The Rose Bowl will choose between Iowa and Ohio State to replace Michigan State, the Big Ten champ headed to the playoff.
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Michigan State and Alabama have played only once before.
The Tigers are well-versed in how to get around Sun Life Stadium, and embarrassed Miami 58-0 earlier this season on the same field they’ll see for the bowl game.
“Last year’s game with Oklahoma has nothing to do with this year’s game”.
No. 1 Clemson will face No. 4 Oklahoma on New Year’s Eve at the Orange Bowl, while No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Michigan State will face off the same day in the Cotton Bowl.
The confetti fell on another Alabama championship, just not the one the Crimson Tide really wants. He will be matched against Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, who was a member of his staff in all those years and has produced a 5-1 record against top-five opponents during his underrated coaching career. Not surprisingly, Alabama is a clear favorite over Michigan State, but lower-seeded Oklahoma isn’t an underdog to Clemson. On Jan 1. they defeated Baylor 42-41 after a fourth quarter comeback.
Well, the 2015 College Football Playoff field is set.
Alabama rolled easily over the Florida Gators in the SEC Championship, 29-15 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Saturday. Yeah, Alabama closed out the season red hot, but after getting an in-season break, it showed what it could do by taking away LSU’s season.
The only mild surprise of Sunday’s unveiling was that Michigan State, the No. 5 team in last week’s rankings, jumped over Oklahoma. The Spartans’ top three rushers – Scott, Gerald Holmes and Madre London – have a combined 1,614 yards and 22 TDs. SEC champion Alabama opened its 2015 season with a victory over Wisconsin at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The Spartans won the Cotton Bowl, the only one for a Big Ten other than Ohio State’s over Texas A&M in 1987. Mayfield threw 35 touchdown passes this season, Watson passed for 30.
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A college football season filled with fantastic finishes led to a sleepy selection Sunday.
