N.C. State has scheduled Central Michigan for nonconference football games in Raleigh in 2011 and 2013 and in Mount Pleasant, Mich., in 2014, Wolfpack executive senior associate athletic director David Horning said today.
Horning said getting two home games in exchange for one road trip with a Mid-American Conference school was a good deal for the Wolfpack.
"Those are hard to come by," he said.
N.C. State's nonconference schedule in 2011 consists of a visit to Cincinnati and home games against Central Michigan, South Alabama and Liberty.
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Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:50 — izzykareemcame off back to back 1-10 seasons, these are the kinds of teams Mack Brown cleverly scheduled to pump some confidence back into his team, and everyone, including us state fans criticized him for it, but he was the one with the last laugh when they finished, what was it, 9th in 97-98 (forgot the year).
Carolina barely got by McNeese State a few years ago and we lost to Central Florida in TOB's first game, we have a long ways to go still to build the foundation.
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4th
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:07 — Surfer98 is right and 4th place IIRC and FWIW.
97-98
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 10:41 — Heels20Yup, that's the year. 11-1 season with a 42-3 Gator Bowl victory over Va Tech. Wouldn't mind having a season like that again...
Next years schedule is a joke
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:07 — gvillegatrI'll never get rid of those tickets.
You joking?
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:55 — mad_maxGot a buyer right here, just let me know. Seriously.
Cincinatti
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 20:06 — gvillegatrStill got three tix to the Natti game.
Max?
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:53 — gvillegatrDo u want Natti tix?
Sorry for the delay
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:56 — mad_maxI would gladly take them, but I'm busy Thursday nights :(. Really appreciate the offer though, gatr.
Liberty?
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 20:13 — SurferWow.
Wow
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:25 — WNCMikeNow they've resorted to playing Jerry's kids.
That's really all you have
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:58 — mad_maxThat's really all you have to say? You respond with another cheesy one-liner? Get lost dude.
Yep
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 20:26 — mad_maxThese cupcakes cost us a little more than 40 bucks too...
Liberty?
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:17 — WNCMikeThat's just embarrassing there...at any price.
LIBERTY'S UNC CONNECTION
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:44 — JPDOhioQuestion: Which two NC State 2011 football opponents used to have head coaches that also coached the Cleveland Browns?
Answer: UNC (Butch Davis) and Liberty (Sam Rutigliano).
Sam's most famous quote came when he was taking heat over the Browns' poor performance, "There are millions of people in China who couldn't care less about the Cleveland Browns". Unfortunately for Sam, those folks were in China, not NE Ohio. He was gone shortly thereafter.
Back to the main topic. Scheduling Liberty is no better or worse than scheduling any other 1-AA team. And, as max noted, they weren't bad last year.
Wake Forest opens this
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:52 — mad_maxWake Forest opens this season playing Presbyterian, and all the local ACC schools seem to play Gardner Webb every now and then. Both of these teams are in the same conference as Liberty, the Big South, which Liberty was the champion of in 2007, 2008, and then a tie for first in 2009. So you see, it's your lack of knowledge that is truly embarassing. Who is your team Mikey? I guarantee you that they play teams like Liberty (or worse) more often than you think.
?
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:19 — WNCMikeResponding to your own post? Kind of like talking to yourself I guess. I must have hit a nerve. Liberty is champs of a FCS conference in which 30% of the teams don't even field a football team. It's like saying, "we're playing a school which has won their conference championship 12 years in a row, regardless that that championship is in a 1-A high school conference. My point is, it's apples vs Oranges. My team has never played Gardner Webb, but I digress into your mode of deflection from the real point here with that statement. Liberty, South Alabama (dead last.. 245 of 245 in this year's Sagarin ratings) in the same year says a lot. That's my point. As far as my having a lack of knowledge, you know nothing about me and are totally unqualified to make such a statement (as evidenced by your use of the juvenile term "dude"). You appear to use that remark as a crutch on which to brace your own shortcomings and lack of self esteem. Mad Max, have a nice day !
Are you blind, or just stupid?
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:50 — mad_maxResponding to my own post? What are you talking about? Damn, you're stupid. Your "point" is constantly changing after each version gets shot down. Best part is, you won't even say what team you root for, because you know it will open you up to be shot down yet again. Have a nice life, dude.
Sorry
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:44 — WNCMikeI guess I should understand your petty name calling and defensiveness better...I apologize. I can only imagine what it must be like to be a sports fan of a school that's been totally irrelevant in any sport for such a prolonged period of time.
Name calling? I simply
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:54 — mad_maxName calling? I simply pointed out a fact. Saying that I responded to my own post when I very clearly didn't? Leaves us to assume that you don't understand how the format of these threads works, thus making you stupid.
Oh, and I think I've figured it out. You must be a Gardner Webb fan. No wonder you don't want to say it!
nope
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:23 — WNCMikeYou'd have to go further west to find my alma mater. A lot further west. Don't know why you're obsessed with where I went to school though. It's not the University of Carolina between Lillington and Angier, but maybe you can figure it out.
Dude
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:27 — YAR8packDude, who is your team. Dude, you know what I mean? Dude, take it easy. Have a nice day, dude.
Walk before you can run
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 20:55 — peetiepupI hope to see a day when the program is strong enough not to need more than one non-BCS opponent per year if I live long enough to see it.
But for now, this is probably more suited for a program that lately merely squeezes into a bowl - in a good year.
It sure was exciting, however, playing Ohio State, Syracuse, etc... when they were ranked teams. That was a time, though, before BC, Miami, and Va. Tech joined the league. League play is plenty tough enough until NCSU can get on a roll. Hoping...
Scheduling
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:40 — JPDOhioWhen you say "non-BCS", do you mean non-FBS or truly non-BCS (which would exclude Mountain West, MAC, etc)? If you really mean non-BCS, I am not sure State will ever get there. And I am not sure they should.
First, there should never be more than one team from the Division Formerly Known as 1-AA on the schedule. However, I think you will always have a team like Central Michigan (which has been one of the better teams in the MAC the past two years) on the schedule. Even the powerhouses have teams like that on their schedules. Nothing wrong with that, especially with the competition in the conference (as you mentioned) and assuming you have a marquee game (Ohio State, Penn State, etc.) on the schedule.
I get your point though and it makes sense if the program is going to progress.
Cent Mishitigan
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:05 — gvillegatrWas good bc of their qb. Hea gone and also probably gone from Chicago too. The MAC is a shadow of what they were five or six years ago. I do, however, know this conference holds a place in your heart. Keep fighting the good fight though.
Yes, it does.
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:36 — JPDOhioAnd, yes, I will.
In Other Words
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:54 — YAR8packTake the Ohio State and Texas approach. Seriously. That's how the Buckeyes and Horns make their schedules. Typically it's a 1-AA, two random lower tier Div-I, and one higher ranked team. Go to ESPN.com and look at both universities' past six years of schedules if you need proof.
Before some idiot claims that I'm comparing NC State with either one of those perennial powerhouses, please take a second to look back and see that I'm only suggesting that's how those schools schedule a certain selection of opponents and are more likely to have a cushion of wins before beginning conference play.
In other words...
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:35 — JPDOhioExactly.