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So for just a minute, or longer if it turns into a pleasant daydream, imagine 10 out of the 14 ACC football teams making bowls. And all this without even stepping on the field. Oh, and since Notre Dame is under the ACC Nation umbrella, let’s just make it 11 out of 15. Now, when I read this projection from Jerry Palm of CBS Sports it raised both eyebrows. In fact I almost wasted part of a perfectly good cup of coffee and precipitated a clean up of at least one monitor in my office. But, the further along I read the more I realized Palm might be onto something. The one thing you can say about the conference is that they’ve created some healthy bowl ties for their teams.

Here’s a list of the bowls that are on Palm’s ACC list –

  • Cotton
  • Peach
  • Sun
  • Gator
  • Duke’s Mayo
  • Cheez-It
  • Pinstripe
  • Fenway
  • Holiday
  • Military
  • Los Angeles

The last on the list intrigued me so let’s take a look at this possible matchup and more about the bowl itself.

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The Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl is supposed to feature bowl eligible teams from the Mountain West and PAC 12 conferences. It’s played at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood which is about three miles from the Los Angeles airport. It is home to the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. It will host the Super Bowl in 2022 and the CFP National Championship in 2023. With that resume, who, as a college player wouldn’t want to play there?

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Let’s get past the two conferences that are supposed to provide teams. Palm believes that Louisville will be a replacement team for the PAC 12. The Cardinals are projected to face off with Boise State. The Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl is scheduled for December 18.

How about the rest of our list? It’s loaded with some great matchups.

  • December 27
  • Military Bowl – Wake Forest vs UCF Annapolis, MD
  • December 28
  • Holiday Bowl – Boston College vs Washington San Diego, CA
  • December 29
  • Cheez-It Bowl – North Carolina vs West Virginia Orlando, FL
  • Pinstripe Bowl – Pitt vs Northwestern New York, NY
  • Fenway Bowl – Virginia vs Memphis Boston, MA
  • December 30
  • Duke’s Mayo Bowl – NC State vs Auburn Charlotte, NC
  • December 31
  • Sun Bowl – Virginia Tech vs Utah El Paso, TX
  • Gator Bowl – Miami vs Ole Miss Jacksonville, FL

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How about the Selection Committee Bowl Games? This list includes the Sugar, Rose, Fiesta and Peach Bowls.

  • December 30
  • Peach Bowl – LSU vs Notre Dame Atlanta, GA

And then there are the four teams competing for a national title in Indianapolis. They’ve got to get past their respective opponents in the College Football Playoff. This year it’s the Cotton and Orange Bowls.

  • December 31
  • Cotton Bowl – Clemson vs Ohio State
  • Orange Bowl – Alabama vs Oklahoma

The question that may be on the tip of your tongue, and it’s loaded, is who does Palm pick to win it all? College football kicks off soon and I have a feeling he’d prefer to get back to you on that.

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