Sportexe Turf Used to Settle BCS Sugar Bowl Showdown

January 1st, 2007

ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Sugar Bowl Classic is back in New Orleans after relocating to Atlanta, Ga., last year due to Hurricane Katrina and the significant damage caused to the Louisiana Superdome, and returns with a new title sponsor and broadcast television partner.

The LSU Tigers will face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the sold out, 73rd edition of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic on Wednesday, Jan. 3 with kickoff scheduled for 7:25 p.m. CST. The game will be televised on Fox and aired on ESPN Radio.

LSU and Notre Dame have faced each other on nine different occasions, but never against each other in the Sugar Bowl. The Fighting Irish hold a 5-4 edge and defeated the Fighting Tigers 39-36 in their last meeting in 1998.

LSU (10-2, 6-2 SEC) is ranked No.4 in the BCS rankings and finished the season on a sixth-game winning streak including a win over eventual SEC West Champion Arkansas on the last game of the season. Notre Dame (10-2) winners of eight of its last nine games became BCS bowl eligible by tallying nine or more wins in their season. They hold a BCS ranking of No. 11.

LSU will be making its Sugar Bowl record 13th appearance. Not only will the bowl game seem familiar to the Tigers, but so will the Sportexe synthetic turf system used in the Superdome. LSU recently installed the same Sportexe Momentum turf system in its indoor practice facility as New Orleans installed during the post-hurricane makeover.

The Tigers currently hold a 5-7 record in the Classic with last meeting being a special one for the Bayou Bengals as they beat Oklahoma, 21-14, to win the BCS National Championship.

Notre Dame will be making its fourth visit to the Classic. The Fighting Irish have a 2-1 Sugar Bowl record with its last meeting, a 39-28 win over Florida, in the 1991 Classic. Both teams have won national titles in the Sugar Bowl as Notre Dame defeated Alabama in the December 31, 1973 game for the crown.

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