2011-12 ACC Bowl Schedule Nearly Set

by furrer4heisman on Apr 25, 2011 11:00 AM EDT

As you've probably read by now, Jan. 1 falls on a Sunday this year, meaning most bowl games are abandoning New Year's Day, like they do every time it falls on a Sunday. This includes the seven bowls with ACC ties that have announced their dates and times so far.

Only the bottom two bowls in the ACC's pecking order, the Military Bowl and the Fight Hunger Bowl, have yet to announce when they'll be played. Last year, they were on Dec. 29 and Jan. 9, respectively. As for this year, it's anyone's guess. The Military Bowl has been on Dec. 29 each of the last two years, but it would be nice if it moved to the 28th, which would give us an ACC bowl game every day Dec. 26-31.

Meanwhile, the Fight Hunger Bowl shifted its scheduling philosophy last year and moved from the last week of December to the night before the BCS Championship. There's no telling if that trend will continue, mainly since as of Sunday they appear to have not bothered to renew their domain name. After the jump, the ACC bowl schedule as it stands today.

Bowl Game	Stadium	Cap.	Location	Day	Date	Time (EST)	TV	ACC
Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium	53,000	Shreveport, La.	Monday	Dec. 26	5 p.m.	ESPN2	No. 7
Queen City Bowl	Carolinas Stadium	73,778	Charlotte, NC	Tuesday	Dec. 27	8 p.m.	ESPN	No. 5
Tangerine Bowl	Citrus Bowl	70,000	Orlando, Fla.	Thursday	Dec. 29	5:30 p.m.	ESPN	No. 3
Music City Bowl	LP Field	69,143	Nashville, Tenn.	Friday	Dec. 30	6:40 p.m.	ESPN	No. 6
Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	El Paso, Texas	Saturday	Dec. 31	2 p.m.	CBS	No. 4
Peach Bowl	Georgia Dome	71,228	Atlanta, Ga.	Saturday	Dec. 31	7:30 p.m.	ESPN	No. 2
Orange Bowl	Joe Robbie Stadium	74,918	Miami, Fla.	Tuesday	Jan. 3	8:30 p.m.	ESPN	No. 1
Military Bowl	RFK Stadium	46,000	Washington, DC	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	No. 8
Fight Hunger Bowl	AT&T Park	40,800	San Francisco	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	No. 9