Handful of Northern Virginia Natives Appearing in NCAA Bowl Games

A handful of Northern Virginia natives are playing in college football bowl games on New Year's Day.

If you watch the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio on New Year’s Day, be on the lookout for Alex Carter of Ashburn at corner (no. 25), who graduated from Briar Woods High School.

Quarterback Kevin Hogan of McLean (no. 41) graduated from Gonzaga College High School, and Safety Cason Kynes (no. 41) of Annandale graduated from Annandale High School. All three play for the Stanford Cardinal team, which will face Wisconsin.

Reilly Madden of Vienna is a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks, who play Michigan in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day. Madden is a graduate of Paul VI Catholic High School.

Springfield’s Mohammed Seisay is a corner for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who face Georgia also on New Year’s Day in the Capital One Bowl. Seisay is a West Springfield High School graduate.

BCS Games

BCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame vs. Alabama

Jan. 7, 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio, Stanford vs. Wisconsin

Jan. 1, 5 p.m., ESPN

Discover Orange Bowl, Florida State vs. Northern Illinois
Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Allstate Sugar Bowl, Florida vs. Louisville
Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Kansas State vs. Oregon
Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m., ESPN

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Non-BCS Bowl Games

AT&T Cotton Bowl, Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M

Jan. 4, 8 p.m., FOX

Outback Bowl, Michigan vs. South Carolina

Jan. 1,  1 p.m., ABC

Capital One Bowl, Georgia vs. Nebraska

Jan. 1, 1 p.m., ABC

Heart of Dallas Bowl, Purdue vs. Oklahoma State

Jan. 1,  noon, ESPNU

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And here are more bowl games scheduled:

GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas State vs. Kent State
Jan. 6, 9 p.m., ESPN

BBVA Compass Bowl, Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss
Jan. 5, 1 p.m., ESPN

TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, Northwestern vs. Mississippi State
Jan. 1, noon., ESPN2

Chick-fil-A Bowl, LSU vs. Clemson
Dec. 31 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Hyundai Sun Bowl, Georgia Tech vs. USC
Dec. 31, 2 p.m., CBS

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Vanderbilt vs. North Carolina State
Dec. 31, noon, ESPN

* Mike Glennon, a Westfield High grad from Centreville, is a quarterback.

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, TCU vs. Michigan State
Dec. 29, 10:15 p.m., ESPN

Valero Alamo Bowl, Texas vs. Oregon State

Dec. 29, 6:45 p.m., ESPN

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Navy vs. Arizona State
Dec. 29, 4 p.m., ESPN2

New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Syracuse vs. West Virginia
Dec. 29, 2:15 p.m., ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Rice vs. Air Force
Dec. 29, 11:45 a.m., ESPN

Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl, Minnesota vs. Texas Tech
Dec. 28, 9 p.m., ESPN

Russell Athletic Bowl, Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers
Dec. 28, 5:30 p.m., ESPN

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, University of Louisiana-Monroe vs. Ohio University
Dec. 28 2 p.m., ESPN

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, Baylor vs. UCLA
Dec. 27, 9:45 p.m., ESPN

Belk Bowl, Duke vs. Cincinnati
Dec. 27, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman, Army vs. San Jose State

Dec. 27, 3 p.m., ESPN

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan

Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, SMU vs. Fresno State
Dec. 24, 8 p.m., ESPN

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl, Washington vs. Boise State
Dec. 22, 3:30 p.m., ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Dec. 22, noon, ESPN

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl, UCF vs. Ball State

Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, BYU vs. San Diego State
Dec. 20, 8 p.m., ESPN

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Utah State vs. Toledo
Dec. 15, 4:30 p.m.  ESPN

Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Nevada vs. Arizona
Dec. 15, 1 p.m., ESPN