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ESPN � Fantasy Football � College Bowl Mania � rblake0502 1

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New Mexico

Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4)

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Wyoming Cowboys (6-6)

St. Petersburg

UCF Knights (8-4)

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-4)

R+L Carriers New Orleans

Southern Miss Golden Eagles (7-5)

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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (9-3)

MAACO Las Vegas

#18

Oregon State Beavers (8-4)

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#14

Brigham Young Cougars (10-2)

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#23

Utah Utes (9-3)

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California Golden Bears (8-4)

Sheraton Hawaii

Nevada Wolf Pack (8-4)

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Southern Methodist Mustangs (7-5)

Little Caesars

Marshall Thundering Herd (6-6)

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Ohio Bobcats (9-4)

Meineke Car Care

#17

Pittsburgh Panthers (9-3)

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North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4)

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Boston College Eagles (8-4)

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#24

USC Trojans (8-4)

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Kentucky Wildcats (7-5)

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Clemson Tigers (8-5)

AdvoCare V100 Independence

Texas A&M Aggies (6-6)

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Georgia Bulldogs (7-5)

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UCLA Bruins (6-6)

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Temple Owls (9-3)

Champs Sports

#15

Miami (FL) Hurricanes (9-3)

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#25

Wisconsin Badgers (9-3)

Roady's Humanitarian

Bowling Green Falcons (7-5)

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Idaho Vandals (7-5)

Pacific Life Holiday

#20

Arizona Wildcats (8-4)

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#22

Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-4)

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Houston Cougars (10-3)

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Air Force Falcons (7-5)

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Oklahoma Sooners (7-5)

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#21

Stanford Cardinal (8-4)

Texas

Navy Midshipmen (9-4)

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Missouri Tigers (8-4)

Insight

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Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-6)

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Iowa State Cyclones (6-6)

Chick-fil-A

#11

Virginia Tech Hokies (9-3)

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Tennessee Volunteers (7-5)

Outback

Northwestern Wildcats (8-4)

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Auburn Tigers (7-5)

Konica Minolta Gator

CBS

#16

West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3)

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Florida State Seminoles (6-6)

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#13

Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2)

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#12

LSU Tigers (9-3)

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Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2)

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Oregon Ducks (10-2)

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Cincinnati Bearcats (12-0)

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Florida Gators (12-1)

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South Florida Bulls (7-5)

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Northern Illinois Huskies (7-5)

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South Carolina Gamecocks (7-5)

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Connecticut Huskies (7-5)

AT&T Cotton

FOX

#19

Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-3)

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Mississippi Rebels (8-4)

AutoZone Liberty

Arkansas Razorbacks (7-5)

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East Carolina Pirates (9-4)

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Michigan State Spartans (6-6)

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Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-4)

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Boise State Broncos (13-0)

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TCU Horned Frogs (12-0)

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FOX

#10

Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2)

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (11-2)

GMAC

Central Michigan Chippewas (11-2)

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Troy Trojans (9-3)

Citi BCS National Championship

Texas Longhorns (13-0)

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Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0)

