Waiting a long time - KSU (1934) and OSU (1949)

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Kansas State wins first conference football championship since 1934 (Big Six) and OSU to first January bowl game since 1949...

Cowboys face Ole Miss in Cotton Bowl
Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — Oklahoma State accepted a bid Sunday to the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 2 and will face No. 16 Mississippi.

The invitation to the 68-year-old bowl, which gets first pick of the Big 12's bowl-eligible teams after the Bowl Championship Series bowl, is the crowning achievement of coach Les Miles' three years in Stillwater, Okla.

The Cowboys (9-3) haven't played in a January bowl since the 1949 Delta Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., and their last trip to the Cotton Bowl came in 1945, when the school was called Oklahoma A&M.

"We're thrilled to go," Miles said. "This was not just an easy year for a very talented team - the natural flow of the season had to be overcome."

Ole Miss (9-3) will make its sixth bowl appearance in seven seasons. Ole Miss has played in the Cotton Bowl twice before, beating TCU 14-13 in 1956, and losing to Texas 12-7 in 1962.