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Message: [QUOTE="arbitragegls, post: 411964, member: 302"] ...according to David Teel, the #2 team in the ACC gets to go to another access bowl...good news! [SIZE=12px][FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#292727]So here’s how the new postseason will work:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#292727]The 24 playoff semifinals during the 12 years will be split among the Orange, Rose, Sugar and three access bowls. Four each.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#292727]The national championship game will be bid out and awarded separately, like the Final Four and [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/football/super-bowl-EVSPR000004.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]Super Bowl[/B][/COLOR][/URL].[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#292727]I[B] the ACC champion qualifies for the playoffs in a year when the Orange is not a semifinal host, the next-highest ranked ACC team will play in the Orange. If the ACC champ makes an Orange Bowl semifinal, then the league’s No. 2 team heads to an access bowl.[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#292727]Were the system in place this season, the bowls might look as follows:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#292727][URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/oregon-ducks-ORSPT00000229.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]Oregon[/B][/COLOR][/URL], [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/kansas-state-wildcats-ORSPT000108.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]Kansas State[/B][/COLOR][/URL], Notre Dame and the SEC champ to the national semifinals. With Notre Dame unavailable and only one Big Ten team ([URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/nebraska-cornhuskers-ORSPT00000235.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]Nebraska[/B][/COLOR][/URL]) among the top 20, the ACC’s Orange Bowl opponent would come from the SEC.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#292727]Projecting [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/alabama-crimson-tide-ORSPT000016136.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]Alabama[/B][/COLOR][/URL] to the playoffs and [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/lsu-tigers-ORSPT00000233.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]LSU[/B][/COLOR][/URL] to the Sugar Bowl, the Orange Bowl would then have paired presumed ACC champ Florida State with [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/georgia-bulldogs-ORSPT000000269.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]Georgia[/B][/COLOR][/URL], [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/texas-longhorns-ORSPT000000291.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]Texas[/B][/COLOR][/URL] A&M or [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/south-carolina-gamecocks-ORSPT00000243.topic'][COLOR=#032152][B]South Carolina[/B][/COLOR][/URL]. The Aggies’ Johnny Football against the Seminoles’ defense would have been worth the price of admission[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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