Texas could be first program to win every New Year’s Six bowls at Peach Bowl

Dec 30, 2021; Atlanta, GA, USA; Detailed view of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl logo before a game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and Michigan State Spartans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

There will be a lot of firsts when the Texas Longhorns take on Arizona State in the 57th Peach Bowl. It is UT’s first ever trip to the Atlanta-based bowl game. The college football playoff game will be the first college football game in 2025. And if Texas wins, the Horns will be the first to accomplish something remarkable.

“This is the first time that we’ll host Texas true blue blood in college football into the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, and if they win, Texas would be the first team in the history of college football to win all six New Year’s Six Bowl games.” — Gary Stokan, President and CEO of Peach Bowl, Inc.

That’s right, a win would make the Longhorns the first to win all six major New Year’s bowl games.

For decades, conference affiliations determined bowl game participants. The Southwest Conference, and later the Big 12, were tied to the Cotton Bowl. The Pac-10 and Big Ten to the Rose Bowl. The SEC to the Sugar, the ACC to the Orange and so on.

Then the BCS was born in 1998 and the two best teams were funneled into one of the New Year’s bowl games on a rotating basis. That’s why Texas played USC in the Rose Bowl. If a major bowl lost their affiliated participant, they could choose a replacement. That’s how Texas played Michigan in Pasadena.

The BCS them set up a “national championship game” at one of the major bowl sites, played after the bowls. That is why Texas’ loss to Alabama was not officially the Rose Bowl. It was the national championship game played at the Rose Bowl stadium.

Texas has a chance to become the 1st program to win EVERY NY6 bowl game. They hold an 18-14-1 overall record in the…

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Publish date : 2024-12-27 16:28:00

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