Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan wants to set the record straight: His bowl always wanted No. 22 Duke. Speaking Thursday during a news conference at the Blue Devils' team headquarters, Stokan shot down rumors that he would have preferred another ACC team for his bowl. He said he told both athletic director Kevin White and coach David Cutcliffe on the eve of the ACC championship game in Charlotte that ''if Clemson's up in the Orange Bowl, which I thought they would be, that Duke was going to be our selection.'' The Blue Devils (10-3) will play No. 20 Texas A&M (8-4) on Dec. 31 in the Atlanta-based bowl, and it will cap arguably the best season in Duke history. Duke set a school record for wins, beat two Top 25 teams in the same year for the first time since 1971, won eight straight games to put itself on the Chick-fil-A Bowl's radar and captured its first Coastal Division title before being blown out by No. 1 Florida State in the league championship game. More...