1982 Cotton Bowl

The Road To The 1982 Cotton Bowl: Texas & Alabama

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Texas and Alabama are two of college football’s historic programs and they played a memorable game at the 1982 Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day in Dallas. It was a big win for a Longhorn program that needed it, and it was the final major bowl appearance for legendary Crimson Tide head coach Bear Bryant. Here’s a look back on the road both Texas & Alabama traveled through the 1981 college football season to reach January 1 in Dallas.

Weekend Bowl Action

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There’s two college bowl games going this weekend, both bracketing the NFL playoffs in terms of time slots and serving as the college bridge to Monday’s night battle for the BCS National Championship. Here’s a look at both… SMU-Pitt (Sat,1 PM ET, ESPN): Am I the only one who saw this game and thought of […]