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Open Thread: New Year bowls (Cotton, Outback, Rose, Sugar)

One of these games today may be more important to you than others.

What: The Cotton Bowl has been played annually since 1937. Goodyear has sponsored the bowl since 2014. Previously Mobil, and then Southwestern Bell/AT&T, had their brands attached to the game.
Who: The 2016 Goodyear Cotton Bowl features the Western Michigan Broncos and the Wisconsin Badgers. The Broncos, under animated boat-rowing coach P.J. Fleck, were the only other FBS team to finish the season undefeated, besides No. 1 Alabama. That Cinderella season earned Western Michigan a trip to the Cotton Bowl, which is one of the New Year’s Six bowls under the College Football Playoff system.