Olympic Fan
12-03-2008, 12:45 PM
There should be some breaking news later this afternoon about at least a couple of the ACC bowl tie-ins.
From what I can piece together, things didin't break too well for our brethern from Chapel Hill. I know they were hoping to get the Chicken Sandwich Bowl in Atlanta with their victory over Duke, but it's looking more and more like they get the Muffler Bowl in Charlotte.
Best I can tell at the moment, it looks like:
ACC champ winner (Va Tech/Boston College) vs. Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl.
ACC champ loser vs. Vanderbilt in the Music City Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. SEC (South Carolina?) in the ex-Peach Bowl.
Clemson vs. Big East (Pitt? West Virginia?) in the Gator Bowl
Florida State vs. Big 12 (Oklahoma State? Missouri? Nebraska?) in the Champs Bowl in Orlando
Miami vs. some Pac 10 dog in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco
UNC vs. a Big East also-ran in Charlotte
That leaves two more ACC bowl tie-ins and three more bowl eligible teams. There's some confusion because the Boise bowl is moving heaven and earth to match Boise State and Ball State -- it would be the only matchup of the bowl season between unbeaten teams. But Boise is obligated to take an ACC team, while Ball State (assuming they beat Buffalo in the title game) is supposed to represent the MAC is the Detroit bowl.
My understanding is that Boise is trying to get the Detroit bowl to give up Ball State and replace them with the ACC team that would go to Detroit. Part of the deal involves trying to get 6-6 Notre Dame to Detroit (although the Liberty is hot after the Irish). If the deal works out, Maryland probably gets the matchup with Notre Dame.
That leaves Wake and NC State vying for the new Washington Bowl against Navy (Maryland has turned the Washington bowl down because they still have exams on Dec. 20). Navy has vetoed Wake Forest, because the Middies and Deacs have already played.
That would leave State, except by NCAA rule, the bowl can't take a 6-6 ACC team if there is a 7-win ACC team available. However, there are several bowls with openings (for example Independence, the furniture bowl in Birmingham) and if the ACC can get Wake in one of those, then State could go to Washington.
None of this is written in stone as of the minute (12:44 p.m. Wednesday), so stay tuned.
From what I can piece together, things didin't break too well for our brethern from Chapel Hill. I know they were hoping to get the Chicken Sandwich Bowl in Atlanta with their victory over Duke, but it's looking more and more like they get the Muffler Bowl in Charlotte.
Best I can tell at the moment, it looks like:
ACC champ winner (Va Tech/Boston College) vs. Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl.
ACC champ loser vs. Vanderbilt in the Music City Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. SEC (South Carolina?) in the ex-Peach Bowl.
Clemson vs. Big East (Pitt? West Virginia?) in the Gator Bowl
Florida State vs. Big 12 (Oklahoma State? Missouri? Nebraska?) in the Champs Bowl in Orlando
Miami vs. some Pac 10 dog in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco
UNC vs. a Big East also-ran in Charlotte
That leaves two more ACC bowl tie-ins and three more bowl eligible teams. There's some confusion because the Boise bowl is moving heaven and earth to match Boise State and Ball State -- it would be the only matchup of the bowl season between unbeaten teams. But Boise is obligated to take an ACC team, while Ball State (assuming they beat Buffalo in the title game) is supposed to represent the MAC is the Detroit bowl.
My understanding is that Boise is trying to get the Detroit bowl to give up Ball State and replace them with the ACC team that would go to Detroit. Part of the deal involves trying to get 6-6 Notre Dame to Detroit (although the Liberty is hot after the Irish). If the deal works out, Maryland probably gets the matchup with Notre Dame.
That leaves Wake and NC State vying for the new Washington Bowl against Navy (Maryland has turned the Washington bowl down because they still have exams on Dec. 20). Navy has vetoed Wake Forest, because the Middies and Deacs have already played.
That would leave State, except by NCAA rule, the bowl can't take a 6-6 ACC team if there is a 7-win ACC team available. However, there are several bowls with openings (for example Independence, the furniture bowl in Birmingham) and if the ACC can get Wake in one of those, then State could go to Washington.
None of this is written in stone as of the minute (12:44 p.m. Wednesday), so stay tuned.