Wednesday, May 11, 2011

ACC title game gets prime time kickoff

The ACC championship game will have a prime time kickoff at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, the conference announced today.

In its second year in Charlotte, the game will kick off at 8 p.m. on Dec. 3. An announced crowd of 72,739 watched at Bank of America Stadium last year as Virginia Tech defeated Florida State to win the ACC title.

The ACC also announced kickoffs and television assignments for the first three weeks of conference play. On Sept. 3, North Carolina plays host to James Madison at 3:30 p.m. in a Raycom broadcast; N.C. State opens at home against Liberty at 6 p.m. on ESPN3.com; Duke has a 7 p.m. home game against Richmond on ESPN3.com; and Appalachian State at Virginia Tech at 12:30 p.m. will be the ACC Network broadcast.

On Sept. 10, North Carolina's home game against Rutgers will be on the ACC Network at 12:30 p.m.; N.C. State plays at Wake Forest at 3:30 p.m. on Raycom; and Duke plays host to Stanford at 3:30 p.m. on ESPNU.

On Sept. 17, Duke visits Boston College at 12:30 p.m. on the ACC Network; North Carolina's home game against Virginia starts at 3:30 p.m. on ESPNU; and N.C. State plays host to South Alabama at 6 p.m. on ESPN3.com.

Ken Tysiac

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe Clemson has a game from some minor school from the plains of Alabama scheduled for 12:00 Noon on ABC. How did you miss that one Ken? Did you forget that Clemson is still in the ACC?