Fans who visit the ESPN Web site can pick from 27 classic bowl games, and ESPN Classic will air the 12 of them that receive the most votes in two configurations.
The first configuration will run Dec. 16-19 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern. Three games per day will run on ESPN Classic in two-hour condensed versions, beginning with the game that receives the 12th most votes and finishing with the #1 voted classic bowl game.
The second configuration will only be available on ESPN.com and on ESPN VOD beginning Dec. 14. At those sites, ESPN will offer two bowl games per day, running backward in ranking from 12th to first. Each game at the Web site and on ESPN VOD will be a condensed 15-minute version of the games.
Here are the classic bowl games from which fans will be able to choose.
- 1979 Sugar Bowl: Alabama 14 - Penn State 7 (Bear Bryant clinches his fifth national title at Alabama)
- 1982 Sugar Bowl: Pitt 24 - Georgia 20 (Dan Marino leads Pitt past Georgia)
- 1983 Sugar Bowl: Penn State 27 - Georgia 23 (Herschel Walker-led Georgia drops a second straight tough Sugar Bowl game)
- 1989 Holiday Bowl: Penn State 50 - BYU 39 (Ty Detmer throws for 576 yards in a losing effort)
- 1990 Rose Bowl: USC 17 - Michigan 10 (Bo Schembechler's final game at Michigan)
- 1992 Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 39 - Florida 28 (Jerome Bettis leads Notre Dame to the win)
- 1993 Rose Bowl: Michigan 38 - Washington 31 (UM wins a wild game behind Tyrone Wheatley)
- 1995 Peach Bowl: Virginia 34 - Georgia 27 (Virginia rides a late special teams TD to the win)
- 1996 Aloha Bowl: Navy 42 - California 38 (Navy gains 646 yards of total offense)
- 1996 Rose Bowl: USC 41 - Northwestern 32 (Keyshawn Johnson lifts USC to the win)
- 1997 Rose Bowl: Ohio State 20 - Arizona State 17 (ASU just misses finishing an undefeated season)
- 1998 Rose Bowl: Michigan 21 - Washington State 16 (UM claims a share of the national title with Nebraska)
- 1998 Alamo Bowl: Purdue 37 - Kansas State 34 (Drew Brees leads Purdue to a huge upset win)
- 2000 Citrus Bowl: Michigan State 37 - Florida 34 (MSU wins on a late field goal)
- 2000 Orange Bowl: Michigan 35 - Alabama 34 (Michigan needs overtime to claim the win)
- 2000 Holiday Bowl: Oregon 35 - Texas 30 (Joey Harrington leads the Ducks to the victory)
- 2000 Independence Bowl: Mississippi State 43 - Texas A&M 41 (Overtime and a freak snowstorm and the game decided on a rarely seen scoring play? That's a classic bowl game)
- 2001 GMAC Bowl: Marshall 64 - East Carolina 61 (Byron Leftwich leads Marshall to a wild win)
- 2001 Holiday Bowl: Texas 47 - Washington 43 (The Longhorns ride Major Applewhite's arm to a win)
- 2002 Independence Bowl: Mississippi 27 - Nebraska 23 (Eli Manning does what his brother couldn't - beat Nebraska in a bowl game)
- 2003 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State 31 - Miami 24 (Ohio State wins the national championship after a controversial, double-overtime finish)
- 2003 Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii 54 - Houston 48 (A back and forth game like this deserves three overtimes)
- 2004 Liberty Bowl: Louisville 44 - Boise State 40 (An anticipated shootout that lived up to the billing)
- 2005 Capitol One Bowl: Iowa 30 - LSU 25 (You have to see the finish of this game to believe it)
- 2006 Rose Bowl: Texas 41 - USC 38 (Vince Young stars as "Superman" as Texas wins the national title)
- 2007 Chick-Fil-A Bowl: Auburn 23 - Clemson 20 (If you want to see Tuberville vs. Bowden, this is your only opportunity now)
- 2008 Capitol One Bowl: Michigan 41 - Florida 35 (UM sends Lloyd Carr out a winner with a big upset)
Visit http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/rank?versionId=1&listId=210 to vote on the classic bowl games.
Kyle Schurman - null
