AT STAKE The ACC Championship Game winner goes to the Orange Bowl, probably to face Big East champion Cincinnati. Boston College, seeking its first BCS bowl bid, hasn't played in the Orange Bowl since Jan. 1, 1943. Virginia Tech has made three BCS bowl appearances, including last season's 24-21 loss to Kansas at the Orange Bowl. ...more

December 6, 2008

Rob Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, promised a great atmosphere for today's ACC Championship Game between Boston College (9-3) and Virginia Tech (8-4) at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

December 6, 2008

The ACC Championship Game winner goes to the Orange Bowl, probably to face Cincinnati, the Big East Conference champion. ...more

December 5, 2008

Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber, a former University of Virginia player, was part of the bid presentation that lured the ACC Championship Game to Tampa. ...more

December 4, 2008

The Boston College Eagles will land tonight. The Virginia Tech Hokies arrive Friday. Many fans already are here. Tampa's Raymond James Stadium is bracing for its first college football conference title game. Before Boston College (9-3) and Virginia Tech (8-4) kick off the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game on Saturday afternoon at 1 (WFTS, Channel 28), with a trip to Miami's Orange Bowl at stake, here is some warm-up information: ...more

December 4, 2008

For the second straight season, the Boston College Eagles (9-3) and Virginia Tech Hokies (8-4) will stage a rematch in Saturday's ACC Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium. On Oct. 18, BC defeated Virginia Tech 28-23 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. ...more

December 2, 2008

Billy Flutie, the Boston College backup quarterback and nephew of Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, threw for a 9-yard touchdown on a fake field goal Saturday to lead the 20th-ranked Eagles to a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in Tampa with a 28-21 victory over Maryland. ...more

November 30, 2008

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was given the choice. ...more

November 27, 2008

If Hurricanes receiver Kayne Farquharson had his way, Miami's game against Virginia Tech wouldn't be a prime-time Thursday night affair. ...more

November 13, 2008

When the Atlantic Coast Conference's football championship game was awarded to Tampa's Raymond James Stadium, local fans already had their dream matchup. ...more

November 5, 2008