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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The noise from the postgame celebration echoed well outside Wake Forests locker room into the adjacent space where reporters waited to talk to coach Dave Clawson and his players.And who could blame the Demon Deacons for their exuberance? It was the first time any of the players on this roster had enjoyed the feeling of securing bowl eligibility.Wake Forest (6-3, 3-2 ACC) took advantage of two fourth quarter interceptions thrown by Virginias Kurt Benkert, with safety Jessie Bates returning the latter 39 yards for the winning touchdown with 6:47 remaining, as the Deacons defeated UVA 27-20 on Saturday.The victory secured bowl eligibility for Wake Forest for the first time since 2011, when the Deacons lost to Mississippi State in the Music City Bowl.Weve got some kids who have really busted their butts, put a lot into this program, for three, four, five years, Clawson said. People say, `Why do you coach? You can ask my wife. I dont sleep. Why do you do this to yourself? The high of enjoying moments like that is why you keep going at it. Theres no feeling in the world like getting to share that with your team. Thats what keeps you going.The team had its stalwart defense to thank, as the pair of fourth quarter picks directly led to 10 of Wake Forests points. Cameron Glenn returned the first interception 41 yards to set up a short Mike Weaver field goal, which tied it at 20-all.It took just three more plays for the Deacons defense to generate another turnover, as Benkert was flushed from the pocket and threw a panicked pass across his body into a host of black-clad defenders. Bates secured the interception and needed only a couple of blocks to find space along the home sideline and get into the end zone.Sometimes youre going to get sacked, Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall said. Its sometimes better to take the sack than deliver the ball in traffic. (Benkert) was trying so hard to extend plays, and I applaud him for that. He doesnt have to do it all by himself.The teams traded momentum through the first three quarters. Jordan Ellis 6-yard touchdown run punctuating a 75-yard game-opening drive for Virginia.But Wake Forest took control soon after, as quarterback John Wolford scored on a 64-yard touchdown run. A Weaver field goal and a short touchdown pass to Cam Serigne just before halftime gave the Deacons a 17-6 lead at the break.But Virginia (2-7, 1-4) rallied in the third quarter, as Benkert threw a 2-yard scoring toss to Doni Dowling. The Cavaliers then recovered an onside kick, and later took the lead when Benkert scrambled long enough to find an open Taquan Mizzell for a 45-yard touchdown pass to make it 20-17.Its not always pretty. Its not how you script it, Clawson said. But we ran for more than 200 yards, our defense played really well, and we got a fourth quarter comeback to get to six wins.THE TAKEAWAY:Wake Forest: The Deacons ground game paved the way for their offensive success. Wake Forest eschewed all pretense of play-calling balance in the early stages; Wolford didnt attempt a pass in the first quarter. The Cavaliers defense simply could not stop the ground game, as Wolford combined with running backs Cade Carney and Matt Colburn for 130 rushing yards on 14 carries by the end of the quarter, including Wolfords 64-yard scoring run.I was feeling pretty fast, Wolford said. I just didnt want to fumble. That was my whole thought process, so if I felt anyone get close, I was gonna go two hands (on the ball). I was able to pull away. Its always fun to get those big runs, because people dont expect it.Virginia: The loss ensured the Cavaliers would finish with a losing record for the fifth consecutive season. Their last bowl appearance, like Wake Forest, came in 2011, when they lost to Auburn 43-24 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.ILL TAKE THAT:Wake Forests defense forced three turnovers, and the Deacons scored 17 of their 27 points on the possessions which immediately followed those takeaways. It was the fourth time this season that the Deacons forced at least three turnovers. Bates interception was his fifth of the season, good enough for second in the ACC, and his second return for a touchdown of the year.The difference in the game today was Wake Forest took the ball away three times, and we didnt take it away, Mendenhall said. There might be other story lines that branch off from there, but really you can trace that to being the difference in the game.UP NEXT:Wake Forest: The Deacons will play their final road game of the season next Saturday when they travel to No. 5 Louisville. 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He just wont get to lead that run.His bosses and players badly wanted Strong to succeed at Texas. He won huge games against Oklahoma, Baylor and Notre Dame that, for a moment, suggested his turning point was coming. He was fired, quite simply, because he didnt win enough games. Too many blowouts early in his tenure. Too many close losses late. Two completely inexplicable losses against Iowa State and Kansas.In the end, the results over three seasons were not there, university president Greg Fenves said in a statement. It was not clear the future was going to be at the levels expected of Longhorn football.He went 6-7, 5-7 and 5-7. You dont get to coach at Texas for long with those results. He will leave with the worst winning percentage of any coach in school history. The patience ran out when a season that started with so much promise ended up being more of the same.Strong left Louisville at the end of 2013 ready for a big challenge after a wildly successful rebuild of the Cardinals. At Texas, he stepped into an objectively messy situation, joining an athletic department in the middle of a major leadership transition.He was hired by Steve Patterson, the unpopular