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Jan. 7 - 8:00 PM
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#2 Texas Longhorns (13-0)		#1 Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0)
Preview: Alabama is seeking a 13th national title, but the Crimson Tide is 0-7-1 all-time against Texas. The defenses are two of the nation's very best, while the offenses boast the two Heisman Trophy favorites. With a win over Mack Brown's Longhorns, Nick Saban would become the first coach in modern NCAA history to win a national title at two different schools.
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Dec. 19 - 4:30 PM
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Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4)		Wyoming Cowboys (6-6)
Preview: Fresno boss Pat Hill is 4-1 in the postseason against schools from BCS leagues, but 0-4 versus fellow have-nots. The Bulldogs lost this bowl to Colorado State last year, but are more potent this season behind Ryan Mathews, the nation's leading rusher at 151 yards per game. Wyoming is bowling for the first time since 1994.
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Dec. 19 - 8:00 PM
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UCF Knights (8-4)		Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-4)
Preview: Rutgers would have preferred an assignment to the Meineke Car Care Bowl, but a loss to West Virginia dropped the Knights to a St. Petersburg date that conflicts with final exams. Nearby Central Florida has never won a bowl game and owns just two wins in 43 games against BCS competition.
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Dec. 20 - 8:30 PM
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Southern Miss Golden Eagles (7-5)		Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (9-3)
Preview: Southern Miss has clinched a sixteenth consecutive winning season, and will play a Sun Belt team in the New Orleans Bowl for the fourth time in the past six years. Fourth-year MTSU coach Rick Stockstill's best team yet is led by quarterback Dwight Dasher, who finished the season as the Sun Belt's second-leading passer and fourth-leading rusher.
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Dec. 22 - 8:00 PM
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#18 Oregon State Beavers (8-4)		#14 Brigham Young Cougars (10-2)
Preview: BYU is making its fifth straight bowl appearance in Las Vegas. The Cougars are 2-2 in the game, all against Pac-10 opposition. Oregon State coach Mike Riley is 5-0 in bowl games, but this early tilt is the Beavers' shortest postseason turnaround ever.
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Dec. 23 - 8:00 PM
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#23 Utah Utes (9-3)		California Golden Bears (8-4)
Preview: California cost itself a Sun Bowl berth opposite Oklahoma with a 42-10 drubbing at Washington to close the season. Bears coach Jeff Tedford is 5-1 in bowl games but now faces a Utah team that also boasts an impressive postseason résumé. The Utes earned a bowl victory in each of Kyle Whittingham's first four years as coach and have won eight straight bowls overall.
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Dec. 24 - 8:00 PM
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Nevada Wolf Pack (8-4)		Southern Methodist Mustangs (7-5)
Preview: Former Hawaii coach June Jones makes his return to Aloha Stadium, this time leading SMU to its first bowl game in 25 years. The Mustangs will run-and-shoot it out with the nation's top rushing offense. WAC runner-up Nevada is the first team in NCAA history to have three 1,000-yard rushers in the same season.
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Dec. 26 - 1:00 PM
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Marshall Thundering Herd (6-6)		Ohio Bobcats (9-4)
Preview: Marshall coach Mark Snyder was forced out after five years, so defensive coordinator (and former Cincinnati coach) Rick Minter will lead the Herd on an interim basis against former MAC rival Ohio. The Bobcats are 0-4 all-time in bowl games, but have won the East division twice in five years under former Nebraska coach Frank Solich.
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Dec. 26 - 4:30 PM
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#17 Pittsburgh Panthers (9-3)		North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4)
Preview: Opposing coaches Dave Wannstedt of Pitt and Butch Davis of North Carolina won a national championship together in 1987 as defensive assistants under Miami coach Jimmy Johnson. Both followed Johnson to the Dallas Cowboys, and both ultimately earned -- and were eventually dismissed from -- NFL head-coaching jobs. The Tar Heels lost a thriller to West Virginia in this bowl last year.
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Dec. 26 - 8:00 PM
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Boston College Eagles (8-4)		#24 USC Trojans (8-4)
Preview: First-year head coach (and longtime defensive coordinator) Frank Spaziani has led Boston College into the postseason for the 11th consecutive time. The Eagles, who had won eight straight bowls before dropping last year's Music City contest to hometown Vanderbilt, will face a young, rebuilding USC squad that failed to win the Pac-10 title for the first time since 2003.
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Dec. 27 - 8:30 PM
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Kentucky Wildcats (7-5)		Clemson Tigers (8-5)
Preview: Kentucky is playing in its third Music City bowl in four years, this one a rematch of its 2006 win over the Tigers. This year's game will pit two of the nation's top all-purpose superstars in Clemson running back C.J. Spiller and Kentucky wide receiver Randall Cobb.
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Dec. 28 - 5:00 PM
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Texas A&M Aggies (6-6)		Georgia Bulldogs (7-5)
Preview: Texas A&M returns to the postseason after a one-year hiatus thanks to star quarterback Jerrod Johnson and the nation's fifth-ranked offense. The defenseless Aggies might produce a shootout with a retooling Georgia squad that has dismissed all but one defensive assistant, including coordinator Willie Martinez.
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Dec. 29 - 4:30 PM
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UCLA Bruins (6-6)		Temple Owls (9-3)
Preview: Temple nearly won the MAC East and will play in a bowl game for the first time since 1979. The Owls' opponent, though, is still unknown. Army will earn the berth if the Black Knights can upset two-touchdown favorite Navy next Saturday. If the Middies prevail, UCLA will make the cross-country trip to face Temple in a matchup that could produce the season's lowest-scoring bowl.
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Dec. 29 - 8:00 PM
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#15 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (9-3)		#25 Wisconsin Badgers (9-3)
Preview: Wisconsin is making its second consecutive appearance in the Champs Bowl and sixth straight postseason trip to Florida. The Badgers were blasted by Florida State in last season's game, but this year's matchup with Miami pits two ranked, nine-win teams looking toward big 2010 campaigns.
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Entry	TOTAL	PCT
This Entry	15	29.4
Average	17	50.0
Best Entry	28	100.0

