The Champions Bowl will not "freeze out" the ACC. You can’t be kicked out of a club you weren’t a member of to begin with.

This, after her blogging these other articles:

• What kind of a ripple effect will the new SEC-Big 12 bowl have?
• The ACC could lose its spot at the playoff table.
• That means FSU, Virginia Tech, Clemson and Miami should start looking out for themselves.

Seriously, ESPN is getting to the point where it's just embarrassing itself by serving as the ACC's chief apologist.

"Big 12-ACC story? What story? Oh? Ok, that story? That's not a real story, nobody could take that seriously, just some blogger. Oh? Ok, I guess you could take it seriously, but it'll never happen. Oh? Okay, well, it shouldn't even be considered until after the BCS announcement..."