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2012-2013 NCAA College Bowl Game Schedule: Northern Virginia Natives Appearing
Alabama vs. Notre Dame for the BCS Title. Watch for Northern Virginia natives in the Rose Bowl, Outback Bowl and Capital One Bowl this year.
A handful of Northern Virginia natives are playing college football bowl games in on New Year's Day.
If you watch the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio on New Year’s Day, be on the lookout for Alex Carter of Ashburn at corner (no. 25), who graduated from Briar Woods High School. Quarterback Kevin Hogan of McLean (no. 41) graduated from Gonzaga College High School, and Safety Cason Kynes (no. 41) of Annandale graduated from Annandale High School. All three play for the Stanford Cardinal team, which will face Wisconsin.
Springfield’s Mohammed Seisay is a corner for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who face Georgia also on New Year’s Day in the Capital One Bowl. Seisay is a West Springfield High School graduate.
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Reilly Madden of Vienna is a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks, who play Michigan in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day. Madden is a graduate of Paul VI Catholic High School.
BCS GamesBCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame vs. Alabama
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Jan. 7, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio, Stanford vs. Wisconsin
Jan. 1, 5 p.m., ESPN
Discover Orange Bowl, Florida State vs. Northern Illinois
Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Allstate Sugar Bowl, Florida vs. Louisville
Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Kansas State vs. Oregon
Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
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Non-BCS Bowl Games
AT&T Cotton Bowl, Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M
Jan. 4, 8 p.m., FOX
Outback Bowl, Michigan vs. South Carolina
Jan. 1, 1 p.m., ABC
Capital One Bowl, Georgia vs. Nebraska
Jan. 1, 1 p.m., ESPN
Heart of Dallas Bowl, Purdue vs. Oklahoma State
Jan. 1, 12 p.m., ESPNU
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And here are more bowl games scheduled:
GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas State vs. Kent State
Jan. 6, 9 p.m., ESPN
BBVA Compass Bowl, Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss
Jan. 5, 1 p.m., ESPN
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, Northwestern vs. Mississippi State
Jan. 1, Noon, ESPN2
Chick-fil-A Bowl, LSU vs. Clemson
Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Hyundai Sun Bowl, Georgia Tech vs. USC
Dec. 31, 2 p.m., CBS
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Vanderbilt vs. North Carolina State
Dec. 31, Noon., ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, TCU vs. Michigan State
Dec. 29, 10:15 p.m., ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl, Texas vs. Oregon State
Dec. 29, 6:45 p.m., ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Navy vs. Arizona State
Dec. 29, 4 p.m., ESPN2
New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Syracuse vs. West Virginia
Dec. 29, 3:15 p.m., ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Rice vs. Air Force
Dec. 29, 11:45 a.m., ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl, Minnesota vs. Texas Tech
Dec. 28, 8 p.m., ESPN
Russell Athletic Bowl, Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers
Dec. 28, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, University of Louisiana-Monroe vs. Ohio University
Dec. 28 1 p.m., ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, Baylor vs. UCLA
Dec. 27, 8:45 p.m., ESPN
Belk Bowl, Duke vs. Cincinnati
Dec. 27, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman, Army vs. San Jose State
Dec. 27, 2 p.m., ESPN
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan
Dec. 26, 6:30 p.m., ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, SMU vs. Fresno State
Dec. 24, 7 p.m., ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas Bowl, Washington vs. Boise State
Dec. 22, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Dec. 22, 11 a.m., ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl, UCF vs. Ball State
Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m., ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, BYU vs. San Diego State
Dec. 20, 7 p.m., ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Utah State vs. Toledo
Dec. 15, 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Nevada vs. Arizona
Dec. 15, Noon, ESPN
* correction: We misidentified a Military Bowl team as Army. Army did not play this year in that bowl game.
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