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Swofford pushing for ACC bowl selection changes

Discussion in 'College Football Forum' started by mathmajors, Dec 6, 2005.

  1. Dec 6, 2005 at 9:27 AM #1
    mathmajors

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    http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/1205/04accnotes.html

     
  2. Dec 6, 2005 at 9:51 AM #2
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    who cares if you're not in a bcs bowl.
     
  3. Dec 6, 2005 at 10:32 AM #3
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    Pretty much any team that gets sent to Boise.
     
  4. Dec 6, 2005 at 10:33 AM #4
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    no one is twisting any arms to make them play.
     
  5. Dec 6, 2005 at 1:09 PM #5
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    I don't like it when teams get passed over, but Boston College is a real problem because they are one of the worst traveling teams in the country. They sold less than 5k tickets to Charlotte last year, easily the worst in the ACC, and they just don't have a history of taking fans to bowls no matter where they go. The only way I see that this could work out fairly for both the teams and the bowls is if the ACC guarantees a certain number of tickets sold, which it will buy if the team's fans and alumni don't meet the requirement.
     
  6. Dec 6, 2005 at 1:11 PM #6
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    They also have a disadvantage in that there are no bowl games in the Northeast.
     
  7. Dec 6, 2005 at 1:16 PM #7
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    True, but you don't see other northern teams struggling that much to sell tickets.
     
  8. Dec 6, 2005 at 1:43 PM #8
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    Well, I guess so. It's probably hard to compete with the NFL and that perennial northeast powerhouse, Syracuse.
     
  9. Dec 6, 2005 at 11:01 PM #9
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    well ya know the ACC could always just drop their affiliation with the fucking blue carpet bowl since it's like punishment to go play there
     

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