End of the Wake Forest football season

Thousands and thousands of small 8" pizzas were sold between August and November this year at BB&T Field for the home football games for Wake Forest University. By far the best selling games for Domino's was the game against Virginia Tech and the game against Notre Dame. The season started out on a hot day in early September, when Wake hosted N.C. State. We sold a lot of pizzas that day and it can always be hectic the first time because the workers are sometimes unfamiliar with the setting and there is an uncertainty in the air of how smooth things will go, and is there enough dough, cheese, boxes, employees, etc. The next game was kind of a let down, first because of the time, 6:30, which is good for the start of the game, as far as people eating pizza, but bad in the sense that halftime falls around 8:00, which is kind of late for some people to eat. Also, Wake was playing Gardner-Webb, a lower division team that did not draw a lot of interest from students and fans. The third game of the season witnessed the Deacs take on Florida State for their most impressive victory of the season, sending the Seminoles back to Tallahassee on a sour note. Pizza sales that day were strong. Then came the big game against Virginia Tech on a Saturday night. Pizza sales were through the roof that night, with the coliseum crew pumping out almost 600 8" pizzas that night, although the Deacs lost to the Hokies in a close game. After two weeks on the road, the Deacs faced off against Notre Dame, probably the most highly anticipated game in a long time in Winston-Salem. Although the Deacons played well, they came up short in the end. This was another night game, and sales of Domino's Pizza were amazing. Once again, the coliseum crew cranked out over 500 pizzas, with many more being made inside the stadium as well as the North Point store bringing some over. After a road game at Clemson, Wake welcomed Maryland to town, and won to give them their 6th win of the season, making them bowl eligible. Being a middle of the afternoon game, pizza sales were down a little, and the coliseum put out about 350 pizzas. For the last home game of the season, the Vanderbilt Commodores from Nashville, TN came into town, and managed to run over the Deacs for a blowout victory by more than 30 points. Another mid afternoon games resulted in slower sales like the previous week, with the coliseum gang putting out a little over 300 pizzas. In the end, many fans were treated to a hot Domino's Pizza on cold days, hot days, and mild days, at all times of the day. Many thanks goes out to the Domino's employees who set up, fed the team, worked the stands, sold in the stands, delivered pizza, made pizza, and the people who managed the entire operation. The local Domino's franchise in Winston-Salem will continue to operate at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum during Wake Forest's basketball season and for special events.