The Dawgs are BackThe Georgia Bulldogs & Michigan Spartans will square-off in the Outback Bowl on January 2nd in Tampa, bowl officials announced today. It is a match-up of 10 win Division Champions from two of the most prestigious conferences in college football – the SEC and Big Ten. The Spartans are ranked 12th in the AP Poll while the Bulldogs are ranked 18th.Read the full story.
Georgia still had a Sugar Bowl berth on its mind when it dominated top-ranked LSU in the first half of Saturday's SEC championship game. But LSU ripped through the Bulldogs in the second half of its 42-10 win, clinching its spot in the BCS title game and dropping Georgia into a non-BCS bowl.
Meanwhile, Michigan State dropped a 42-39 heartbreaker to Wisconsin in the inaugural Big Ten championship game and barely missed a chance to play Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
Tickets to the 2012 Outback Bowl are on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster. The bowl will play host to teams from the Big Ten Conference and Southeastern Conference on Monday, January 2nd in Raymond James Stadium. Kick-off time is 1:00 P.M. ET.