Dec. 30 - 4:30 PM
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Bowling Green Falcons (7-5)		Idaho Vandals (7-5)
Preview: Idaho is making its first postseason appearance since notching one of the biggest bowl upsets ever over Southern Miss in the 1998 Humanitarian Bowl. The Vandals get to play on rival Boise State's blue field, but Bowling Green's veteran squad will be on familiar ground as well, as the Falcons faced the Broncos here in 2007.
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Dec. 30 - 8:00 PM
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#20 Arizona Wildcats (8-4)		#22 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-4)
Preview: Arizona ends its best season since 1998 the same way that 12-1 edition did: against Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl. The Wildcats won that game, but to top the Cornhuskers this year they will have to find a way around all-everything defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh and the nation's second-best scoring defense.
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Dec. 31 - 12:00 PM
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Houston Cougars (10-3)		Air Force Falcons (7-5)
Preview: Case Keenum leads Houston against the Flyboys' top-ranked pass defense for the third time in two years. The Cougars lost to Air Force in September 2008 before downing the Falcons in the Armed Forces Bowl. It's the third straight bowl trip to Fort Worth for Air Force, which lost to California here in 2007.
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Dec. 31 - 2:00 PM
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Oklahoma Sooners (7-5)		#21 Stanford Cardinal (8-4)
Preview: Jim Harbaugh has Stanford bowling again for the first time since 2001. Heisman candidate Toby Gerhart will lead the Cardinal against a tough Oklahoma defense, but he may not be taking his handoffs from freshman sensation Andrew Luck, who is doubtful for the game with a broken finger.
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Dec. 31 - 3:30 PM
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Navy Midshipmen (9-4)		Missouri Tigers (8-4)
Preview: Missouri coach Gary Pinkel is 4-2 in bowl games, but this season his Tigers fell all the way to the bottom of the Big 12 bowl pecking order despite a better finish than two teams selected ahead of them. This year's opponent is a Navy team that has played in six consecutive bowls but has lost its past three.
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Dec. 31 - 6:00 PM
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Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-6)		Iowa State Cyclones (6-6)
Preview: First-year coach Paul Rhoads and the Cyclones owe this warm-weather bowl berth to a fan base that packed the house for the school's last Insight bid, a win over Pitt in the 2000 game. Minnesota has played each of its past two bowls here, losing to Kansas last year and to Texas Tech in 2006.
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Dec. 31 - 7:30 PM
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#11 Virginia Tech Hokies (9-3)		Tennessee Volunteers (7-5)
Preview: Lane Kiffin and his first-year staff have Tennessee bowling again after a one-year absence, while Frank Beamer and Virginia Tech are making a seventeenth straight appearance in the postseason. The SEC has won four straight in this game, despite sending the league's fifth or sixth selection to play the ACC's No. 2 team.
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Jan. 1 - 11:00 AM
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Northwestern Wildcats (8-4)		Auburn Tigers (7-5)
Preview: Northwestern has suffered just one losing season in the past seven years, but hasn't played on New Year's Day since a 1996 Citrus Bowl loss to Tennessee. The Cats earned the bid with a win over Champs-bound Wisconsin in the season finale. Auburn was a surprise choice for this berth and marks the 23-year-old game's first-ever selection of a school with a losing conference record.
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Jan. 1 - 1:00 PM
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#16 West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3)		Florida State Seminoles (6-6)
Preview: Bobby Bowden's final game will be a rematch of Florida State's 2004 Gator win over his former team. Containing Mountaineers tailback Noel Devine will be the top priority for a Seminoles defense that ranked just 110th in the NCAA this year under retiring coordinator Mickey Andrews.
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Jan. 1 - 1:00 PM
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#13 Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2)		#12 LSU Tigers (9-3)
Preview: Third-place teams from power conferences square off in a battle for regional pride. The SEC won seven of eight in last year's postseason, while the Big Ten managed just one win alongside seven losses. Les Miles is 4-0 in bowls at LSU, but Joe Paterno hasn't lost consecutive bowl games since 1976.
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Jan. 1 - 4:30 PM
