2010 NC State Football Schedule

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We’ll have more later, but the Wolfpack’s brutal 2010 Football Schedule has been announced with some changes to some of the previous tentative dates. State actually hosts two ESPN televised Thursday night games this year.

Nine of the Wolfpack’s twelve opponents competed in bowl games this past season, and 33% of the schedule (four) finished the season ranked in the final 2009 AP poll: Cincinnati (8th), Virginia Tech (10th), Georgia Tech (13th) and Clemson (24th). State faces the defending champions of three different conferences this year.

The good news is that the Wolfpack will not host a game during the North Carolina State Fair for the second consecutive year.

Pretty interesting timing because earlier today a great conversation started on our message boards about the 2010 season. (Click here for link)

2010 NC State Football Schedule
Sept. 4 WESTERN CAROLINA
Sept. 11 at Central Florida
Sept. 16 CINCINNATI (Thurs-ESPN) 7:30 pm
Sept. 25 at Georgia Tech
Oct. 2 VIRGINIA TECH
Oct. 9 BOSTON COLLEGE
Oct. 16 at East Carolina
Oct. 28 FLORIDA ST. (Thurs- ESPN) 7:30
Nov. 6 at Clemson
Nov. 13 WAKE FOREST
Nov. 20 at North Carolina
Nov. 27 at Maryland

In case you missed it, we had a fantastic national signing day entry on the site yesterday that you can see by clicking here. As it relates to the 2010 season, you may want to pay a little extra attention to the following names:

David Akinniyi – 6′4″ 250 lb. Defensive End
A.J. Ferguson – 6′3″ 270 lb. Defensive End
Mikel Overgaard – 6′6″ 280 lb. Offensive Lineman
Robert Crisp – 6′7″ 299 lb. Offensive Lineman
Tobias Palmer – 5′11″ 175 lb. Athlete
Bryan Underwood – 5′11″ 170 lb. Wide Receiver
Dontae Johnson – 6′3″ 180 lb. Safety
David Amerson – 6′3″ 180 lb. Safety
Billy Bennett – 6′1″ 220 lb. Place Kicker
Mustafa Greene – 6′0″ 190 lb. Running Back

The size of that^ list of potential contributors as freshmen should be an indicator to you of why NC State is not expecting a breakout 2010 season.

Additionally, ACCNow has this blog entry about the Wolfpack’s schedule:

With two road games outside the ACC, the Wolfpack has six home games, compared to eight last season, and only four on Saturdays.

The two Thursday night games should be fun with Cincinnati, the two-time defending Big East champ, coming in on Sept. 16 and Florida State on Oct. 28.

While Cincinnati has a new coach, Brian Kelly left for Notre Dame after a 12-0 regular season in 2009, the Wolfpack will only have four days after a trip to Central Florida to prepare for the Bearcats.

Two other points of interest: State should start 1-0 for the first time in Tom O’Brien’s fourth season with FCS opponent Western Carolina as the opener. The UNC finale expirement lasted one year. Maryland will close the schedule with the Pack visiting UNC on Nov. 20.

Unless State’s defense makes a dramatic improvement, another middle of the road record, 6-6 give or take one game either way, is to be expected with this schedule.

If you are more interested in the broader schedule of the entire Atlantic Coast Conference then you can click here to the N&O’s blog entry. Don’t forget that the ACC Football Championship is in Charlotte this year on December 4th.

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40 Responses to 2010 NC State Football Schedule

  1. whope90 02/05/2010 at 8:50 AM #

    We have a tough football schedule but i really like our chances. GT Clemson and Cinci will be tough along with vtech but lookout for the cinci game due to the coaching change and the lack of defense because state beat pitt and pitt beat unc and should have beat cinci if not for a field goal kicker. I really see this team with Russell Wilson and definately better defense and rallying around Dana Bible. 8-4 is reachable with 9-3 with a lucky bounce.
    But if the defense continues to falter,look for the pack to go 5-7 again.

    This just in from Raliegh, due to weather conditions, the state bus cannot get to Atlanta on time for the shoot around, so they will not be able to”hit shots!!.

    Way to go el sid loll And your bus breaks down and you can’t get to the gym to practice? Did you have an alternate plan? Or is that how they did it in the NBA?

  2. Sam92 02/05/2010 at 10:25 AM #

    hope springs eternal, maybe it will come together in the Fall of 2010

    but this season was so disappointing — a new coach’s third year should be when he really starts to shine, he’s had a couple of years to work with the older players, and some of his own recruits are taking the field, it should show promise and improvement — but we got worse!

    with such a downhill performance in 2009, it’s hard to muster optimism, but TOB does have a pretty good record as a football coach, so maybe he pulls it off. i hope so.

  3. ncsuinpa 02/05/2010 at 10:58 AM #

    Hi guys. I’m confused. In the past you guys complained about a non-conference schedule that was too weak and didn’t test us. Now that we have a decent (albeit tough) one, you guys say it’s too tough. Though having a winning season will be difficult, having nationally televised games helps recruiting and it showcases our fanbase to the country. Since I’m not in the area, I welcome these games. We should relish the opportunity and show that we can compete.

  4. VaWolf82 02/05/2010 at 11:33 AM #

    If State had a losing record against a relatively easy schedule, then why would you think that a tough schedule one year later would prove anything positive?

    BTW, ask Bunting how much a losing record against a tough schedule helped him.

