How Virginia Tech and Texas Met in the 1995 Sugar Bowl  Joel Ron
McKelvey was one of the three biggest stories leading up to the
62nd Sugar Bowl.  If you can't place him, don't worry.  Nobody
else could either.  But first, there was another interesting
change in the leadership of the Sugar Bowl.  Dr. Leonard Burns
became the first African-American to serve as the Sugar Bowl's
president, putting persons of color in both the executive
directorship with Troy Mathieu and the presidency. 
Coincidently, this landmark moment came the same year women were
also brought into the organization.  There was a change in Sugar
Bowl sponsorship, too.  The game was now affiliated with Nokia
Communications.  There was a change in the configurations for
the postseason, as well, as the second step in the formula to
pair the best two teams was implemented.  The Bowl Alliance went
into effect, encompassing the SEC, Big 12, ACC and Big East
along with provisions for Notre Dame.  For the first time the
"host" teams in the Sugar, Fies