The ACC will have a new bowl partner in 2010, according to the Tampa Tribune. The Sun Bowl has dumped the Big East for the ACC.
The Sun Bowl, which is played in El Paso, Texas, will get the fifth choice in the ACC order, jumping the Charlotte-Nashville-San Francisco cartel.
The bowl lineups have been quietly been shuffling this month, and for the worse for the Big East. It lost its tie-in with the Gator, replaced by the Big Ten, and the Sun Bowl. The Big East did jump in the Big Ten's slot in the Champs Sports.
The Big Ten was dumped by the Alamo Bowl, hence the Gator deal, in favor of the Pac-10, which downgraded its affiliation with the Holiday Bowl. The second Pac-10 choice will now play in San Antonio, instead of San Diego.
So, yes, to answer your question with all the this bowl movement and four-year contracts, a playoff is right around the corner for college football.
The ACC's bowl lineup for 2009 is:
| Dec. 26 | Emerald | San Francisco |
| Dec. 26 | Meineke | Charlotte |
| Dec. 27 | Music City | Nashville |
| Dec. 29 | EagleBank | Washington |
| Dec. 29 | Champs | Orlando |
| Dec. 31 | Chick-fil-A | Atlanta |
| Jan. 1 | Gator | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| Jan. 5 | Orange | Miami |
| Jan. 6 | GMAC | Mobile |
Comments
AGENTPUSS
Sun, 08/23/2009 - 12:10 — bluecat101GREAT COMMENT, GO DUKE!!!!!!!!!!!
Bowls
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 12:47 — Guitarman51It's time to put an end to this outmoded system and start a 32 team playoff, just like the other divisions. Higher rated teams play at home. Semifinal and final sites can be a neutral sites. Perhaps the final game could rotate between the four BCS bowl cities just like the fictitious "national championship game."
One big problem with that
Sat, 08/22/2009 - 13:51 — mad_maxMoney, money, moneyyyyy! No amount of complaining from Obama is going to change all the bowl and ESPN contracts. We will at least have to wait until 2012, to start thinking playoff if I remember correctly.
Long wait.
Sat, 08/22/2009 - 19:02 — JPDOhioI am pretty sure I am older than you, max, and I am willing to bet that we won't see a playoff in either of our lifetimes.
I am pretty sure your
Sun, 08/23/2009 - 17:22 — mad_maxI am pretty sure your assumption is correct. And there's no way I'm betting against that!
I think having all these
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 00:50 — mad_maxI think having all these bowl games is great for the fans. I traveled down to Birmingham last December to see the pack play, and it was great. The availability and price of the tickets made it all worth while. Some of the local games are harder to get tickets to, and even if you do get tickets, you might have a horrible viewing angle of the field.
At least...
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 08:16 — Puddentainyou can get a chanced to see your team on TV one more time.
I wouldn't travel farther than Atlanta to see most bowl games, and I would only travel there because I have a free place to stay.
But I do enjoy kicking back during the holidays and watching some bowl games.
Morning AP.
Bowl Games & WCPSS
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 07:26 — AgentPierceBowl games are like WCPSS administrators. Do away with 50% of them and no one would miss them.
An ACC fan base that gets excited about an Emerald Bowl invite would turn cartwheels over a pet rock in their Christmas stocking.