Ever wondered how your favorite college football team ended up in its postseason bowl game? Turns out it's much more complicated than you'd think.
Before the flashy television announcements, better known to college football fans and teams as 'Selection Sunday,' there are weeks of negotiations and discussions.
The first Sunday in December is just the day it all gets gifted to fans with a pretty bow on top.
So inside the Charlotte Sports Foundation office, a few minutes drive from Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium, there is a team of people trying to work out just that: Which teams will be playing in every bowl _ specifically in the Belk Bowl, held at 1 p.m. on Dec. 29 in Charlotte _ at the end of the month?
