<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> 2 vs. 3 Seed CFP Semifinal Game </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <2015 Rose </Td> <Td> 2016 Fiesta> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2015 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas . The 80th Cotton Bowl Classic was a College Football Playoff semifinal between Alabama and Michigan State with the winner to compete in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship . It was one of the 2015--16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season . </P> <P> The game was broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio . It was sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic . </P>

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