Betting on the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 2007

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Fiesta Bowl 2007 Game Details

Location: Tempe, Arizona
Date: 1 January 2007, 8:30 PM EST
Teams: Boise State vs. Oklahoma
Televised on: FOX

Fiesta Bowl Betting Matchup

Last season’s Big 12 champion did not play in the Fiesta Bowl, as is customary, because they had other plans. Texas won the conference title with a 70-3 rout of Colorado and advanced to the national title game, where Vince Young’s heroics brought glory to the Longhorns.

The 2007 edition of the Fiesta Bowl could see Texas back against a BCS at-large foe, a year after Independent Notre Dame and Ohio State of the Big Ten battled it out. You can bet Ohio State doesn’t plan to come back here either, as they have designs on the BCS title game themselves.

The 2006 Fiesta Bowl pitted two top quarterbacks and two top coaches against each other. And Ohio State got the best of both matchups in winning their third Fiesta Bowl in four seasons with a 34-20 thumping of the Irish.

Troy Smith outplayed Brady Quinn on the field. Jim Tressel outwitted Charlie Weis on the sidelines. And that was enough to ensure Notre Dame lost its eighth straight bowl game and ensured Buckeye backers pocketed cash from a -4.5 line at Bodog.com

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About the Fiesta Bowl 2007

The Fiesta Bowl is a post-season college football game that has been played annually in Tempe, Arizona since 1971. In 1999, the Fiesta Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).

The 2006 Fiesta Bowl was played on 2 January 2006 at the 73,379-seat Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. Notre Dame was matched against Ohio State of the NCAA's Big Ten Conference, which produced a 34-20 win for the Buckeyes.

Both the Fighting Irish and Buckeyes entered the game with 9-2 records and both teams also had one prior national championship win at the Fiesta Bowl: Notre Dame in 1989, and Ohio State in a double-overtime nail-biter in 2003.

Fiesta Bowl Prior Results

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
2 Jan. 2006 Ohio State 34 Notre Dame 20
1 Jan. 2005 Utah 35 Pittsburgh 7
2 Jan. 2004 Ohio State 35 Kansas State 28
3 Jan. 2003 Ohio State 31 Miami 24
1 Jan. 2002 Oregon 38 Colorado 16
1 Jan. 2001 Oregon State 41 Notre Dame 9
2 Jan. 2000 Nebraska 31 Tennessee 21
4 Jan. 1999 Tennessee 23 Florida State 16
31 Dec. 1997 Kansas State 35 Syracuse 18
1 Jan. 1997 Penn State 38 Texas 15
2 Jan. 1996 Nebraska 62 Florida 24
2 Jan. 1995 Colorado 41 Notre Dame 24
1 Jan. 1994 Arizona 29 Miami 0
1 Jan. 1993 Syracuse 26 Colorado 22
1 Jan. 1992 Penn State 42 Tennessee 17
1 Jan. 1991 Louisville 24 Alabama 7
1 Jan. 1990 Florida State 41 Nebraska 17
2 Jan. 1989 Notre Dame 34 West Virginia 21
1 Jan. 1988 Florida State 31 Nebraska 28
2 Jan. 1987 Penn State 14 Miami 10
1 Jan. 1986 Michigan 27 Nebraska 23
1 Jan. 1985 UCLA 39 Miami 37
2 Jan. 1984 Ohio State 28 Pittsburgh 23
1 Jan. 1983 Arizona State 32 Oklahoma 21
1 Jan. 1982 Penn State 26 Southern California 10
26 Dec. 1980 Penn State 31 Ohio State 19
25 Dec. 1979 Pittsburgh 16 Arizona 10
25 Dec. 1978 Arkansas 10 UCLA 10
25 Dec. 1977 Penn State 42 Arizona State 30
25 Dec. 1976 Oklahoma 41 Wyoming 7
26 Dec. 1975 Arizona State 17 Nebraska 14
28 Dec. 1974 Oklahoma State 16 BYU 6
21 Dec. 1973 Arizona State 28 Pittsburgh 7
23 Dec. 1972 Arizona State 49 Missouri 35
27 Dec. 1971 Arizona State 45 Florida State 38

History of the Fiesta Bowl

The Fiesta Bowl was made part of the Bowl Championship Series in 1999. As one of four BCS bowls, the Fiesta Bowl had shared in the rotation of the National Championship Game. Starting with the 2006-2007 season, a new national title game will feature the top two BCS-ranked schools in a battle for national supremacy.

In recognition of its sponsor, the official name of the game is the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

The Fiesta Bowl has been owned by Ohio State the past few seasons. The Big Ten school won the 2006 edition with a 34-20 victory over Notre Dame and won back-to-back trophies in 2003 and 2004.

In 2004, they handled Kansas State out of the Big 12 to the tune of 35-28. A year earlier, they ground out a 31-24 victory over Miami.

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