Throughout the lead-in to the Belk Bowl, its official Twitter account regularly described it as the Best Bowl. We all thought the account was being facetious. It turns out that social media professional was actually a soothsayer.
Kentucky and Virginia Tech produced fireworks from start to to finish at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. A matchup many believed would be a good game transformed into a great game thanks to pregame festivities.
Entering bowl season Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports ranked it as the No. 16 most-anticipated game of the season. When the dust settled, the Belk Bowl was the best bowl of college football’s postseason.