November 29th: Boston College @ NC State

We expect that Atlantic Coast Conference to announce the 2008 Football Schedule any moment now.

But, the brass at the conference office cannot be happy about the fact that Boston College has leaked their 2008 schedule to the public before the conference’s announcement. We found this link at Boston.com this morning that details the Eagles’ 2008 schedule.

Looks like the ACC is going to play-up the Tom O’Brien angle as much as they can as the conference has scheduled NC State to host Boston College on the last weekend of the year (two days after Thanksgiving). So much for the Chuck Amato-Maryland hatefest. Say hello to BC!

Actually, I expect State to continue to host the last game of the year because attendance at Carter-Finely is so reliable even during Thanksgiving weekend. So, expect to see Maryland and Boston College (and maybe sometimes UNC-CH) rotate as the Wolfpack’s last game of the season in the future.

We’ll have more as it becomes available.

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47 Responses to November 29th: Boston College @ NC State

  1. Primewolf 01/30/2008 at 7:31 PM #

    I think our last game should be against Wake. And we would obviously alternate sites. Wake would be full as I suspect we would take enough fans to help fill it up.

    I hate not having a long time rival on the last game.

    I hate the thanksgiving home game every year. Every other year would be more tolerable.

    For me, we are always out of town for the labor day weekend game (always against a weak opponent) and thanksgiving weekend. That is 2 of the home games. I generally make it back just for the game while the family stays put.

  2. highstick 01/30/2008 at 7:41 PM #

    Why would we play Carolina the last game of the year? Remember, we are not their rival! It’s Duke! Both of those teams should end their season in the Toilet Bowl!

    By the way, any of you guys planning on coming to Columbia for the game this year? I’ll keep you posted on ticket sources and tailgating later!

  3. EverettBeez 01/30/2008 at 7:45 PM #

    SLC & Provo are both beautiful – but not what you’d call party towns.

    Seems I am always driving home that weekend – though it may be my high school reunion that weekend. For regular attendees, I can that it would be a tough weekend. For those of us coming back to see family, it can work out great.

    My school is looking at going till mid to late october before the first home game this fall. Nice planning huh? One team canceled on us, the other wants to reschedule because they can’t get hotel rooms for the team (It would be during Talladega) This as the Trustees embark on a big push for ticket sales to justify adding luxury boxes.

  4. gopack968 01/30/2008 at 7:52 PM #

    “… the N&O says that UNC recruiting is going great with all the #1’s Butchy is going after. Doesn’t matter if he signs any, just that he is going after them. ”

    The media trumpeting of the next ‘about to be’ UNX triumph is constantly amazing to me. Press releases as news. Two recent, and hilarious examples:

    1. Butchy announces to great fanfare all of the big additions the program will make to Kenan. No money allocated, no actual architectural plans, nope, nothing but hot air, a recruiting charade.

    In the meantime… NC State has renovated and upgraded nearly every sports facility it has and its football, baseball, basketball, tennis, and soon to be track and field and soccer facilities are as good or better than nearly any in the nation. The Murphy Center and multiple Dail facilities are nothing short of stunning. Money raised, architectural plans approved, facilities built.

    2. UNX continually triumphs the impending ground breaking of its high-tech public/private campus, the vaunted “Carolina North.” It will be built once they have the money, convince the town of Chapel Hill to let them build it, and close the airport that currently occupies the space.

    Meanwhile… at NC State the dream of Bruce Polton, Centennial Campus, is built. It is home to dozens of private companies, houses the schools of Engineering and Textiles in state of the art classrooms and labs, and is the site of a booming mixed-use community, a cool alumni club and soon a championship golf course. The internship, co-op, and after graduation employment opportunities for State students is off the charts! Today. Now.

  5. tooyoungtoremember 01/30/2008 at 9:23 PM #

    I live in Athens. I’m a PhD student at UGA. Athens is a heck of a lot better than Chapel Hill in every way, except for its proximity to home.

  6. highstick 01/30/2008 at 10:02 PM #

    Yes, and they even arrest football players in Athens, then Richt suspends them for 1 OOC football game! Don’t let ‘dem Dawgs brainwash you down there!

  7. tooyoungtoremember 01/30/2008 at 11:24 PM #

    He lengthened the suspension to two games after hearing of their blatant disregard for authority figures. Should it have been even longer? Most definitely.

    It’s hard not to pull for the Dawgs when you’re around here. Especially when they’re doing so well, and in the SEC to boot. I justify it by saying that earning two degrees (and working on a third) entitles me to pull for two college teams. At least they’re both red! But the Pack will ALWAYS be closest to my heart. Thanks to my family, that loyalty has been instilled in me since birth. Hopefully in the near future I’ll get to watch State enjoy the same football success Georgia has enjoyed recently.

  8. EverettBeez 01/30/2008 at 11:33 PM #

    heck ya tooyoung – you get to pull for every school you get a degree from – if you want – plus the schools your folks went to, and the one you grew up loving. I’ve got 5, but the Pack are always #1 in my heart.

    A professor I had at Ole Miss, who grew up in Chapel Hill, always described Oxford as what Chapel Hill was like before it went to hell. Despite that, its one rocking college town, minus the size of Athens.

