Cotton Bowl Preview Capsule

06/29/11 FRIDAY No. 11 LSU (10-2) vs. No. 18 Texas A&M (9-3), 8:30 p.m. (Fox) Line: LSU by 1 1/2 . Series Record: LSU leads 26-20-3. Last Meeting: Texas A&M 33-17, 1995. WHAT'S AT STAKE LSU is going for its sixth 11-win season, and fourth under sixth-year coach Les Miles, whose name is again being mentioned for the coaching vacancy at Michigan, his alma mater.

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Sun Bowl Preview Capsule

07/03/11 FRIDAY Notre Dame (7-5) versus Miami (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS) Line: Miami by 2 1/2 . Series Record: Notre Dame leads 15-7-1. Last Meeting: Notre Dame 29-20 on Oct. 20, 1990, in South Bend, Ind. WHAT'S AT STAKE Bragging rights in one of college football's storied but dormant rivalries. The series was huge in the 1980s, with at least one team ranked in the Top 10 in the five most recent meetings.

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New Mexico Bowl Preview Capsule

07/03/11 Saturday BYU (6-6) vs. UTEP (6-6), 2 p.m. EST (ESPN) Line: BYU by 11 1/2 . Series Record: BYU leads 28-7-1. Last meeting: BYU 31-14 in El Paso, Texas, on Nov. 14, 1998. What's at Stake A winning season. That's what happens when 6-6 teams are matched in a bowl game, but don't be too quick to shrug off the New Mexico Bowl.

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