| 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Jeremy Maclin Defense: Sean Weatherspoon (MIZZ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Missouri by 12.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Childress (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,250,000 million per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ron Franklin and Ed Cunningham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.9[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2008 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and televised nationally by ESPN. The game was one of the 2008–09 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2008 Alamo Bowl was the 16th annual edition of the contest and the second to be sponsored by Valero Energy Corporation. The game pit the Missouri Tigers (9–4) against the Northwestern Wildcats (9–3).[4] The 2008 game was dubbed the Journalism Bowl by some in the media,[5] owing to the nationally recognized journalism programs at each school: the Missouri School of Journalism and the Medill School of Journalism.
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