http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/stor...&id=3142612</p> Here is the intro, definitely worth reading the link</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan sat in a lounge in the Jacksonville Airport, watching the end of the ACC championship game.</p> Stokan had just left Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, where he watched No. 6 Virginia Tech battle No. 11 Boston College to a 16-16 tie at the half. Now the Hokies were pulling away with a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter to win 30-16. As Stokan grabbed his carry-on bags to catch a short flight to Atlanta, he shook his head in concern.</p> "Now we've got a decision to make," Stokan told a reporter.</p> In less than 24 hours, Stokan would have to decide which teams he would invite to play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta's Georgia Dome on New Year's Eve. The Chick-fil-A Bowl has the second choice among ACC teams, after the league champion automatically goes to the BCS. The Chick-fil-A Bowl gets what is essentially the fifth choice among SEC teams, although sometimes its pick is higher or lower in the pecking order if handshake agreements can be reached with other bowl games.</p> In most years, the Chick-fil-A Bowl knows which teams it will invite before conference championship games are played, with multiple scenarios in place depending on which teams win league titles.</p> But in this season of upsets and uncertainty, Stokan is still wrestling over the decisions on the final day of the regular season.</p> "Every year, we've had a vote and knew going into the final weekend what we were going to do," Stokan said. "But it wasn't like that this year."</p> The Chick-fil-A Bowl's marriage with the ACC and SEC has helped it become one of the most successful non-BCS bowl games in the country. Last year, a record crowd of 75,406 fans -- bigger than crowds at the two Super Bowls played in the Georgia Dome -- watched Georgia beat Virginia Tech 31-24 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. In fact, the Chick-fil-A Bowl has sold out 11 consecutive times and ranks first in average attendance among non-BCS bowl games.</div></p>
