College Football Bowl Match-ups decided after the dust settles.
Rutgers may be going to consecutive bowl games for the first time, but not to the one it wanted.
TEXAS BOWL : RUTGERS vs KANSAS STATE
One day after missing out on a BCS bowl berth because of a triple-overtime defeat, the Scarlet Knights accepted a bid to play Kansas State in the inaugural Texas Bowl on Sunday.
ORANGE BOWL : LOUISVILLE vs WAKE FOREST
Rutgers (10-2) came up just short at West Virginia on Saturday, 41-39 in triple overtime. Had the Scarlet Knights won the game, they would have won the Big East Conference’s automatic BCS bowl bid. Instead, Louisville (11-1) secured the league title and will oppose Wake Forest (11-2) in the Orange Bowl.
GATOR BOWL : WEST VIRGINIA vs GEORGIA TECH
West Virginia (10-2) accepted a spot in the Gator Bowl against Georgia Tech (9-4) on New Year’s Day, relegating Rutgers to the Big East’s third bowl spot, against Kansas State (7-5) in the first Texas Bowl in Houston on December 28.
CAPITAL ONE BOWL : WISCONSIN vs ARKANSAS
Another team surely unhappy about its bowl is No. 6 Wisconsin (11-1). The Badgers tied for second in the Big Ten Conference with Michigan and is ranked higher than half of the BCS teams but has been relegated to the Capital One Bowl against Arkansas (10-2) because three teams from the same league cannot all go to BCS games.
OUTBACK BOWL : PENN STATE vs TENNESSEE
In another Big Ten-SEC clash on January 1, Penn State (8-4) will take on Tennessee (9-3) in the Outback Bowl.
“Tennessee is a great opponent for us,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “They have a great football tradition and a very good team again this year. They played well in a tough league. It’s going to be a challenging game for us.”
COTTON BOWL : NEBRASKA vs AUBURN
Also on January 1, Nebraska (9-4) will play Auburn (10-2) in the Cotton Bowl.
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