| 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 41st Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Georgia Dome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Jordan Jefferson, LSU (Offensive) LB Perry Riley, LSU (Defensive) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia Tech by 3.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jerry McGinn (Big East)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Spirit of South Paulding Marching Band[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 71,423[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$3 million per team[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Paul Maguire | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.4[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Louisiana State Tigers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets played in Atlanta, Georgia on December 31, 2008. With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 41st edition of the game known throughout most of its history as the Peach Bowl. LSU was from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and their opponent represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was the final game of the 2008 football season for each team. The game payout was a combined $6.01 million, the sixth-largest among all college football bowl games and the third-largest non-BCS bowl game payout.[5]
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- ^ "No. 15 Georgia Tech Accepts Bid to Chick-fil-A Bowl". 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.