Apparently for the next two seasons, if Cal and Stanford become bowl eligible they will be slotted into one of the PAC12 Bowls and not count in the bowl structure for current ACC affiliated bowls. No word on what happens if SMU is Bowl eligible.
ACC Bowl Game Affiliations – Game Times and TV Designations
Friday, December 20, 2024
Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida) – 3:30 p.m. ET / ESPN
Friday, December 27, 2024
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama) – Noon or 3:30 p.m. ET / ESPN
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Fenway Bowl (Boston, Massachusetts) – 11 a.m. ET / ESPN
Pinstripe Bowl (The Bronx, New York) – Noon ET / ABC
Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Florida) – 3:30 p.m. ET / ABC
Military Bowl presented by GoBowling.com (Washington DC) – 5:45 p.m. ET / ESPN
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas) – 2 p.m. ET / CBS
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Florida) – 7:30 p.m. ET / ESPN
Friday, January 3, 2025
Duke's Mayo Bowl (Charlotte, North Carolina) – 7:30 p.m. ET / ESPN
TBA
Holiday Bowl
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wont matter when we're in the playoffs
All joking aside... I do think Pry is 1 year ahead of schedule (to a certain extent). He has all the pieces in place to make some noise this season (not saying it is a foregone conclusion as there are question marks, but...), while 2025 will be a year when they continue to build the foundation along with reloading at some key positions.
I guess what I'm saying is, this is the year!!
I see continued improvement if we are competitive in the ACCCG conversation. Not necessarily that we get there but by the later part of the season we are in the conversation to legitimately make it. Not some "if a loses this week, and b loses two weeks from now, and c wins this week, and d wins when they play c then we get in..."
Like a legit possibility.
So you're saying there's a chance an ACC team plays an ACC team in the Sun Bowl?
As long as we're not playing UCLA again...
And in the Holiday Bowl.
And Big12 vs Big12 in: Alamo Bowl and Independence Bowl.
Former PAC12 members will also play in Las Vegas Bowl vs SEC and Los Angeles Bowl vs MWC.
No idea how they're going to do selection. And I do imagine they'll prevent intra-conference match ups, but who knows.
How does this work for Bowl payouts? Does the money for a Cal Bowl game go to the ACC or the PAC2?
Haven't seen that addressed but lean towards the latter being the case.
That would seem to be the ACC way. #GOACC
ACC might have the worst bowl allocations out of the P5/P4
always have