College football s bowl schedule, which was revealed Sunday night along with the BCS standings, will culminate Jan. 9 when .
The Cavaliers are 1-1 all-time against Auburn and have not faced the Tigers since winning a 19-0 road decision in 1998. Auburn won the BCS national championship last season.
When you have an opportunity to play on a national stage against a national team with such recognition and football prominence, it can only help your program, London said. So that s what we re looking to do is continue to raise the profile of our program.
The Military Bowl s executive director, Steve Beck, felt the trickle-down effect of Virginia Tech s selection to the Sugar Bowl, as well. The Military Bowl had last pick of the eight ACC teams that were bowl-eligible and participating in postseason play.
As of early Sunday afternoon, Beck was confident the Military Bowl would land North Carolina and said in a telephone interview he thought his hope of nabbing Air Force was a very big long shot.
But after the ACC earned two BCS bids and all the conference s other eligible teams pushed upward in the bowl selection process, Beck said the Military Bowl was able to offer Air Force a higher payout sum from its $2 million pot.
The Military Bowl then picked up Toledo, which finished second in the Mid-American Conference and ranked No. 8 in the country in points per game (42.3).
Navy was supposed to be featured in the Military Bowl this year, but the Midshipmen have slogged through a 4-7 season and are ineligible for postseason play.
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