  9. waxhaw 01/31/2008 at 7:19 AM #

    Slightly off topic but — We need to get rid of the ridiculous BC rule for ACC bowl selections. If the bowls are continually forced to take a team that can’t sell tickets, it’s going to affect our payouts which ultimately affects all ACC schools.

  10. Astral Rain 01/31/2008 at 7:29 AM #

    Given the direction BC is going, I don’t think there would be too many worries in the future- as the team would have to be bowl-eligible, at least beyond Boise. I don’t see a lot of that in BC’s future as is.

  11. RAWFS 01/31/2008 at 8:04 AM #

    I expect that the next time bowl contracts come up that the “BC Rule” will have its come-to-Jesus day. As the guys here on SFN reported last month, BC would have sunk down to Boise, and the good folks down in Orlando are surely none too pleased by the dozens of fans that BC brought to their bowl game. Add in Jags insult to Atlanta, the Gator folks bypassing them for Virgina and UVA being, well, UVA, and you simply do not have a pretty picture for the ACC and bowls.

    The conference really needs NC State to have a good season next year and even better, one that gets the Pack in the hunt for a Peach or Gator slot. I don’t think it will happen, as TOB is still rebuilding the team, but look at the ultimate FY to BC – we beat them the last game of the year, and then bowl officials pick us over them and hopefully relegate them to Boise once again.

  12. LRM 01/31/2008 at 11:25 AM #

    As for Utah…I skied in the Wasatches out there last week and it’s one of the most truly beautiful places I’ve ever seen (and I’ve skied the Alps).

    Too bad the Southern Baptists didn’t get there before the Mormons!

  13. packpigskinfan23 01/31/2008 at 12:33 PM #

    LRM-HAHAHAHA

    I was born in Utah- my parents Mormon, I am not. Its my favorite place in the world. I love it. Its beautiful. My sister graduated from BYU, and Provo is just as beautiful as the rest of the state(women included). And trust me… if your looking for a beer, you will find one.

  14. packpigskinfan23 01/31/2008 at 12:34 PM #

    oh… and the football atmosphere in Provo is great!

  15. highstick 01/31/2008 at 2:06 PM #

    Tooyoung,

    Put a “qualifier” on Beez’s comment about getting to pull for every school you graduated from” to exclude East Carolina. I went to grad school there and while the academic experience was fine, I just can’t pull for their football team…ever!!!

  16. Zomby Woof 01/31/2008 at 2:35 PM #

    I’m right there with you. Undergrad Degree at State and 2nd undergrad Degree at ECU. I just can’t seem to pull for the Pirates either. I’ve tried, but I just don’t think it’s going to happen. Growing up in Georgia, I have always pulled for UGA and even attended school there my frosh year when I was too immature to handle academics and social life. I love the Pack down to my very soul, but there is nothing in this world like SEC football. I’m hoping that type of atmosphere can migrate up to ACC country because it is one of life’s great experiences. Imagine the excitement that the ACC Tourney generates and give it a big dose of HGH and that’s what you get.

  17. LRM 01/31/2008 at 2:47 PM #

    My friend’s give me a hard time because of my apparent lovefest for SEC football and atmosphere. But I’m a NC boy so I rationalize the ACC’s football lack of atmosphere or any defining history like this: nothing compares to January-March on Tobacco Road, with the penultimate sporting experience being at the Friday games of the ACC Tournament.

  18. highstick 01/31/2008 at 3:19 PM #

    When I was taking the GMAT, the East Carolina band was practicing outside the window of the classroom where we were taking the test. I think the proctor filed a complaint or something, but I can assure you that the noise did not positively impact those of us taking the test.

  19. WolftownVA81 01/31/2008 at 3:47 PM #

    ^^^^^^Dogbreadth, I’m sitting in 29 Palms, CA – same desert but without the neon. I’d trade it for Vegas any day. Can’t wait to get back to VA.

  20. Ed89 01/31/2008 at 4:26 PM #

    heck ya tooyoung – you get to pull for every school you get a degree from – if you want – plus the schools your folks went to, and the one you grew up loving. I’ve got 5, but the Pack are always #1 in my heart.

    My dad went to UNC, played football for UNC in the 50’s, and that is probably why I grew up a Tarheel fan. That being said, I would pull for the Heels vs. Duke, but other than that, I just can’t pull for them — love ya Dad, but you’re not getting me to root for the Heels!!

  21. choppack1 01/31/2008 at 5:29 PM #

    You see – I think the ACC Tournament has lost a LOT of it’s atmosphere recently. I don’t know whether it’s the play-in games, the 12 teams, the dominance of Duke or the diminished importance by the at-large bids, but the feeling isn’t nearly the same as it used to be when you were lucky enough to score tickets to Friday’s 4 game set w/ 8 teams around.

  22. ruffles31 02/08/2008 at 1:09 PM #

    Schedule is out:

    NC State
    Aug. 28 at South Carolina (Thu.)
    Sept. 6 William & Mary
    Sept. 13 at Clemson
    Sept. 20 East Carolina
    Sept. 27 South Florida
    Oct. 4 Boston College
    Oct. 16 Florida State (Thu.)
    Oct. 25 at Maryland
    Nov. 8 at Duke
    Nov. 15 Wake Forest
    Nov. 22 at North Carolina
    Nov. 29 Miami

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