Team Pairings Announced for 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl Alma Mater

Top Coaches and Celebrities to Compete for $350,000 Scholarship Purse

Greensboro, Ga. (April 28, 2008) - Top NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni from universities across the country will compete tomorrow in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Alma Mater at Reynolds Plantation. Thirteen twosomes will vie for their share of the $350,000 scholarship purse with $100,000 going to the winning team.

Team pairings for the April 29 made-for-TV round are as follows:

	TEAM	COACH	CELEBRITY
GROUP 1	Virginia Tech	Frank Beamer	Dell Curry
	Georgia Tech	Paul Johnson	Jon Barry
GROUP 2	UCLA	Rick Neuheisel	Sinjin Smith
	Boston College	Jeff Jagodzinski	Chris O'Donnell
GROUP 3	South Carolina	Steve Spurrier	Sterling Sharpe
	Colorado	Bill McCartney	Kordell Stewart
GROUP 4	Maryland	Ralph Friedgen	Neil O'Donnell
	Arizona State	Frank Kush	Michael Haynes
GROUP 5	Michigan	Rich Rodriguez	Brian Griese
	Alabama	Nick Saban	Ken Stabler
GROUP 6	Wake Forest	Jim Grobe	Billy Packer
	Minnesota	Tubby Smith	Jim Petersen
GROUP 7	Auburn	Tommy Tuberville	Pat Sullivan

"This is an incredible field of coaches representing some of the best university athletic programs in the country," said Gary Stokan, Chick-fil-A Bowl president. "We are humbled to be able to showcase these schools in an event like this and proud that so much scholarship money will be headed back to the participating universities."

The celebrity round will be taped for broadcast and aired nationally by CBS at 2 p.m. (ET) on Christmas Day.

Last year Frank Beamer and Dell Curry from Virginia Tech edged out the team from San Diego State by one stroke on the final hole to win the championship with a 10-under 62.