Third-ranked Auburn, whose only loss was to Texas, will be the host team in the Sugar Bowl. 2 and the only other undefeated team, probably will play Georgia, the Southeastern Conference runner-up, in the Cotton Bowl. But the Hurricanes probably will be ranked fourth this week. Some Orange Bowl committee members opposed inviting the local Hurricanes, who, of course, won't help fill the city's hotels or restaurants. The Orange Bowl almost certainly will be the national championship, with top-ranked, undefeated Nebraska against Miami (10-1 after beating Florida State, 17-16, Saturday night on a 19-yard field goal as time ran out). The major bowls, which will played this season on Monday, Jan. Maryland played in Orlando in 1980 when the game was known as the Tangerine Bowl. "I like to reward my young men, and Orlando is obviously an attractive winter spot," Dull said.Įach school will receive approximately $500,000 for the game, which will be televised by ESPN and probably a local outlet in Washington. The Hall of Fame Bowl had made Maryland its first choice, but given the choice, Maryland's director of athletics, Dick Dull, favored going to Orlando, Fla. In addition, the Citrus Bowl placed great emphasis on having at least one high-powered offense. The committee decided that the ACC champion was too attractive a team to dismiss because of one bad game. Rohe was quick to point out that the committee might not share his view, and apparently it didn't. I'd have to say they now are a secondary candidate." "If Maryland had won," the bowl's executive director, Chuck Rohe, said after the game, "they would have remained a primary candidate. Six Citrus Bowl officials were in Clemson's Memorial Stadium Saturday when Maryland lost, 52-27. But the officials like to agree on their choices early in the week, talk with the schools and have everything set long before the pick-'em day. That committee is interested in the winner of Saturday's Virginia-Virginia Tech game at Charlottesville, if North Carolina loses to Duke.īowl invitations cannot officially be extended until Saturday. Virginia, which no bowl was interested in before last Saturday's upset of North Carolina, now appears to have a chance of playing in the Peach Bowl. 17 in Orlando, Fla., will be Tennessee, if the Volunteers beat Kentucky Saturday.
The Florida Citrus Bowl, which had said Maryland was a "secondary choice" Saturday night, reversed itself late last night and decided to invite the Terrapins if they beat North Carolina State this week.
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