http://www.chickfilabowltickets.com Just another GreatSeats Blogs weblog Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:07:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Bud L. Ellis When South Carolina and Florida State collide in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, it will match up one team led by a legend against another program moving on from a legend. The Gamecocks of the SEC and the ... /2010/12/06/programs-on-the-rise-meet-in-chick-fil-a-bowl/ By Bud L. Ellis   Ryan Williams kept running, Virginia Tech kept scoring and Tennessee’s struggles in the Georgia Dome continued.   Williams rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, sparking the Hokies past the Volunteers 37-14 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl at the Georgia Dome on New Year’s Eve.   As the hours ran out on ... /2010/01/13/hokies-rush-past-vols-in-chick-fil-a-bowl/ By Bud L. Ellis   In 1998, Tennessee marched into the Georgia Dome for the SEC championship game, and marched out with a 24-14 victory over Mississippi State. The victory helped propel the Vols to the national championship.   On the final day of the next decade, the Vols hope to do something they ... /2009/12/29/vols-look-to-break-georgia-dome-jinx-in-chick-fil-a-bowl/ By Bud L. Ellis   Lane Kiffin is pretty pleased with Tenneseee’s preparations for its Chick-fil-A Bowl matchup with Virginia Tech.   So much so, the first-year Vols’ coach decided Monday that practice on Tuesday wasn’t necessary.   Kiffin told his happy player Monday that they were getting an extra day off, as the Vols get ... /2009/12/22/vols-get-extra-day-off-before-heading-to-chick-fil-a-bowl/ By Bud L. Ellis   In the end, Bud Foster couldn’t leave the school he helped build into a national power.   Getting some extra change out of the deal didn’t hurt, either.   Foster, the longtime Virginia Tech defensive coordinator, thought about the open coordinator’s position at the University of Georgia. But after consideration, Foster ... /2009/12/15/foster-gets-contract-extension-to-stay-at-virginia-tech/ By Bud L. Ellis   It’s the ninth-oldest bowl game, and has worked its way from an outdoor game that drew just a little bit of attention into a New Year’s Eve college football tradition.   The Chick-fil-A Bowl has changed names (it was known as the Peach Bowl) and venues (it was played ... /2009/12/09/chick-fil-a-bowl-has-come-a-long-long-way/ By Bud L. Ellis   The reports last week were true, and two of the South’s most storied football programs will conclude their season in the Georgia Dome on New Year’s Eve.   The Chick-fil-A Bowl will feature Tennessee from the Southeastern Conference and Virginia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference in Atlanta on ... /2009/12/07/vols-hokies-tabbed-for-new-years-eve-date-in-chick-fil-a-bowl/ By Bud L. Ellis   Virginia Tech’s history with the Chick-fil-A Bowl goes way back to a time when the game wasn’t held at the Georgia Dome, and when the game wasn’t even named after the famous chicken sandwich.   Turn on the wayback machine to Jan. 2, 1981, when the bowl game in ... /2009/12/02/hokies-have-history-with-chick-fil-a-bowl/ By Bud L. Ellis   The official announcements won’t come for another few days, but according to a published report Tuesday, the Chick-fil-A Bowl matchup is set.   Tennessee will take on Virginia Tech in the Dec. 31 game at the Georgia Dome, according to an unnamed source, reported The Knoxville News Sentinel.   How did ... /2009/12/01/report-vols-hokies-to-meet-in-chick-fil-a-bowl/