UNC's bowl fate remains undecided

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UNC's bowl fate remains undecided

By Dane Huffman

Dec 3, 2008

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Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina’s bowl fate remained undecided Wednesday as the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte waited to see which team the Orlando Champs Bowl will select.

The ACC champion – either Virginia Tech or Boston College – will go to the Orange Bowl. The Chick-fil-A Bowl picks second and selected Georgia Tech on Wednesday.

The Gator Bowl will pick third and will select Clemson.

The bowls picking after the Gator had widely expected the Gator to pick Florida State. But the switch to Clemson means the Seminoles are now available for the in-state Champs Bowl.

Steve Hogan, executive director of Florida Citrus Sports, which runs the Champs, told WRAL Sunday, “Carolina – whoever gets them – is going to be very luck and very happy."

What happens now has yet to be determined – even for Charlotte.

“We’re still waiting on the Champs Bowl,” said Will Webb, executive director of the Meineke Car Care Bowl. “We’re looking at Carolina, Wake, Maryland and Miami. I really don’t know.”

Webb said he spoke with Hogan on Tuesday, and Hogan told him the bowl committee will make the final decision Sunday.

“He’s got a committee,” Webb said. “They’ve got to make a decision. You’d think with Florida State right down the road, that’d be a pretty good fit for them.”

N.C. State also remains in the hunt for a bowl, but the NCAA has told the bowls and conferences it will not allow a 6-6 team to be selected for a bowl ahead of a 7-5 team. That means State would be looking at an at-large bid despite intense interest in the Wolfpack from the EagleBank Bowl in Washington, D.C. The EagleBank has the ninth pick among ACC schools.

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RE: UNC's bowl fate remains undecided

carlcobb, i wouldnt be blasting other schools for posting in your forum. There are plenty of UNC fans that come to the state forum to post too. Maybe you should investigate before makin your very first post on this site.

RE: UNC's bowl fate remains undecided

What I cant figure out is why the idiotic fans of other schools are even on a discussion board for North Carolina? Are they so stupid they cant find there own teams discussion area to talk, or maybe because they are really closet Heels fans, wanting desperately to see the light, but cant find the switch? I dont know, maybe one of those fans could explain it to me.

RE: UNC's bowl fate remains undecided

Sorry dray, State will not be 12-0. Don't get ahead of yourself. Our 8-4 record is good but not great. We expected better and will get it next year. Don't think that just because you got us 2 in a row that means you will win all the time. This team will be back stronger than ever. I would not accept 11-1 and losing to State. We are better than that.

GO HEELS!!

RE: UNC's bowl fate remains undecided

rcox... obviously there are still a lot of Hole fans that are overly sensitive to being reminded about the loss. but i'm willing to let that go and "stop living in the past" as you said and just focus on the here and now. if we do that then i see the Pack as a team on the rise just finishing up a 4-game winning streak waiting for their bowl invite (which we will get people - those who claim otherwise are just plain ignorant). on the flip side, i see a Carowhina team without a lot of momentum (i'll admit Yates looked better in the last game, but it was Dook and your offense honestly looked better under Sexton) who aren't as hot a commodity as they could have been had you just taken care of business. the fact is most bowls would go nuts over an 8-4 team and the fact that you've been passed up by a few already seems to show that your 8-4 record isn't as strong as you'd like to think it is. and for the record, i don't want to be 1-11 each year and only beat you, i want to be 12-0 each year and still beat you. the fact that you're willing to go 11-1 and consistently lose to us just shows how you already know your role from TOB and company putting you in your place.

RE: UNC's bowl fate remains undecided

This is my first time posting. But i think that it is pretty sad that you Pack fans are still talking about a 41-10 win over my HEELS almost three weeks later. STOP LIVING IN THE PAST. This all the more makes you look like you have nothing else to hang your hat on. You would rather be 1-11 every year as long as you beat the HEELS while i would rather be 11-1 every year with the one loss being to the Pack.

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