How far will GT's Bowl Bid fall if they lose to Wake?

This offseason, the ACC's commissioner announced plans to protect the ACC's members from a bowl selection process that sometimes doesn't reward in season performance "properly." At the time, John Swofford said:

The most significant change this year is that the league has now mandated that each bowl must select a team within one game in the conference standings, an adjustment made after two 6-5 teams, NC State and Virginia, were selected ahead of teams that had better records in conference play, Boston College and Georgia Tech.

That rule had previously been in effect only for the Toyota Gator Bowl and the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, but is now instituted for all seven non-BCS bowls.

Another change is that the loser of the ACC Championship game can fall no lower than the Music City Bowl in Nashville, which currently has the fourth pick outside the BCS.

HOWEVER -- The Jacksonville Times-Union reports that the Gator Bowl is looking at their contract to find a way out of picking the loser of the Title Game. If that happens, the Jackets could fall to the Champ Sports Bowl vs. Purdue. (ht - ucfdawg)

With a fire sale on scalped tickets and projected tens of thousands of no shows in Jacksonville on Saturday, the ACC and Gator Bowl have to be pulling for a Tech win over Wake. That would free the Gator up to take Maryland or Clemson. Otherwise, the Gator could be a disaster attendance wise with a GT repeat appearance.

PWD

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