It's a rarity in the college football bowl season landscape: playing the same opponent in back-to-back postseason games.
That will be the case for the Kentucky Wildcats and the Iowa Hawkeyes, who on Sunday learned they'll be squaring off for the second time in less than a year when the Music City Bowl kicks off at noon on New Year's Eve at Nashville's Nissan Stadium.
UK head coach Mark Stoops got the better of his alma mater in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2022. With the Wildcats trailing 17-13, star wideout Wan'Dale Robinson had an electrifying 52-yard catch-and-run to set up Chris Rodriguez's go-ahead touchdown from 6 yards out with 1:48 to play in the fourth quarter.