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Pitt to play in Meineke Bowl

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A day after a heartbreaking loss cost it a BCS bid, No. 17 Pittsburgh has accepted an invitation to play in the Meineke Bowl for the second time.

The Panthers will play a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Dec. 26. That league’s representative was to be announced later Sunday.

Pitt (9-3) finished second in the Big East after losing at home to Cincinnati on Sunday in a game decided by a missed extra point. The Panthers played in the Charlotte bowl in 2003, losing to Virginia 23-16.

The Meineke Bowl selected Pitt ahead of Rutgers.

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