new athletic director whod be forced out 20 months into Strongs stint. Longtime UT president Bill Powers retired during his tenure. And, of course, Strong had to replace a legendary coach in Mack Brown whod let the proud program slip.Texas can be a hard place to coach, with the many cooks in the kitchen and the many factions to appease. Strong wasnt brought in to play the politician role like Brown. His job was to rebuild and win.Its difficult to contend that Strong was set up to fail, considering he put himself in trouble with the hiring decisions he made in his first 10 days on the job. He ended up demoting, firing or losing eight of the nine assistants he hired in 2014. He handed out in-season demotions to two coordinators -- Shawn Watson and Vance Bedford -- whod helped him build a contender at Louisville. His poorly handled hire of offensive line coach Joe Wickline led to an Oklahoma State lawsuit and regrettable depositions. Continuity eluded Strong throughout.Toward the end of his debut season, after clinching a bowl bid at 6-5, Strong promised a five-loss season will never happen in this program. Texas lost its next two games, including a 31-7 blowout against Arkansas in the Advocare V100 Texas Bowl, to finish 6-7.Strong was a year late on figuring out a real offensive direction in the high-scoring Big 12. After the Arkansas loss, he fired two coaches but kept Watson for the entire offseason. He asked Watson to redesign his West Coast-style offense into an up-tempo attack more similar to their conference foes.And when that new offense produced 3 points and 163 yards in a 35-point loss at Notre Dame to open 2015, Strong benched Watson and quarterback Tyrone Swoopes and Texas had to spend an entire season trying to survive offensively.When the Longhorns finally got that side of the ball right this season with offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert, the No. 1 rusher in college football (DOnta Foreman) and an exciting freshman QB (Shane Buechele), it was Texas play on defense that slipped.Strong responded with more change, putting himself in charge of the Longhorns defense four games into the season. The defense did improve. The results didnt change much.Strong operated the program with a steadfast belief that, once he brought in enough talent, a tuurning point would come soon that proved Texas was ready to get back on top of the college football world.ddddddddddddHe and his staff succeeded on the talent acquisition front with two loaded top-10-ranked recruiting classes. From his 2015 and 2016 classes, he added 29 ESPN 300 recruits. Hes an impressive relationship-builder who won over moms and dads with his low-pressure, education-first approach. And he was a confident closer, one who did his best work in January and February.And there were days when his team converted all that young talent into big statement wins. A 1-4 Texas team stepped up and stunned Oklahoma, a top-10 foe that would win the Big 12, in a 24-17 slugfest a year ago. The Longhorns finished that season in unexpected fashion with an upset of a quarterback-less No. 12 Baylor team in Waco.Strong believed the program was one big win away from finally taking off, and Texas got that win in a double-overtime thriller against then-No. 10 Notre Dame to open this season. His team jumped from unranked to No. 11 in the AP poll. The morning after knocking off the Fighting Irish, Strong vowed: This cant be a one-night wonder. It wont be. But it was fools gold, both for Texas and the 4-7 Irish.The difference with Strongs third season in Austin is that it wasnt undone by blowout losses. He endured nine of them by margins of 18 points or worse in his first two seasons. These setbacks occurred in big-time games (48-10 and 50-7 against TCU) and supposedly easier ones (24-0 at Iowa State). Five blowout losses in 2014, four more in 2015.Blowouts werent the problem in 2016. This season, it was close losses. He was 5-5 a week ago with four of those losses coming by margins of 7, 5, 3 and 4 points, respectively. Had Strong finished out 7-5, Texas president Greg Fenves and AD Mike Perrin likely wouldve been inclined to give Strong another year. A 7-5 season wouldve shown some growth.But Texas lost the one game it absolutely couldnt Saturday, blowing a 21-10 fourth-quarter lead and falling 24-21 in double overtime against a Kansas team that was 1-9 and hadnt won a Big 12 game in two years. By losing to Kansas, Strong lost his ability to prove hes making progress.During his first two years on the job, Strongs failures were met with finger-pointing at Brown about what he did or did not leave behind for his successor. Seven players that Brown left Strong are on NFL rosters today, while 10 were kicked off the team in Strongs first year. Strong never took part in that blame game and probably wouldnt indulge it today. He took on a big, hard job. He did things his way, to the best of his ability, and it didnt work out.Strongs lone legacy at Texas will ultimately be his young players. In all, 48 players on Texas roster are underclassmen who signed in the past two years. Twenty of them, led by players like Buechele and freshman All-Americans Malik Jefferson and Connor Williams, have started games this season.These players love Strong and respect him and bought in fully. Theyll take this coaching change hard, especially because theyre sick and tired of the constant tumult at Texas. As sophomore defensive end Breckyn Hager passionately argued midway through this season: We love him as a coach. Getting a new coach is just going to set the program back. Weve got one of the best in the business. Weve got to keep him.The amount of talent Strong brought in shouldve bought him more time and security. It didnt, but whoever replaces him is inheriting a lethal supply of young talent, enough to start winning a lot of games in 2017 and 2018. 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