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Big 12 Conference Weekend Wrapup

Seven Big 12 Teams Receive Bowl Bids

December 07, 2004 | Football

By: Athletics Communications

DALLAS -- Oklahoma and Texas highlight a field of seven Big 12 Conference bowl teams selected during the Bowl Championship Series and other contracted bowl announcements.

Oklahoma advances to the BCS for the fourth time in five years to meet Southern California in the national championship at the FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 4, 2005, while Texas makes its first trip to the BCS against Michigan in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
 
It marks the third time over a four-year span that two Big 12 schools have played in the BCS in the same campaign.

Big 12 Bowls

Texas A&M tangles with Tennessee in the 69th annual SBC Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1 while Texas Tech faces California in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30.
 
Colorado meets UTEP in the EV1.net Houston Bowl on Dec. 30 while Iowa State plays Miami (Ohio) in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28. Oklahoma State is paired with Ohio State in the MasterCard Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29. 
 
Here is a recap of the final weekend of action prior to the bowl season:

(1) USC 29, UCLA 24
Southern California might as well book a flight to Miami. UCLA held Heisman Trophy contender Matt Leinart in check, but Reggie Bush had two long touchdown runs...
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(2) Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3 - Big 12 Championship
Super offense. Dominating defense. Perfect opponent. It would be almost impossible to deny Oklahoma a chance at the national championship after this performance...
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(3) Auburn 38, (15) Tennessee 28 - SEC Championsip
Take that, pollsters and computers. The team most likely to be left out of the national championship game has a trophy of its own. For Auburn, that will probably have to do...
Recap | Statistics

(4) California 26, Southern Miss 16
J.J. Arrington ran for 261 yards, Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and No. 4 California scored on a bizarre special-teams play in a 26-16 win over Southern...
Recap

(21) Pittsburgh 43, South Florida 14
Tyler Palko did his job. Now, he and (No. 21 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) Pittsburgh will let Bowl Championship Series officials determine where the rejuvenated...
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