| Orange Bowl tickets offer football fans
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| | season, and each of the four new "BCS
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| and travelers several options. Not only
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| | Bowls" agreed to host the new national
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| is the Orange Bowl one of the premier
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| | championship game on a rotating basis.
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| college bowl games every January, but the
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| | Therefore, every four years, Orange Bowl
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| game itself is located in one of the most
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| | tickets give fans the chance to watch the
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| exotic travel destinations in the United
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| | national championship decided on the
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| States - Miami and South Florida. Fans
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| | field. As of now, when the Orange Bowl is
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| and families alike have worked their
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| | not hosting the "big" game, they will
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| vacation and/or travel plans around this
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| | host the ACC champion after that
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| game, and a look at its history and other
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| | conference's recent additions.
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| attractions will explain why the Orange
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| | Overall Event
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| Bowl is always worth the effort to see.
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| | The Orange Bowl is much more than a
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| Game History
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| | football game. In fact, the game itself
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| The first Orange Bowl was played in 1935,
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| | is a culmination of a week-long
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| when Bucknell defeated Miami 26-0. For 33
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| | celebration in Miami. There are parades,
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| years, the Orange Bowl was basically an
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| | parties, receptions, and even a
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| "at-large" bowl game, in that the bowl
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| | high-profile college basketball
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| committee chose the best two teams it
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| | tournament called the Orange Bowl
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| could attract. However, the Orange Bowl
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| | Classic. This year's tournament will
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| started its history of tie-ins in 1968
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| | feature national champion Florida, and
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| when it began to host the champion of the
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| | the games are played in town.
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| former Big 8 Conference every season.
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| | Not to mention, there is an event even
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| This tie-in remained in place until the
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| | within the game itself that's as famous
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| late-1990's, when two things happened
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| | as the football battles that take place -
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| that change the landscape of the
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| | the Orange Bowl halftime show is perhaps
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| participants. The first was the formation
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| | the most famous halftime performance in
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| of the Big 12 Conference, as the Big 8
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| | all of sports, and every year presents a
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| basically added four teams from Texas
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| | new and intriguing theme with stars of
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| after the now-defunct Southwestern
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| | music, sports and film making
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| Conference folded. This may or may not
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| | appearances. There are many attendees who
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| have had a direct effect on the teams
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| | are at the game specifically for the
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| invited, but another event in 1998 led to
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| | halftime show.
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| a shift in the game's participants.
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| | Overall, the Orange Bowl is a legendary
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| In 1998, the Bowl Championship Series
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| | event. The games are always battles
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| (BCS) was formed, and this changed the
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| | between two highly-ranked teams, and
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| alignment for all of the "major" bowl
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| | several national championships have been
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| games - the Orange Bowl, the Sugar Bowl,
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| | decided in Miami. However, Orange Bowl
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| the Fiesta Bowl and ultimately the Rose
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| | tickets also give fans the chance to see
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| Bowl. A system was put in place to
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| | much more than college football under the
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| manufacture an on-field championship game
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| | Florida sun in January.
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| between the two top-ranked teams every
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