BTN.com staff, December 31, 2014

Four Big Ten football games in action on New Year's Day and BTN/BTN2Go has you covered with pre-game and post-game shows. Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin kick off in the afternoon before Ohio State takes on Alabama at night.

Online, follow in-game updates on our Big Ten Bowl Game scoreboard. On TV, get more coverage surrounding the College Football Playoff Semifinal matchup between Ohio State and Alabama in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.  Remember that all our Big Ten TV coverage is also available live via BTN2Go, our  digital extension of BTN that delivers live and on-demand programming to existing BTN subscribers via the web, mobile phone and tablet. Watch that programming, get the app, and see lots more at BTN2Go.com.

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Also, follow BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart on Twitter (@BTNTomDienhart) as he is live from the Sugar Bowl.

BTN kicks off the New Year at 11 a.m. ET with live segments from New Orleans featuring Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith and Glen Mason with the "BTN Football Pregame: Bowl Edition." The analysts will preview the Sugar Bowl matchup between Ohio State and Alabama. Anchoring BTN?s New Year?s Day bowl game coverage from its Chicago studios are Rick Pizzo, Mike Hall, Stanley Jackson, and Chuck Long.

On Thursday night?s Sugar Bowl kickoff, the "BTN Football Pregame: Sugar Bowl presented by Auto-Owners Insurance" will begin at 7:30 p.m.ET. Following the game, BTN presents the BTN Football State Farm Postgame: Sugar Bowl, starting at approximately midnight ET. Select guests will join Revsine, DiNardo, Griffith, and Mason during BTN?s live segments from New Orleans.

New Year?s Day bowl games featuring the Big Ten include the Cotton Bowl with Michigan State vs. Baylor, the Outback Bowl featuring Wisconsin vs. Auburn, and the Citrus Bowl featuring Minnesota vs. Missouri. BTN will have reporters on-site at each of the games. "BTN Live: Bowl Edition" airs at 4:30 p.m. ET after the games.