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For the first time, this year’s Valero Alamo Bowl will now match-up the #2 selection from the Big 12 and the #1 selection from the Pac-10 after the BCS picks. Producing 3 of the Top 6 most-watched bowl games in ESPN history while selling out three of the last four years, the Valero Alamo Bowl has quickly become one of the most popular bowl games in the country.  With the Valero Alamo Bowl having a track record of top ESPN ratings, capacity crowds and exciting games this year is sure to be no different.
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Over the past 16 years, the Valero Alamo Bowl has hosted 16 bowl games and three Big 12 Football Championship games in the Alamodome in San Antonio. These 19 games have attracted 1,140,510 spectators with more than 50 percent being out-of-town visitors. The event has contributed more than $50 million to institutes of higher education, distributed $625,000 in local scholarship funds and been viewed by 120.5 million national television viewers on ESPN and ABC.
2010 Highlights
  • The 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl match-up of the No. 1 passing attack in the Big Ten in Michigan State vs. the No. 1 passing offense in the Big 12 in Texas Tech promised some fireworks and the game didn't disappoint the 64,757 fans who packed the Alamodome.
  • After a back-and-forth battle for three quarters, Michigan State took a 28-27 lead in the fourth and appeared to get a break when Tech quarterback Taylor Potts left the game after injuring his hand. He left with an Alamo Bowl-record 372 yards and two touchdowns. But, in true Red Raider fashion, there was a comeback waiting to happen. With Tech down 31-27, Steven Sheffield marched the Red Raiders downfield in eight plays, the last an 11-yard touchdown pass to Detron Lewis taking the lead 34-31. Baron Batch tacked on a 25-yard touchdown run late in the game to seal the victory.
  • For the fifth consecutive year the Valero Alamo Bowl came down to the wire as the Texas Tech Red Raiders upended the Michigan State Spartans in a 41-31 victory.
  • The next Valero Alamo Bowl will feature teams from the Big 12 and Pac-10 conferences.
2010 Valero Alamo Bowl
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