Inside The Investments Powering Wake Forest Toward The College Football Playoff

Wake Forest, led by coach Jake Dickert, is a surprise college-football contender (8-1, No. 13) and is pushing for a playoff berth.
Deep-pocketed local boosters like Ben Sutton and Bob McCreary have funded facilities, NIL/revenue efforts and roster support that let the small school compete with bigger programs.
Winston-Salem is reinventing itself from a tobacco town to an education/tech hub, with Wake Forest-led projects (like "The Grounds") driving local redevelopment and economic growth.