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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – December 8, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Football accepts bid to Allstate Sugar Bowl</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears to face Georgia in program’s 25th bowl game all-time<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Taylor Bryan, 254-709-4411,
</span><a href="mailto:Taylor_Bryan@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Taylor_Bryan@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas – </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor football has accepted an invitation to play in the 86th annual Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, and will face Georgia from
the Southeastern Conference. The game will be played on January 1, 2019 at 7:45 p.m. CT at Mercedes Benz Superdome. It will be broadcast by ESPN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“The opportunity to go to New Orleans, to play an SEC team for the second year in a row, to play in the Sugar Bowl, this iconic bowl,” Baylor head coach Matt Rhule said. “For our seniors, the chance to go
out there and play a game against really good competition as they get evaluated for the next level, I think it’s really, really exciting for the entire program.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In only his third season directing the Baylor program, Rhule led the Bears to an 11-2 record and the team’s first-ever appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game. BU is seeking its first-ever 12-win season
after registering the third 11-win campaign in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“We are honored to be selected for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, one of the most historically significant bowls in the country,” Baylor Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades said.
“New Orleans is a great destination and Georgia is a top-notch opponent. This has been an incredibly special season, and I’m proud of the work of our student-athletes, coaches and staff.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Current Bear Foundation Members and season ticket holders can request tickets now through their online ticket accounts by 5 pm Tuesday, December 10. Tickets go on sale to the general public, Thursday, December
12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“The Allstate Sugar Bowl is honored and excited to host two of the best teams in the country,” said Monique Morial, the President of the Sugar Bowl Committee. “For 85 years, the Sugar Bowl has built a tradition
of hosting great college football action, and thanks to the SEC and the Big 12 we have the chance to build on that this year. This match-up between the Bulldogs and the Bears not only represents great football but also great fun.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor is making only its second-ever trip to the prestigious Sugar Bowl following a 13-7 win over Tennessee on January 1, 1956. It is the Bears’ third New Year’s Six bowl trip after berths in the 2014 Fiesta
Bowl and 2015 Cotton Bowl.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SEC East champion and fifth-ranked Georgia enters the Sugar Bowl with an 11-2 record under head coach Kirby Smart. The Bulldogs boast the nation’s No. 2 scoring defense, allowing only 12.5 ppg.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This will be the fifth all-time meeting between Georgia and Baylor – the Bulldogs won all four meetings by an average of just 6.8 points and all four were played in Athens. The teams’ first match-up was
a 24-14 decision in 1972 while the last meeting was a 15-3 Georgia win in 1989. The Bulldogs also won 16-14 in 1978 and 17-14 in 1985.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor fans interested in hotel accommodations for Baylor's trip to New Orleans for the 2020 Allstate Sugar Bowl may sign up for information with Anthony Travel. Travel options will be sent via email from
Baylor's travel partner as soon as they become available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Taylor Bryan</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> | Assistant AD for Football External<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">C: 254-709-4411 | O: 254-710-3538<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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