Football season wraps with championships, bowls
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The weekend brought early Christmas presents for football teams across Alabama …
• Hoover beat Prattville 28-23 for the state 6A championship Friday night at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. The Bucs, who went 14-1 this season, earned their sixth state title, and their first since 2005 during the Rush Propst era. Prattville’s loss ended the team’s 3-year streak as 6A champions.
• No. 2 Alabama defeated No. 1 Florida 32-13 in Saturday’s SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. The Tide, with a perfect 13-0 record, climbed to No. 1 in the BCS and AP polls, while the Gators (12-1) dropped to No. 5. (Gallery of newspaper front pages.)
• And in Sunday’s bowl announcements …
- No. 1 Alabama will play No. 2 undefeated Texas in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
- Auburn (7-5) faces Northwestern (8-4) in Tampa at the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day.
- Troy (9-3), after winning its fourth straight Sun Belt Conference championship, heads south to Mobile to face Central Michigan (11-2) in the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6.
- And here in Birmingham, the Papajohns.com Bowl will offer South Carolina vs. Connecticut (both 7-5) on Jan. 2.
Also: All 34 bowl games … the 2009-10 bowl schedule.
Will you be heading to a game or watching on television?
Monday, December 7, 2009, 1:53 pm
I’m glad you listed Troy up there. I’m always surprised how little attention they get up here in Birmingham. I understand where we are, in relation to Tuscaloosa and UAB, but success is success. Period.
Though the announcers did ‘dis Troy during the Florida/Bama game. But hey, that just shows that Troy is on the national radar… right? Right?
Oh, well. One day.
Monday, December 7, 2009, 3:32 pm
Can’t leave Troy out — I think this is their fourth bowl game in this decade. Not bad.
Plus four straight conference titles is mighty impressive.