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With the off week in the rearview mirror, Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons worked through a ton of questions subscribers had about football, basketball, baseball, money, and more!

With the bye week in full swing, CBS Sports' Chip Patterson joins Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons to talk about the season so far from Wake Forest and how the national media perceives the Demon Deacons under Jake Dickert

Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons walks through a four day window for Wake Forest that was unforgettable. Gio Lopez and the football team go cross country to take down Cal, Tom Walter on leave, and takeaways from basketball's second exhibition

Needing some scoop on an opponent over 2,000 miles away, Bear Insider and LA Times reporter Joaquin Ruiz joins the show to chat all things Cal Golden Bears (4:50) - What's going on at quarterback? (10:40) - Running game talk (15:00) - How good are these pass catchers? (19:26) - A ferocious defense under Tosh Lupoi (23:31) - Leaky run game appears

Wake Forest made NC State tap out on the football field. Who stood out from a historic win? Afterwards Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons chats a little (a lot) about the current state of the athletics' financials before a quick preview of the Cal Golden Bears

Heading into a heated rivalry game, Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons is joined by Pack Power's Cory Smith to preview the longest continuous and annual rivalry in the ACC between Wake Forest and NC State

Jake Dickert's squad had little trouble with the Stanford Cardinal coming cross country, who stood out from the one-sided affair? Meanwhile Steve Forbes' squad fell in an exhibition at home. What did each player show us?

Fresh off an appearance on the back of the Demon Deacon's motorcycle, Wake Forest legend Al-Farouq Aminu joins the show to talk a litany of topics from his time at Wake to being one of the drivers of bringing guys back to Winston-Salem

With a loaded sports weekend on deck Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons talks through the matchups on the gridiron Wake Forest needs to win to avoid a letdown against Stanford. Afterwards, what does he want to see from the men's basketball team against Georgetown in an exhibition

Wake Forest basketball got some good news Wednesday afternoon as big man Justin Abson received a temporary injunction and is eligible for the season (for now). Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons walks through what he can bring to the team this year at a coveted position. After, Cam talks football's matchup against Louisville and Wake needs to do to pull the upset.

Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons walks through the loss against Miami and what each position can take away from it and apply to Saturday's huge matchup on the road against Louisville (0:30) - Expectations going into the game (7:21) - The Gio Lopez show (14:00) - Getting more out of the running backs (18:22) - Golden opportunities for pass catchers (24:58) - Ups and downs on the offensive line (33:15) - How the defense found their groove You can subscribe to Inside The Forest on Spotify. As always, five-star reviews and comments on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are appreciated! Also, you can watch the show on YouTube now. We'll do live streams as well, and you can get notifications on when we're live by subscribing to our Youtube channel.

Ahead of Friday night's game hosting Miami , Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons invites Inside TheU's Gaby Urrutia onto the show to preview the Hurricanes coming off a season where they narrowly fell to Indiana in the CFP title game and have started off 2026 hot (1:00) - Bouncing back from CFP (4:42) - Learns from first two games for Miami (6:45) - Questions on defense (17:10) - Walking through the offense (25:00) - Keys to the game You can subscribe to Inside The Forest on Spotify. As always, five-star reviews and comments on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are appreciated! Also, you can watch the show on YouTube now. We'll do live streams as well, and you can get notifications on when we're live by subscribing to our Youtube channel.

Wake Forest had one of the most exciting games of the year, going on the road against Purdue. They had to pick themselves up off the mat after seemingly being in control, but won in double overtime 38-36 on the back of an outstanding effort by Gio Lopez. Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons walks through a postgame reaction with the good, the bad, and everything in between You can subscribe to Inside The Forest on Spotify. As always, five-star reviews and comments on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are appreciated! Also, you can watch the show on YouTube now. We'll do live streams as well, and you can get notifications on when we're live by subscribing to our Youtube channel.

Needing to learn more about a school almost 600 miles away, Boiler Sport Report's Sean Williams joins host Cam Lemons to guide everyone through what the 2026 Purdue Boilermakers look like You can subscribe to Inside The Forest on Spotify. As always, five-star reviews and comments on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are appreciated! Also, you can watch the show on YouTube now. We'll do live streams as well, and you can get notifications on when we're live by subscribing to our Youtube channel.

Turning the page to Purdue, Wake Forest has a good opportunity to get some momentum heading into ACC play after looking around the conference in week 1. Demon Deacon Digest's Cam Lemons walks through what's got him encouraged through one (1) week of football. Plus tying up some loose ends with basketball (0:44) - Quick basketball update (5:49) - Football recruiting monitoring a couple of commits (9:22) - Initial thoughts health of Wake (14:55) - Opportunity for Wake Forest football (20:09) - Initial thoughts on the Purdue roster You can subscribe to Inside The Forest on Spotify. As always, five-star reviews and comments on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are appreciated! Also, you can watch the show on YouTube now. We'll do live streams as well, and you can get notifications on when we're live by subscribing to our Youtube channel.