  5. RickJ 02/05/2010 at 12:08 PM #

    The best thing about the schedule is playing Western Carolina first. TOB has lost his opener all three years.

    “Hopefully, Cincy has a game on the same Saturday.” Very important point. If they do I think this actually gives us an advantage – they have to travel to Raleigh and they are breaking in a new coaching staff.

    Guess who has an open date before they play Georgia Tech next year? UNC of course. Second time in three years.

  6. The Grinch 02/05/2010 at 1:11 PM #

    11-1 due to a gut wrenching wake-up call at home against Western.

  7. FunPack 02/05/2010 at 3:47 PM #

    Anytime you have a bad year, the next year’s schedule is gonna look tough. And the opposite is true when you have a good year.

    In reality, despite our next few months worth of wild prognosticating, we won’t know what we have until the second game of the year. But I ain’t gonna let that stop me from making pronouncements. 😉

  8. old13 02/05/2010 at 3:58 PM #

    Just for grins, here’s my almost completely uneducated picks:

    Sept. 4 WESTERN CAROLINA W
    Sept. 11 at Central Florida L
    Sept. 16 CINCINNATI L
    Sept. 25 at Georgia Tech L
    Oct. 2 VIRGINIA TECH L
    Oct. 9 BOSTON COLLEGE W
    Oct. 16 at East Carolina L
    Oct. 28 FLORIDA ST. L
    Nov. 6 at Clemson L
    Nov. 13 WAKE FOREST W
    Nov. 20 at North Carolina L
    Nov. 27 at Maryland W

    4-8 for the season. Could go to 6-6.

  9. wolfmanmat 02/06/2010 at 10:59 AM #

    Some State fans will complain whether a schedule is too “easy” or too “tough.” The positive outlook is: a tough schedule gives you more opportunity. You generally get more televised games which equals more publicity for the program. NOBODY watches or cares if we win vs. Garner Webb and Murray State. Thursday games are publicity. Ranked opponents are publicity. The negative outlook: if you go 3-9, who cares if you played 7 ranked opponents. Your team was 3-9. I prefer to look on the positive and say that a tough schedule is the way to go.

  10. VaWolf82 02/06/2010 at 11:05 AM #

    The positive outlook is: a tough schedule gives you more opportunity.

    Opportunity for what? A losing team doesn’t get:
    – positive publicity
    – more televised games
    – bowl game (and the extra month of practice)

    There is absolutely nothing positive about a schedule that is tougher than your team can handle.

  11. GoldenChain 02/06/2010 at 1:13 PM #

    Sophomore slump is behind us, now RW will lead us to the ‘promised land’!
    Looking for a strong season and a make-up for everhowmany years of frustration!

    (hey, if you can’t be optimistic the week after signing day then you just need to give up on college sports….of start pulling for a team that’s always good)

  12. wolfmanmat 02/06/2010 at 2:04 PM #

    Yea, I agree that there is nothing positive about a tougher schedule than a team can handle. However, if we can’t handle the non-conference of WCU, Central Florida, Cinci, ECU, then we might as well drop out of the ACC. There is not a single perinnial powerhouse in the OOC. Frankly, most years that OOC scheduling would be shameful. Now, we can argue that GT, FSU, CLemson, VT are 4 of the tougher ACC teams, but the ACC as a whole is balanced, so even playing the “weaker” squads like Duke/UVa, doesn’t always work out(see this year). Anyway, next year we will have more national attention with the Thursday night games. If we lose then it is a “missed” opportunity, but a tough schedule still presents an opportunity…

  13. Wulfpack 02/06/2010 at 10:22 PM #

    The Central Florida and Cincy games loom large. We’ve got to get at least a split to have a chance at a semi-strong season. ECU is going to be down next year. And I like closing he year with Wake, UNC and Maryland. Three very winnable games in our quest for a bowl game.

  14. Wolfy__79 02/08/2010 at 5:54 PM #

    we won’t lose to ucf! get that nonsense out of your heads. ecu sucks. wc sucks most. cinci will not be very good either. the big east will be pretty watered down this year. aside from the short turnaround, that should be a W for us anyway. we beat a better pitt team last year.

    you have to see oppurtunity with a tougher schedule. think along the lines of the big picture.. in a couple of years, we hope to be in contention for a bcs game. you don’t get that by scheduling weak ass teams. playing a weak ooc wastes time, alot of players think they are better than they really are.

    whoever you are predicting 4 wins.. losing seasons, you will be pleasantly suprised this year.

  15. ivydog 04/25/2010 at 8:19 PM #

    I see us going 6-6 or maybe a bit better. But this is ok, I have great faith in TOB and many of you ‘naysayers’ need to back off of the man. Stop the BS talk about Bubbles and such. That is so ridiculous. He WILL take us where we want to go and beyond.

    He is a great teacher and motivator and the players like the system and him. And whether you ding-ding WIN-LOSS yahoos know it or not he will build a respectable program with discipline and strength of character. I like that. I have had enough of the CHUCKEE the CHEST Florida-State tactics with the late-hits, and lack of character.

    We want our players to be great people first, the rest follows.

    TOB, The staff and the current players are bringing us back to respectability. Unfortunately, success is built. As a loyal Wolfpacker (class of 82, E. Engineering), I do not mind waiting so long as we build a quality program which makes us proud.

    That is what TOB offered and that is what we will get.

    Patience please.

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