Unknowns cloud opener for No. 22 Wake Forest, VMI

Wake Forest holds its highest preseason ranking in program history, but there are many reasons the No. 22 Demon Deacons are walking directly into the unknown.

Three weeks before the Sept. 1 opener against visiting Virginia Military Institute in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman was ruled out indefinitely. The Aug. 10 announcement that he'll miss an extended period of time for treatment for a medica