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The
Cotton Bowl Classic is a college
football bowl game that pits the
second-choice team of the Big 12
against the third- or fourth-choice
team of the SEC. The game was played
annually since 1937 at its namesake
stadium in Dallas, Texas. The bowl
traditionally hosted the champion of
the Southwest Conference prior to
its merger into the Big 12. Their
opponents varied, but were often
second- or third-place teams in
Southeastern Conference or major
independents.
On
February 27, 2007, it was announced
that the game would move to Cowboys
Stadium in nearby Arlington
beginning on January 1, 2010. With
that announcement, Cotton Bowl
Classic officials also began a
campaign to become part of the Bowl
Championship Series when the current
contract featuring the Rose, Sugar,
Fiesta, and Orange bowls expired in
2010. Plans to join the BCS were
scrapped, however, shortly after
ESPN acquired the rights to the
series.
The
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, the
76th edition of the game was held on January
6, at Cowboys Stadium in
Arlington, Texas as part of the
–12 NCAA Bowl season. The game,
which will telecast at 7:00 p.m. CT
on FOX, will feature the Kansas
State Wildcats from the Big 12
Conference versus the Arkansas
Razorbacks from the SEC Conference.
This will be only the second time in
the BCS era that a non-BCS bowl has
two teams with higher BCS rankings
playing than teams in a BCS bowl.
The Sugar Bowl, and Orange
Bowl have teams with lower BCS
rankings squaring off.
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