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SEC bowl schedule

By David Paschall December 5, 2016 2 min read

SEC BOWL SCHEDULE

For the second time in three seasons, the Southeastern Conference has placed 12 of its 14 members in bowl games. Here is this year’s SEC postseason schedule:

– Mississippi State vs. Miami (Ohio), St. Petersburg Bowl (Dec. 26): The Bulldogs had the second-best APR score among the 12 FBS teams that went 5-7.

– Vanderbilt vs. N.C. State, Independence Bowl (Dec. 26): This is a rematch of the 2012 Music City Bowl, which the Commodores won 38-24 to finish 9-4.

– Texas A&M vs. Kansas State, Texas Bowl (Dec. 28): This is a rematch of the 1998 Big 12 title game, which the Aggies won in double OT with Branndon Stewart.

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.