Music City Bowl

Geography is the new Big Ten buzzword. First it was the new 2014 football division names, embracing East and West, and now it's spilling into the revised bowl plan. As the Big Ten athletic directors meet Tuesday and today at the Sofitel hotel in...

That Big Ten bowl shuffle has so far yielded...not great stuff. According to ESPN.com's Brett McMurphy, the conference will share tie-ins with the Gator Bowl and Music City Bowl with the ACC during a six-year agreement, so three Big Ten teams would go...

The Big Ten will share a tie-in to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville and Music City Bowl in Nashville with the ACC starting in 2014, reports ESPN's Brett McMurphy. That means the Big Ten would send a team to the bowls three times over a 6-year period,...

The Sports Xchange Press Box: Pacquiao to fight Rios Manny Pacquiao, who was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in December, will return to the ring to face Brandon Rios this fall, Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz told ESPN.com on Monday. The fight...

The Sports Xchange ACC releases 2013 bowl schedule Eight guaranteed bowl slots, starting with the Dec. 27 Military Bowl, highlight the Atlantic Coast Conference's 2013 postseason schedule released Monday. The ACC bowl schedule culminates with the Jan....

Though bowl games and Maryland Terrapins have been mutually exclusive terms in the first two years under Randy Edsall, many believe that will change in 2013.  Given the fact that the Terps seemed to be headed toward becoming bowl-eligible last season...

TALLAHASSEE -- By now, you've probably seen Florida State's full 2013 football schedule. If not, we have you covered right here in this game-by-game breakdown. For the Seminoles, a previously reported Labor Day game at Pittsburgh and a lack of...

CHARLOTTESVILLE — In the days after he was fired as North Carolina State's associate head coach for defense and linebacker coach this past season, along with head coach Tom O'Brien, Jon Tenuta took stock of his own resume. It dawned on Tenuta he...

Virginia offensive coordinator Bill Lazor’s departure for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles comes as no surprise. First, his meticulous, almost intellectual, approach to strategy and teaching seems more suitable for the pros. Second, Lazor...

--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- By J. McCarthy --------------------------------------- Green Bay is 17-1 straight-up and 12-4-2 against the spread its last 18 season finales. The Packers are 17-3...

Just a few thoughts while we all wait anxiously for the start of the Music City Bowl, which will feature North Carolina State and Vanderbilt in the first game of today’s so-so New Year’s Eve bowl lineup. OK, tonight’s Clemson/LSU...

With the official announcement Thursday of the addition of Tom O'Brien, Jon Tenuta, Marques Hagans and Jeff Banks as full-time assistant football coaches, Virginia added 86 combined seasons of coaching experience, and re-introduced some familiar faces...