2011-12 College Football Bowl Schedule: ACC's Bowl Lineup Nearly Set
by Brian Favat on Apr 26, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
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The ACC's 2011-12 bowl lineup is nearly complete. Seven of the nine bowls that have ties with the conference have announced their dates and times so far.
Only the bottom two bowls in the ACC's pecking order -- the Military Bowl and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl -- have yet to announce when they'll be played. Last season, the Military Bowl was played on December 29, while BC played out in San Francisco in the penultimate day of the 2010-11 college football season (January 9).
This year though, it's anyone's guess. As New Years Day falls on a Sunday this year, the college football bowl schedule will likely look very different from years past.
The ACC will kick things off on Monday, December 26 in the Independence Bowl down in Shreveport, Louisiana. After that, the conference will play in a bowl a day -- with the exception of Wednesday -- leading up to Saturday's blockbuster ACC bowl doubleheader featuring the Sun Bowl (2 PM) and the Peach Bowl (7:30 PM). The Continental Tire Meineke Car Care Belk Bowl is on Tuesday, 12/27, followed by the Champs Sports Bowl on 12/29 and the Music City Bowl on 12/30.
Hopefully, ESPN slots either the Military Bowl or the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (or both!) on Wednesday, December 28 to complete a week-long college football orgy of ACC bowl action! Get some.
After the jump, the ACC bowl schedule as it stands today.
| Bowl | Stadium | Cap. | Location | Day | Date | Time (EST) | TV | ACC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | Independence Stadium | 53,000 | Shreveport | Mon. | 12/26 | 5 p.m. | ESPN2 | #7 |
| Belk | Bank of America Stadium | 73,778 | Charlotte | Tue. | 12/27 | 8 p.m. | ESPN | #5 |
| Champs Sports | Citrus Bowl | 70,000 | Orlando | Thu. | 12/29 | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN | #3 |
| Music City | LP Field | 69,143 | Nashville | Fri. | 12/30 | 6:40 p.m. | ESPN | #6 |
| Sun | Sun Bowl Stadium | 51,500 | El Paso | Sat. | 12/31 | 2 p.m. | CBS | #4 |
| Peach | Georgia Dome | 71,228 | Atlanta | Sat. | 12/31 | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN | #2 |
| Orange | Sun Life Stadium | 74,918 | Miami | Tue. | 1/3 | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN | #1 |
| Military | RFK Stadium | 46,000 | Washington | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | #8 |
| Fight Hunger | AT&T Park | 40,800 | San Francisco | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | #9 |
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Pretty sure the Kraft bowl is no longer ACC
Pretty sure we were slotted in because the Pac 10 didn’t have enough. I think they dropped the ACC official affiliation a year or two ago.
Like last year, the affiliation is conditional. If the bowl can’t fill one of its two conference affiliations, they’ll take an ACC team.
If they can, a 9th ACC bowl team would land wherever there was an opening.
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by Brian Favat on Apr 26, 2011 9:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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The way BC has been playing, you can already be pretty sure which bowl they are going to. You can make your reservations for “one of the lower tier” bowls. Until BC makes a committment to winning, they are going nowhere. Spaziani has already proven that he cannot be a head coach. He was a great defensive coordinator. He is vindictive and spiteful. Some plans for change already need to be made. It appears that he is already “putting the wraps” on Rogers. Unless they develop a “diversified” offense, there is only a future with more of the same. Flutie made some common sense statements at the end of the year. In the athletic department, there is nothing but jealousy associated with his name. That is why Billy was treated like “garbage”! How did he “tear his hamstring” when he didn’t even play? Then when they had him on the operating table, they opened him up to find a “wrong prognosis”. What gives?
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