January 2006 in Sports - 2 January 2006 (Monday)

2 January 2006 (Monday)

• NCAA College Football
  • Non-BCS Games
    • AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10: A 46-yard field goal by Jamie Christensen as time expires gives the SEC's Crimson Tide the win over the Big 12's Red Raiders, the first walkoff score since Joe Montana led Notre Dame to a comeback win over Houston in the 1979 game.
    • Outback Bowl: Florida 31, Iowa 24: The SEC Gators withstand a fourth-quarter rally by the Hawkeyes from the Big Ten thanks to a blown call of offsides on an on-side kick by Iowa late in the game when replays showed no member of the kickoff team actually crossed the thirty-five yard line after the ball was kicked. The Gators recovered the ensuing attempt, and ran out the clock.
    • Toyota Gator Bowl: Virginia Tech 35, Louisville 24: The ACC's Hokies, former members of the Big East, come back from a 24–21 deficit to beat the latter conference's Cardinals.
    • Capital One Bowl: Wisconsin 24, Auburn 10: The Big Ten wins its first bowl game of the year in Barry Alvarez' last game as head coach over the SEC Tigers.
  • Bowl Championship Series
    • Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 20: The Big Ten's Buckeyes put up 604 total yards on the independent Fighting Irish; Troy Smith throws for 340 yards and rushes for 68.
    • At the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia: Nokia Sugar Bowl: West Virginia 38 Georgia 35: The Big East champions finally avoided a conference-wide shutout in bowl games by upsetting the SEC Champions.