Anyone know when State will release their 2006 schedule? I heard January, but many schools already have their 2007 schedules out. Why is the ACC taking so long?

12/20/2005 1:50:48 PM

http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111804aak.html

[Edited on December 20, 2005 at 1:57 PM. Reason : .]

12/20/2005 1:56:11 PM

but thats not an actual schedule . . . thats just planned conference opponents. I think he is talking about a complete schedule with dates and such.

12/20/2005 1:58:54 PM

usually february

Unbackupable rumors:

the Akron game is 9/9
the S. Miss game is 9/23
the ECU game is 11/25

I would guess that we open the season with the defending National Champions

[Edited on December 20, 2005 at 3:10 PM. Reason : App. St.]

12/20/2005 3:09:15 PM

we'll have a fairly tough schedule next year with the only cupcake games being Akron and App. State at home. S. Miss away should present a challenge, and i would expect that ECU has improved slightly since that 2004 beatdown, and the stadium should be electric for this rivalry game. i'm really looking forward to the UVA game away. i've never been there, and plan on going up. other notable away games that should be difficult include CU and UMD, as well as the UNC game, not b/c either UNC or State is a great team, but b/c both teams play each other hard usually. be prepared for not having much luck against the ACC at home this upcoming year. we have BC, FSU, GT, and WFU as the home ACC opponents. while all 4 are winnable, they won't be easy, and i would feel very good if we go 2-2 in those games. i'm going to remain optimistic, but i'm prepared for barely making 7-5 with wins coming against all four of our OOC opponents and three more coming against WFU, UNC and UMD. UVA will perhaps be a swing game, as well as BC, and FSU, GT, and CU will probably be losses.

12/20/2005 4:55:37 PM

Akron is no cupcake. They went 7-5 this year and won their conference championship game. They are in the Motor City Bowl which is better than our bowl. How are they an easy game?

12/20/2005 5:04:54 PM

http://gozips.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/akoh-m-footbl-sched.html

here's there schedule with results. they aren't a terrible team, but they are the type of team that you can pencil in as a win.

they lost to Central Michigan, Army, Buffalo, and Ball State. those sure are some powerhouses.

12/20/2005 5:16:54 PM

You can pencil them in as a win but I will not. Any team that goes 7-5 is not a cupcake. I cannot believe you consider them cupcake and think that EZU will challenge us.

12/20/2005 5:30:55 PM

oh i never thought ECU would challenge us. i just think it will be a closer game than the 2004 game. our depth (which isn't saying much) will help us pull away in the second half. we could have easily had 7 wins this season, but most wouldn't consider us a good team either. 7-5 in MAC play does not impress me much. that's like saying oh App. State won the Div. I-AA championship, they aren't a cupcake. we should pretty much manhandle them as well as Akron. my prediction is we beat Akron 27-7, perhaps 24-10.

12/20/2005 5:40:09 PM

I thought ECU was the home opener?

and Rivalry?

12/20/2005 5:42:45 PM

ECU is a rival, albeit not to the level that UNC is. State fans talk crap about ECU all the time, and so does ECU fans. if it wasn't a rivalry why would State fans always feel the need to refer to ECU as EZU, and make that "the good, the bad, and the who?" sign to degrade them. also there is still some bad feelings between State and ECU fans b/c of the Miami vs. ECU game @ C-F fiasco.

12/20/2005 5:51:09 PM

no need to play it in Charlotte anymore after last years turnout.

12/20/2005 5:55:23 PM

the mac teams are always good for some upsets...i would in no way pencil that in as a win

12/20/2005 6:11:48 PM

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"ECU is a rival, albeit not to the level that UNC is."

Even our game against UNC Choke Hill can be second rate to other teams we play...aka Maryland, FSU, Wake Forest, Clempson

12/20/2005 8:46:05 PM

Seriously, why hasn't the ACC put out a schedule yet?

