2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl

American college football game February 2020 January 2026 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl 41st Peach Bowl File:1996 Georgia Dome.JPEG The Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Chick-fil-A Bowl. 2008 LSU Tigers Louisiana State University Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 7–5 SEC 9–3 ACC Les Miles Paul Johnson 14 15 14 7 28 3 0 3 0 0 0 December 31 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia QB Jordan Jefferson, LSU (Offensive)LB Perry Riley, LSU (Defensive) Georgia Tech by 3.5http://www.covers.com/sports/odds/lineHistory.aspx?eventId=26269&sport=ncf&t=0 NCAAF Line History - Football Betting Odds 9 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081212104608/http://www.covers.com/sports/odds/lineHistory.aspx?eventId=26269&sport=ncf&t=0 12 December 2008 live Jerry McGinn (Big East)http://www.lsusports.net/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&CONTENT_ID=12303 LSU vs Georgia Tech (Dec 31, 2008) LSU Athletics Media Relations 2008-12-31 2009-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090126071321/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&CONTENT_ID=12303 26 January 2009 live Spirit of South Paulding Marching Bandhttp://www.11alive.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=124875&catid=5 https://archive.today/20120717224048/http://www.11alive.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=124875&catid=5 dead 17 July 2012 High School Band Chosen for Chick-fil-A Bowl WXIA 19 December 2008 20 December 2008 71,423 3 million per teamhttp://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists 2011-09-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081219075027/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 2008-12-19 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Paul Maguire 3.4January 2009 Peach Bowl The 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Louisiana State Tigers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets played in Atlanta, Georgia on December 31, 2008. With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 41st edition of the game known throughout most of its history as the Peach Bowl. LSU was from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and their opponent represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was the final game of the 2008 football season for each team. The game payout was a combined $6.01 million, the sixth-largest among all college football bowl games and the third-largest non-BCS bowl game payout.http://www.chick-fil-abowl.com/PressBox/News/20081205GeorgiaTech/tabid/147/Default.aspx No. 15 Georgia Tech Accepts Bid to Chick-fil-A Bowl 4 December 2008 3 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206102644/http://www.chick-fil-abowl.com/PressBox/News/20081205GeorgiaTech/tabid/147/Default.aspx 6 December 2008 dead dmy-all Selection process In choosing the SEC team, the Chick-fil-A Bowl selection committee has the right to select the first SEC school after the Bowl Championship Series, Cotton Bowl Classic, Capital One Bowl, and Outback Bowl make their selections. The selection committee cannot select an SEC team with two fewer losses than the highest available team."SEC Bowl Tie-Ins" https://web.archive.org/web/20071109192734/http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=44 2007-11-09 SECsports.com, Accessed October 29, 2007. The bowl earned the right to select these teams via its multimillion-dollar payout system, which guarantees a certain amount of money to the participating conferences. Prior to 2006, the Chick-fil-A Bowl (then known as the Peach Bowl) matched the No. 5 team in the SEC versus the No. 3 team in the ACC. After the bowl increased its payout to $2.8 million per squad, it then was given the second pick from the ACC, with the Gator Bowl dropping to third."Georgia-Va Tech In Peach Bowl Just About Set" AOL SportsApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The Fanhouse, AOL Sports, November 30, 2006. Accessed October 30, 2007. Beginning with the 2006 game, the Chick-fil-A Bowl had purchased the right to select the highest-ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team after representatives from the Bowl Championship Series made their selection. According to the official selection rules still used today, the team chosen to represent the ACC must be within one conference victory of the remaining highest-ranked conference team or be ranked more than five spaces ahead of the ACC team with the best Conference record available in the final BCS Standings."Bowl Selection Process for Atlantic Coast Conference teams" https://web.archive.org/web/20071021063641/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/111306aaa.html 2007-10-21 Atlantic Coast Conference, theacc.com, November 13, 2006. Accessed October 29, 2007. Pre-game buildup On Sunday, December 7, 2008, the SEC representative for the bowl, LSU, was announced. The Chick-fil-A Bowl representatives selected Georgia Tech on December 3, to represent the ACC in the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl. Georgia Tech sold out its allotment of 17,500 tickets in less than four business days leaving the Chick-fil-a bowl with only 1,000 tickets remaining.http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120908aab.html Sold Out: Georgia Tech sells allotment of Chick-fil-A Bowl tickets 9 December 2008 16 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090106001134/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120908aab.html 6 January 2009 live The Chick-fil-A bowl sold all available tickets to the game, making it the 12th consecutive sellout in the combined history of the Peach and Chick-fil-A Bowls.http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=497304 Ga. Tech tweaks offense for bowl game vs. LSU SportingNews 15 December 2008 15 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081217134142/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=497304 17 December 2008 dead dmy-all Television coverage ESPN broadcast the game for the 13th straight year. Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterLSU - Charles Scott 2-yard TD run (Colt David kick), 11:58LSU 7-0GT - Scott Blair 24-yard FG, 1:03LSU 7-3 2nd QuarterLSU - Scott 4-yard TD run (David kick), 12:08LSU 14-3LSU - Scott 1-yard TD run (David kick), 8:27LSU 21-3LSU - Richard Dickson 25-yard TD pass from Jordan Jefferson (David kick), 5:21LSU 28-3LSU - Keiland Williams 17-yard TD run (David kick), 1:27LSU 35-3 3rd QuarterLSU - David 53-yard FG, 1:56LSU 38-3 References 2 Chick-fil-A Bowl Category:Peach Bowl Category:LSU Tigers football bowl games Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bowl games Chick-fil-A Bowl Category:December 2008 sports events in the United States Category:2008 in Atlanta