2009 Champs Sports Bowl
The 2009 Champs Sports Bowl will be the 20th edition of the college football bowl game, and will be played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game is scheduled to start at 8:00 PM US EST on Tuesday, December 29, 2009. The game will be telecast on ESPN and will match the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big 10 and the Miami Hurricanes of the ACC.
The 2009 game will mark the last time in the foreseeable future that the Big 10 will be represented in the bowl game. A four year contract was signed so that starting in 2010 the Big East will send a team to the bowl instead.
Miami will be making its third appearance in the bowl, they last played in the game in 1998 where they easily defeated North Carolina State 46-23. The Canes' are perfect in their two previous appearances. Wisconsin will making its second appearance in as many years. They were defeated in the 2008 game by Florida State 42-13.
The bowl game marks the fourth time that the two schools have faced each other and the first time they will meet in the post-season. Miami holds a 2-1 series advantage with the last meeting being a 51-3 thrashing by the Hurricanes in opening game of the 1989 season. Miami would go on to win their 3rd National Championship that year.
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