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#8 Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2)		#7 Oregon Ducks (10-2)
Preview: Oregon has played in the Rose Bowl just four times, winning only the 1916 game. Despite winning four straight Big Ten titles, Ohio State hasn't played here since a Buckeyes win cost Arizona State the national championship in 1996.
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Jan. 1 - 8:30 PM
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#3 Cincinnati Bearcats (12-0)		#5 Florida Gators (12-1)
Preview: Tim Tebow's final game comes against undefeated Big East champs Cincinnati. Brian Kelly's squad has the firepower to score on anyone, but a modest defensive résumé has the Bearcats installed as big underdogs as they try to reprise Utah's upset of Alabama in last year's game.
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Jan. 2 - 12:00 PM
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South Florida Bulls (7-5)		Northern Illinois Huskies (7-5)
Preview: Second-year coach Jerry Kill has NIU back in the postseason after dropping an Independence Bowl decision to Louisiana Tech last year. South Florida is bowling for the fourth straight season, but still hasn't broken through nationally. The Bulls are the only FBS squad to start each of the past three seasons 5-0, but the team has suffered a midseason fade each time.
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Jan. 2 - 2:00 PM
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South Carolina Gamecocks (7-5)		Connecticut Huskies (7-5)
Preview: The Gamecocks were slated to go to the Chick-fil-A Bowl until Auburn's surprise Outback invitation. Any bowl suits Connecticut, which is making a third straight postseason appearance. The Huskies had to rally for a winning record after a three-game losing streak following the murder of starting defensive back Jasper Howard.
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Jan. 2 - 2:00 PM
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#19 Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-3)		Mississippi Rebels (8-4)
Preview: Both teams stumble into this game off lopsided losses to in-state rivals. The Rebels beat Texas Tech in last year's Cotton, the final game at the old Cotton Bowl before the move to Cowboys Stadium. The Cowboys haven't been here since 2003, when they lost to an Eli Manning-led Ole Miss squad.
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Jan. 2 - 5:30 PM
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Arkansas Razorbacks (7-5)		East Carolina Pirates (9-4)
Preview: East Carolina became the first team to repeat as Conference USA champions since the two-division format and title game were instituted. The Pirates return to the site of last year's Liberty loss to Kentucky. Led by sophomore quarterback Ryan Mallett, Arkansas is back in the postseason after missing out in Bobby Petrino's first season.
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Jan. 2 - 9:00 PM
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Michigan State Spartans (6-6)		Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-4)
Preview: Texas Tech will benefit from a partisan crowd as the Red Raiders take on a reeling Michigan State team that was blown out in its finale versus Penn State and has since suspended 10 players for involvement in a campus fight, including two of the team's top three receivers.
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Jan. 4 - 8:00 PM
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#6 Boise State Broncos (13-0)		#4 TCU Horned Frogs (12-0)
Preview: The Horned Frogs probably thought they settled this discussion with last year's Poinsettia Bowl win over an undefeated Boise State edition, but the Broncos are back for more and this time the arena is their old stomping grounds in Glendale. Even if Boise can't duplicate the magic from its 2006 Fiesta victory over Oklahoma, the team will finish with one or fewer losses for the sixth time in eight years.
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Jan. 5 - 8:00 PM
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#10 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2)		#9 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (11-2)
Preview: Iowa's already-stout defense has an advantage most Georgia Tech opponents don't: a few extra weeks to prepare for Paul Johnson's rarely-seen triple option attack. The Hawkeyes offense will get a huge boost with the return of running back Adam Robinson and quarterback Ricky Stanzi.
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Jan. 6 - 7:00 PM
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Central Michigan Chippewas (11-2)		Troy Trojans (9-3)
Preview: The GMAC is one of the better-managed small bowls, and this year scored a big coup by landing a matchup of conference champions. Central Michigan triggerman Dan LeFevour may be the top player in MAC history; his Chippewas will shoot it out with Sun Belt player of the year Levi Brown and an equally high-flying Trojans attack.
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