The fourth bowl to become part of an alliance that could give college football a postseason meeting of the nation`s Nos. 1 and 2 teams will be announced on Wednesday.
”We decided to sleep on a final decision on this thing and have a conference call (Wednesday),” Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Gene Corrigan said Tuesday after a daylong session in which five bowls made their pitch to become the fourth bowl in the alliance.
The alliance of the Cotton, Orange and Sugar bowls with the ACC, Big East Conference and Notre Dame is seeking a fourth bowl in the group that would pair eight teams in the four postseason events. The three bowls have contracts to take the champions of three conferences-the Southwest to the Cotton, the Big Eight to the Orange and the Southeastern to the Sugar.
It is believed that the fourth bowl in the mix will be either the Fiesta in Tempe, Ariz., or the Citrus in Orlando.
Those two made hour-long presentations to the alliance, along with representatives from the Blockbuster, Gator and Holiday bowls.
