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Date | December 31, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP |
WR Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas (Offensive) LB James Holt, Kansas (Defensive) |
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Favorite | Kansas by 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Matt Austin | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 49,103 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$1.2 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network |
NFL Network (Simulcast on Fox affiliate WDAF-TV (channel 4) in Kansas City) (Comcast Channel 180, 24-hour free preview in the Twin Cities[1]) |
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Announcers | Paul Burmeister, Mike Mayock, Lindsay Soto | ||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 Insight Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The game, in its 20th year of existence, began at 5:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The game, which was telecast on NFL Network, featured the Minnesota Golden Gophers from the Big Ten Conference against the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 Conference, with the Jayhawks winning, 42-21.