To help prime you for Thursday’s college football quadrupleheader, we’ve compiled this handy list of fun factoids concerning the 2010 Music City Bowl.
2010 Music City Bowl Game: Time, Location, History And More
Proper name: The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, which is not to be taken as an indictment of Nashville’s terrible urban sprawl problem. Really.
Setting: LP Field in Nashville, home of the Tennessee Titans.
Traditional conference pairing: ACC versus SEC
2010 matchup: The 7-5 North Carolina Har Heels and the 6-6 Tennessee Volunteers
Announcers: The Vols and ‘Heels and their fans will pay in buckets of tears for recent program sins by being subjected to the dulcet tones of Bob Davie, with Mark Jones and Cara Capuano trying futilely to class up the joint.
Neatest fact: Despite being named “Music City,” Nashville has not produced a listenable album in decades.
Closest finish: The depressing 2008 iteration saw the hometown Vanderbilt Commodores edge Boston College, 16-14.
Most lopsided finish: Virginia Tech walloped Alabama, 38-7, in the 1998 inaugural matchup.
Tidbits of interest: Former Music City Bowl MVPs include Jason Campbell, Marion Barber, and C.J. Spiller. Ever genteel, the Nashville organizers hosted a special "Wives & Daughters Tour" for the accompanying ladies this week, in which no major injuries or deaths were reported. Though the Tennessee team will make a mere 5-hour round trip from Knoxville to Nashville, this will mark the Vols' first trip to the Music City Bowl.
The 2010 Music City Bowl kicks off at 6:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, December 30. The game will be televised on ESPN. For a complete list of bowls, browse our 2010 college football postseason schedule.
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