ACC's Gator Bowl relationship in peril

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ACC elevates Champs Bowl; may cut Gator tie

The Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando has been elevated to the number three spot in the ACC's contracted bowl selection order for 2010 through 2013,conference officialsannounced Wednesday.

That position behind the BCS/Orange Bowl and the Chick-fil-A Bowlpreviously had been occupied by the Gator Bowl, whose longstanding relationship with the ACC is in jeopardy.

ACCassociate commissioner for football Michael Kelly saidit appears now that the Gator Bowl won'thave a contracted tie with the ACC. Kelly saidACC officials had rejected a proposal by Gator Bowl officialsto eliminate the "one-win rule" from theconference's bowl selection process.

Heels to face Pittsburgh in Meineke Bowl

The retirement of a legendary coach and various contractual obligations of other ACC-affiliated bowls helped Charlotte's Meineke Car Care Bowl land an attractive local draw with North Carolina for the second straight year.

North Carolina (8-4), which lost 31-30 to West Virginia in last year's Meineke Bowl, accepted a bid Sunday to meet 17th-ranked Pittsburgh (9-3) at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, at Bank of America Stadium. ESPN will televise the game.

Bowl officials sometimes are reluctant to invite the same team in consecutive seasons, but North Carolina's strong record and history of selling lots of tickets to the bowl made the decision easy, according to bowl executive director Will Webb.

Charlotte bowl gets higher pick

Charlotte's Meineke Car Care Bowl will move up one spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference bowl selection order starting in 2010 under an agreement the ACC announced Thursday morning.

The bowl, held each year at Bank of America Stadium, has extended existing deals for four years with the Big East, and now the ACC and will match teams from those conferences through 2013.

Will Webb, executive director of the Meineke Bowl, said Thursday that beginning in 2010, the bowl will get the fourth selection from the ACC after the Bowl Championship Series. Previously, the Meineke Bowl selected fifth after the BCS.

Meineke Bowl to rise in ACC order

Charlotte's Meineke Car Care Bowl will move up one spot in the ACC bowl selection order starting in 2010 under an agreement the ACC will announce later today.

The bowl, held each year at Bank of America Stadium, has extended existing deals for four more years with the Big East and now the ACC, and will match teams from both conferences through 2013.

Meineke Bowl executive director Will Webb said this morning that beginning in 2010, the bowl will get the fourth selection from the ACC after the Bowl Championship Series. Previously, the Meineke selected fifth after the BCS.

Bowden bows out

Bobby Bowden orchestrated one of the great runs in college football, building Florida State into a powerhouse that produced two national titles, dozens of All-Americans and some of the most memorable missed field goals ever.

Bowden said Tuesday he will end his 44-year coaching career after the Seminoles play in a bowl game. Bowden was done in by a combination of off-field woes, too many defeats and coach-in-waiting Jimbo Fisher ready to take over.