Arkansas State University football Coach Blake Anderson called a team meeting Sunday afternoon and told his players that they were playing Middle Tennessee State in the Camellia Bowl on Dec. 16 in Montgomery, Ala.
It wasn't that simple for Middle Tennessee State Coach Rick Stockstill.
Stockstill called a 2 p.m. meeting in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and told his players that although they had earned bowl eligibility with a 41-10 victory over Old Dominion on Nov. 25, the Blue Raiders (6-6) would likely not be playing in a bowl game.
There were three more bowl-eligible teams than the 39 bowl games could host.