Of all of the various bowl scenarios that exist for NC State, the least appealing one may be the one unfolding behind the scenes.
Today’s News & Record shared the following:
Even when more information becomes known, the ACC bowl situation remains murky. On Thursday, Gary Beck, the executive director of the MPC Computers Bowl, indicated that Boston College might be out of the mix for his Boise-based game.
“I think the ACC’s feeling is that Boston College should probably be playing in a bowl that picks a little higher than us,” Beck said. “So, I think they’re working hard to try to make sure that (the Eagles) get in the appropriate bowl for their record.”
The article goes on to share a scenario where Clemson goes to the Peach Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl chooses Boston College (over Florida State) because the ACC doesn’t want BC to fall very far. Although this sounds great for NC State since State would go to Charlotte and FSU to Boise, there remains a real big problem with this scenario — logic.
Why on earth would the Champs Sports Bowl would do such a thing?
Bowls are independent businesses that have to take care of their own best interests, despite what their ACC-partner may wish that they do. What is in the best interest of the Champs to make a decision that will effectively decrease the national attention in their game AND result in the selling of 20,000 LESS TICKETS?
One thing we definitely know for sure — we’ll know how all of this will shake out this weekend.
