The No. 10 Michigan State Spartans take on the No. 12 Pittsburgh Panthers on Thursday, Dec. 30 — exactly one week from today — in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia. Ahead of the New Year’s Six bowl matchup, Gary Stokan, the Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and president, took the time to speak with me in an in-depth one-on-one interview over the phone on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Stokan has served as the CEO and president of the Peach Bowl since 1998, and has overseen 22 sellouts in the past 24 years, and has ensured the annual bowl game is college football’s most charitable bowl organization – having donated $57.