NC State travels to Virginia on Saturday, August 29th at 3:30 PM EDT to open the 2024 season at Scott Stadium — a Week 0 showdown that gives both programs an early chance to set the tone for everything that follows.
There's something uniquely compelling about a season opener between two teams carrying zero baggage and zero answers. Every question that's been simmering since winter workouts — who stepped up, who emerged, who's ready — gets its first real test under game lights. For NC State, the road opener is a chance to steal momentum before the home schedule even begins. For Virginia, there's no better place to make a statement than your own stadium in late August.
This is the kind of early-season game that reshapes expectations. One afternoon, sixty minutes, and a whole autumn's narrative starts taking shape. Be in Charlottesville or be watching — this is where it begins.
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