“Unfortunately, we were the guinea pigs that had to suffer going to a bowl that people didn’t think we deserved to go to….Fortunately, the ACC is changing things so it won’t happen again.” — Boston College guard Josh Beekman (source ESPN)

Last year, Boston College’s football program had to be thinking whether or not joining the ACC was in their best interests after being banished to the blue field of the MPC Bowl in Boise despite a 9-3 overall and 5-3 league play. After that experience, BC’s next order of business was to place a call to Greensboro and suggest changes in bowl placement that may have already been on league official’s minds.

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