1/25/2006 12:23:44 PM

FSU has theirs posted on the offiicial athelic site. It shows the Noles visiting C-F on October 5th (Thursday)

1/25/2006 12:51:51 PM

^looking forward to that

i am gonna start looking for plane tickets home!

1/25/2006 12:53:03 PM

ncsu and fsu and thursday gangbang all the time

1/25/2006 12:53:14 PM

9/2 App St.
9/9 Akron
9/16 at Southern Miss
9/23 Boston College
10/5 Florida State (Thursday night)
10/14 Wake Forest
10/21 at Maryland
10/28 at Virginia
11/4 Georgia Tech
11/11 at Clemson
11/18 at UNC
11/25 East Carolina

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 2:05 PM. Reason : im pretty sure thats right...should be officially released around 4]

1/25/2006 2:03:43 PM

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"11/25 East Carolina"

looks like that will be our bowl game again.

1/25/2006 2:08:50 PM

^yeah, wtf do we always play FSU on a thursday? I'm not burning time off for that . . .

1/25/2006 2:12:09 PM

you better believe ill take time off for that game..

1/25/2006 2:13:00 PM

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"yeah, wtf do we always play FSU on a thursday? I'm not burning time off for that . . ."

Thursday night games are great exposure for the program. Playing FSU, and assuming we'll play them tough, is even better exposure.

1/25/2006 2:15:08 PM

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"11/18 At UNC"

Doesnt Duke generally play UNC the weekend before thanksgiving?

1/25/2006 2:18:59 PM

This schedule should set up better for the team this year. Last year it sucked to start out with such a hard team then have a dropoff to EKU. The games this year look like they increase in difficulty up until the FSU game, so hopefully we wont lose focus...which is the last thing this team can do after losing so much talent.

1/25/2006 3:16:51 PM

nvm

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 3:28 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2006 3:20:20 PM

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"Doesnt Duke generally play UNC the weekend before thanksgiving?"

Duke and UNC play Thanksgiving weekend this year



[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 3:22 PM. Reason : s]

1/25/2006 3:21:34 PM

Are we ever going to get to play Duke again??

1/25/2006 3:33:43 PM

2007 i think?

1/25/2006 3:42:20 PM

^,^^ Actually it's not till 2008 & 2009 that we play them again. They are the last Coastal opponent to cycle in. 2007 is when Miami cycles in. (2006 UVA, 2005 GT, 2004 VT)

1/25/2006 3:55:54 PM

they finally released the official schedule on gopack.com. http://gopack.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012506aaa.html

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"2006 NC State Football Schedule Date Opponent Sept. 2 Appalachian State Sept. 9 Akron Sept. 16 @ Southern Miss Sept. 23 Boston College Sept. 30 OPEN Oct. 5 (Thurs) Florida State Oct. 14 Wake Forest Oct. 21 @ Maryland Oct. 28 @ Virginia Nov. 4 Georgia Tech Nov. 11 @ Clemson Nov. 18 @ North Carolina Nov. 25 East Carolina"

1/25/2006 10:22:58 PM

not withstanding So-Miss getting better and Skip Holtz making ECU a decent team

we've got some cupcakes for OOC games

1/26/2006 10:32:11 AM

App. State isn't exactly a cupcake.

1/26/2006 10:35:23 AM

"1AA national champs" is not the same as "competitive against mid-level 1A teams"

1/26/2006 10:37:01 AM

i guess

1/26/2006 10:37:34 AM

i take back what i said

1/26/2006 10:39:08 AM

Don't forget that we are nc state. On any given day we could potentially lose to a pee wee football team.

1/26/2006 10:53:21 AM

and then chuck will blame the media or the fans

1/26/2006 11:40:54 AM

As long as we beat UNC. I can't even remeber the last time I saw us beat UNC in either football or basketball. Maybe 2 years ago? It's sad. A rivalry that goes the same direction nearly every time.

1/26/2006 11:52:08 AM