Music City Bowl officials originally wanted to select North Carolina as the ACC representative.

This plan came undone, however, when the Chick-fil-A, Gator, and Champs Sports Bowls all passed on Clemson, which lost the 2009 ACC Championship Game to Georgia Tech.

Clemson senior and future NFL player, C. J. Spiller ended his final college game with a win.

Clemson played excellent defense throughout the contest only allowing Kentucky to 277 total yards of offense.

Winds gusted up to 22 mph and not only affected the kicking game and strategy for both teams but also made the temperature feel as if it were in the low 20 degree range.

The ball hung in the air when kicked and ended up falling about eight yards short of the goal post.