Why the Heck Doesn’t NC State Play Duke Yearly in Football?

Since 2009, State and Duke have only met three times on the gridiron.

And that’s both sad and ridiculous.

We fully understand that’s what happens with a conference realignment. You begin a weird cycle of playing folks in the Coastal every four-five years. But why for State and Duke? The schools are less than 25 miles apart and have played over 80 times, dating back to September of 1924 (smoked them 14-0 too).

David Cutcliffe will, most likely, be the greatest Duke football coach ever, yet he showed up to Carter-Finley twice. How is that possible?

From Doeren’s past interview with the Fayetteville Observer;

“It’s pretty crazy to think that you could come to N.C. State and never played Duke your entire career. That’s happened for multiple players. I don’t know if they’ll ever change our scheduling model, but I’ll definitely be someone pounding on the table for them to do that.’’

Would much rather remove State’s sub-division game each and every year, for a non-conference meeting of the two. Charleston Southern in 2022? Nope, bring in Duke. VMI in 2023? Absolutely not, we’re going to Durham. Now does this leave State more vulnerable for a loss? Sure. But what do we have to gain from an unranked, joke of a sud-division team anyway? Let’s bump our resume up a little and act like we want to be a true contender in college football.

Furthermore, the Triangle schools need some kind of “Commander-in-Chief-esche” trophy. But that’s a conversation for another day.