When people used to see Wake Forest on the schedule, they used a pen to mark down a ‘W.’ We’re at the point now where we at least make them use a pencil.

A rueful joke about reputation: opponents used to mark a win in permanent pen when Wake Forest was on the schedule, and now they at least have to use pencil, meaning erasable. It's modest, self-deprecating progress measured in stationery.

Context reviewed 19 September 2026