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On Sunday night, it was announced that the Virginia Tech Hokies would take on the Michigan Wolverines in the 78th annual Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 3, 2012, in New Orleans, La.
Despite losing the ACC Championship Game 38-10 on Saturday night to Clemson, the No. 11 Hokies received an at-large bid to one of the five prestigious BCS bowl games. The Tigers will face Big East Champion West Virginia in the Discover Orange Bowl on Jan. 4.
This marks the first time the ACC has ever put two teams in BCS bowl games in the 14-year history of the current system.
The game will be Tech's fourth Sugar Bowl appearance, all under head coach Frank Beamer. They beat Texas 28-10 after the 1995 season, lost to Florida State 46-29 in what was the 1999 national championship game, and fell to Auburn 16-13 after their inaugural ACC season in 2004.
This will also be the first meeting between the Hokies and Wolverines.
A version of this article appeared in the Dec 6 issue of the Collegiate Times.
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Hope we don't get pummeled again.
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Dearest Hokies, as an Alum living IN Michigan...please, oh please have Wolverines for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. :D
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