2000 Sugar Bowl was the designated Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) National Championship Game for the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season and was played on January 4 , 2000 , at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans . The Florida State Seminoles , representing the Atlantic Coast Conference , defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies , representing the Big East Conference , by a score of 46 &ndash; 29 . With the win , Florida State clinched the 1999 BCS national championship , the team 's second national championship in its history
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2000 Sugar Bowl