2008 Sugar Bowl
The 2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the 74th Sugar Bowl. It was played on January 1, 2008, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
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| BCS Bowl Game 74th Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Georgia DE Marcus Howard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 9½ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Bonerama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Brian O'Cain (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Both school bands, AllState Sugar Bowl Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,383 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$17 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | FOX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Because the SEC champion (LSU) was slated to participate in the BCS National Championship Game, the number-five Georgia Bulldogs were selected to host the number-ten, WAC champion Hawaii Warriors, the last undefeated major college football team going into the bowl season.
The Warriors were the third team not in any of the six BCS conferences (not counting major independent Notre Dame) to play in a BCS game. Boise State qualified for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, and Utah made the same game two years earlier. Both teams won their respective games.
Georgia earned a 41–10 win. It was already a one-sided affair at halftime with a 24–3 score and it was 41–3 at one point early in the fourth quarter. The closest Hawaii got was 7–3 after a Dan Kelly field goal.