The actual mascot made its first appearance in 1941. As the
"Demon Deacon" terminology became more popular, Jack Baldwin (1943 Wake Forest graduate) took the first step
and became the first in the long line of Deacon mascots.
"Some of my fraternity brothers and I were just sitting around one eveni-
ng," Baldwin recalls, "and came
to the agreement that what Wake Forest needed was someone dressed like a deacon -- top hat, tails, a bla-
ck
umbrella and all that. We wanted him to be more dignified than other mascots, sort of like an old Baptist
Deacon would dress.
Baldwin found an old tuxedo and a top hat, and on the following Saturday, he led the Wake Forest football team
onto the field, riding the North Carolina ram. Two years later, when Baldwin graduated, many interested students
were willing to continue dressing up as the mascot. Initially, the responsibility to pick new Demon Deacons
fell on Baldwin's fraternity, but later it broadened to include all students. Today, special tryouts are held
annually for new Deacons, but the competition is very intense. |
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