How to Watch the Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Kansas State

This is not a typical matchup for the Alabama Crimson Tide. 

It is actually uncommon for Kansas State. 

Not solely will the Sugar Bowl be the primary time the 2 packages, which have mixed to play 2,598 soccer video games of their respective histories, however this would be the first time the Wildcats have performed in a New 12 months’s Six bowl.

Solely as soon as has Kansas State has performed within the Superdome, a loss to Tulane in 1988. The Wildcats are additionally 0-4 all-time within the state of Louisiana (1980 loss to LSU, 1982 Independence Bowl loss to Wisconsin, 1988 loss to Tulane, and a 2009 loss to UL Lafayette). 

Alabama will probably be taking part in its thirteenth sport within the Superdome (6-4 in Sugar Bowls, one win over Tulane in 1992, and a BCS Championship win in 2012). The Crimson Tide has an all-time mark of 55-23-6 within the state of Louisiana (9-7 within the Sugar Bowl, 30-9-3 in opposition to LSU in Baton Rouge, 13-6-3 in opposition to Tulane in New Orleans, 2-1 within the Independence Bowl and 1-0 in opposition to UL in Lafayette).

It offers an entire new that means to the “New” 12 months. 

Who: No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 9 Kansas State 

When: Dec. 31, 11 a.m. CT

The place: Caesars Superdome

TV: ESPN (Play-By-Play: Dave Pasch, Analyst: Dusty Dvoracek, Sideline: Tom Luginbill)

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Radio: ESPN (Play-By-Play: Sean Kelley, Analyst: Cole Cubelic, Sideline: Stormy Buonantony); Crimson Tide Sports activities Community (Play-By-Play: Chris Stewart, Analyst: John Parker Wilson, Sideline/Host: Roger Hoover) on SiriusXM/SXM App: 158 or 190/961.

Collection: First assembly. 

House/guests: Kansas State would be the dwelling group and can occupy the house bench on the west sideline, whereas Alabama will occupy the customer bench on the east sideline.

Data: Alabama is 10-2 (6-2 SEC). Kansas State (10-3, 7-2 Massive 12) clinched the Massive 12 Championship with an exhilarating 31-28 time beyond regulation victory over No. 3 TCU. 

Sugar Bowl historical past: That is Alabama’s seventeenth Sugar Bowl look (with a 9-7 document), Alabama will probably be making its eighth journey to a New 12 months’s Six bowl within the present format which started in 2014. Kansas State will change into the 51st college to take part within the Sugar Bowl and the primary newcomer since Louisville in 2013. 

This would be the 61st Sugar Bowl match-up between groups ranked within the High 10 and the thirty fifth match-up of 10-win groups.

Teaching matchup: Nick Saban has by no means confronted the Wildcats throughout his profession and holds a 5-2 general document in opposition to Massive 12 opponents, together with a 4-1 mark at Alabama. Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman has not confronted Alabama throughout his head teaching profession.

Saban has earned seven FBS nationwide titles (six at Alabama and one at LSU), whereas Klieman, in his fourth yr in Manhattan, gained 4 FCS nationwide championships at North Dakota State. Saban has a 4-3 document within the Sugar Bowl (2-0 at LSU and 1-3 at Alabama) whereas Klieman would be the 102nd coach to steer a group into the Sugar Bowl.

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