41.   The major bowls have contracts that lock them into taking teams from the top conferences.

42.   The run of major bowl appearances ended, too.

43.   The WAC is one on the conferences not guaranteed a spot in the major bowls.

44.   The winner stays in the hunt for a major bowl.

45.   The two top-ranked teams from the coalition would be paired up each year in a national championship game, which would be rotated among the major bowls.

46.   They started out slowly the last few seasons and still managed to be in contention for major bowl bids until the final week.

47.   Three major bowls have collaborated on an alliance system, which began rotating last season from Orange to Fiesta to Sugar.

48.   Upsetting Florida State is a longshot, but Virginia could be in the running for a major bowl bid.

49.   We have a great chance to do that, and then get to a major bowl and win that.

50.   With the sorry state of the league this year, no team looks invincible, and the Eagles can still salvage a major bowl berth.