Cross Atlanta off the list of N.C. State’s possible postseason destinations.
The Chick-fil-A Bowl, held Dec. 31 in Atlanta, announced Thursday that its ACC selection will be the loser of Saturday’s conference championship game between Virginia Tech (10-2) and Florida State (9-3). The conference title game will kick off at 7:45 p.m. at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium.
That leaves the Champs Sports Bowl, held Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla., with the next pick from the ACC and a possible selection of N.C. State. Steve Hogan, the CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, which runs the bowl, said earlier in the week that he is considering Maryland (8-4), Miami (7-5), North Carolina (7-5) and N.C. State (8-4) as the bowl’s ACC representative.
The Champs will match an ACC team with Notre Dame (7-5), West Virginia (8-3) or South Florida (7-4). The Champs is waiting for the Rutgers at West Virginia and Connecticut at South Florida games to be played Saturday before making a decision.
“I think they’re in a holding pattern until then,” ACC associate commissioner Michael Kelly said Thursday evening. “They’re kind of waiting for that.”
After the Champs Sports Bowl, the Sun (Dec. 31 in El Paso, Texas), Meineke Car Care (Dec. 31 in Charlotte) and Music City (Dec. 30 in Nashville, Tenn.) bowls, in order, have the next selections from the ACC.
Hogan said earlier in the week that N.C. State is attractive because it’s a much-improved team with strong fan support that has a signature win over Florida State. But N.C. State lost to Maryland, which holds an identical record, in the final game of the regular season.
North Carolina has fewer wins than N.C. State or Maryland and lost to the Wolfpack, but also has a win over Florida State. Hogan said the Tar Heels would be attractive because they haven’t been to the Champs Sports Bowl and are probably better than their record indicates.
Because North Carolina has played the last two years in the Meineke Bowl, the Music City Bowl and a possible meeting with border state Tennessee has been widely discussed as a possible destination for the Tar Heels.
Ken Tysiac
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Chick-fil-A Bowl no longer a possibility for N.C. State
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Poor oleState!
Signed: A Tar Hole
Poor ole NC STATE!
Signed,
A Tar Hole
I'm guessing State will wind up in Boise's Humanitarian Bowl. That red oughta look real nice on the blue field. What a total choke job against Maryland!
Yep Poor ole State alright. And what does that make UNC-cheat? I believe the record is State 4 UNC 0 since your amazing all world coach came in and started paying players and having tutors writing papers for them. We'll see who gets the last laugh when the NCAA is done with your program. What a joke...
Signed, A MooU/wuffie/redneck/whatever you want to call me...
We support Butch Davis...
Signed,
Wolfpack Nation
NCSU 29
Cheaters 25
Wait till next year!
It is well known UNC fans won't travel to a home game a the pretty pine tree place. They surely won't break away to Orlando to watch thier National Championship team get destroyed.
No way UNC goes to Orlando.
I hope the tarholes end up in the Kraft Cheese Bowl.
Looks like our dreams are coming true. With a little luck we may get to play in Charlotte. Wait... what do you mean it will not be against the Hookies? Atleast it's SIDNEY time!!!!!
At least the Pack had a shot to play in Charlotte...I believe that dreamed died in Cheater Hill a month or so ago. At least you have a great recruiting class coming in. Oh wait they are leaving town too. At least you guys have basketball. Harrison Barnes is an ALL AMERICAN!!!!!!! LOL. Silly tar holes...keep living in lala land.
GO DEVILS
Hmmm, Holes talking smack on a thread about NC State's bowl scenarios. I heard you lost your QB commit from Myrtle Beach today to Notre Dame. I also heard that your all-world freshman is looking quite mediocre. I also heard that your football team is about to receive harsh sanctions from the NCAA. Don't you guys have more to do with your time than talk smack about a program that owns your pathetic azzes? Tthe beat goes on.
you must have really been proud of that one to write it twice
to the Pack fan at 10:07 and then to the one at 10:20....
"amazing all world coach"...."national championship team"
I've never heard one person EVER, not even the biggest Miami, Cowboys, or UNC fan say Butch Davis is an amazing all world coach.
I've also never heard anyone, save for that one random clueless writer who mentioned in passing on 620am that MAYBE UNC could be a darkhorse contender, say the football team was a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP team.
You Pack fans just make crazy assumptions and imagine UNC fans sitting around saying all these things.
And you guys sure get worked up over a short & simple comment. That was about as harmless a poke between two rivals that you'll ever find. Relax fellas.
If you don't think UNC fans are delusional and weren't talking about the Cheaters going to a national championship game, go check out Inside carolina and get back to us.
I'm completely relaxed thank you very much. My team has beat the cheaters 4 in a row.
Good luck to the cheaters holding the rest of their recruiting class together.
Here we go again. Just look at NC State fans. As usual, they hate Carolina more than they love their own school. What a pitiful fan base. PITIFUL!
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