2006 @ CLEMSON

[sportdawg]

(Clemson-AP) Aug. 15, 2005 - Clemson's football team takes on Louisiana Tech, Temple and Florida Atlantic in 2006, along with a full Atlantic Coast Conference schedule and its annual meeting with South Carolina.
The school announced opponents for next season Monday. Dates and times will be determined later.

The Tigers play Louisiana Tech, Florida Atlantic and South Carolina at home. Their only nonconference road trip is Temple.

As far as ACC play, Clemson faces Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina State and North Carolina at Memorial Stadium. The team will have road games at Florida State, Boston College, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.

It will be Florida Atlantic's first visit to Clemson.

Louisiana Tech takes on the Tigers for the third time.

[Akbil]

Rob Spence is now the OC at Clemson. It will be interesting playing against his offense. He has done well since leaving La Tech and would be a good choice for future HC. He might have stayed at Tech if Bick had let him run the offense as OC and not co-OC.

[THEarmada]

Definately better than Miami. Anybody know if there are any return trips in this deal?

[sportdawg]

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/12393019.htm


Louisiana Tech joins schedule for 2006


Receiver Grant likely to miss opener with separate shoulder

By JON SOLOMON

Staff Writer

CLEMSON — Louisiana Tech will be Clemson’s 12th opponent in 2006, giving the Tigers an easier nonconference schedule than this year.

Louisiana Tech, Florida Atlantic, Temple and South Carolina will be the Tigers’ nonconference games. Florida Atlantic was recently added, and Temple has been a “2-for-1” series that starts this season.

The Tigers play Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, South Carolina, North Carolina, N.C. State, Maryland and Georgia Tech at home next season; Boston College, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Temple and Wake Forest are on the road.

Dates will be released in January after the Clemson-South Carolina game has been finalized. The schools are discussing a new date, either Thanksgiving weekend or earlier in the season, due to the impact of 12-game seasons starting in 2006.

“When you start talking about Thanksgiving weekend, then your university administration and your board has to be part of that conversation and decision,” Clemson athletics director Terry Don Phillips said.

Louisiana Tech, a member of the Western Athletic Conference, went 6-6 in 2004. Clemson defeated Louisiana Tech 49-24 at the 2001 Humanitarian Bowl and 33-13 in a 2002 regular-season game.

Clemson guaranteed $500,000 each in payouts to Florida Atlantic and Louisiana Tech, senior associate athletics director Dwight Rainey said. That is the maximum Clemson will pay a visiting school. A seventh home game increases Clemson's gate receipts between $1.3 and $1.5 million.