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Yeah, I know. NC has played with the schedule several times of the last 15 years. Our state finals used to coincide with the NC-SC Shrine Bowl weekend in December so that was one move to avoid that, then we added an extra round of playoffs so there's another week up. An 11th endowment game is available to schools if the school agrees to kick a percentage over to the state endowment fund.
Add in the basketball coaches were miffed that some of their players were still rambling through the playoffs and we now start in mid-August, a full two weeks earlier than when I was in school.
We have no spring practice season in NC but they can hold summer workouts and 7 v. 7 scrimmages. The practice season used to officially start on 8/1 but the state has modified it some to fit the calendar from year to year so they don't practice one day and then have to take off for Sunday. Inter squad scrimmages can begin on the 11th practice day.
The last official week used to be the first Friday in November but we're in Round 1 of the playoffs now.
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