Third ACC team opts out of playing a bowl game

[Robert Thorne MacRae]

No surprise here given recent comments from Bronco Mendenhall. Joins Pitt and BC in declining a bowl opportunity https://t.co/EuDPgezhZL

— Andrea Adelson (@aadelsonESPN) December 13, 2020

[TX Tiger]

There will be others

[hptiger3]

Bowl season looks to be another victim of 2020.

[tigerpaws]

Sure hope the ACC has the cohunas enough to withhold post season payout to the ones that are eligible but choose not to participate.

[atxtiger]

Originally Posted by tigerpaws

Sure hope the ACC has the cohunas enough to withhold post season payout to the ones that are eligible but choose not to participate.

0% chance of that happening

[Joe21]

The payout for some of the lesser bowls is just enough to cover the costs of the teams participating in the bowl. That wouldn't add much to the pool to be split among the conference members. With so many teams opting out, teams with a 2 - 8 record (such as our friends in Columbia) will have to fill some of those bowls. There are too many bowls already and attendance at some of last year's bowls was pathetic. Just imagine what the attendance would be this year due to the effects of COVID-19.