The 2007 Champs Sports Bowl

Champs Sports Bowl

The Champs Sports Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Orlando, Florida, at the Citrus Bowl. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group which also organizes the Capital One Bowl and Florida Classic...

was the 18th edition of the college football

College football

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 bowl game

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. It was part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, and was played on December 28, 2007 at the Citrus Bowl

Citrus Bowl

The Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA, built for football, which currently seats around 70,000 people....

 stadium in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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The game pitted the Boston College Eagles

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 of the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

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 against the Michigan State Spartans

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 of the Big Ten Conference

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BC was in contention for a Bowl Championship Series

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 game bid, but lost the ACC Championship Game

ACC Championship Game

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 to Virginia Tech

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. Meanwhile, head coach Mark Dantonio

Mark Dantonio

Mark Dantonio is the current head football coach at Michigan State University. He was hired on November 27, 2006 and became the 24th head coach at Michigan State. He is credited for winning the 2010 Big Ten Championship and his 4 game win streak over arch-rival Michigan...

led MSU to a bowl game in his first season there.

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