Three biggest storylines ahead of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl

Three biggest storylines ahead of Oklahoma’s matchup with Florida at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl on Wednesday night in Arlington.

No. 6 Oklahoma will conclude their season on Wednesday night in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl against No. 7 Florida. The game will take place in the exact same place the Sooners played last in the Big 12 Championship Game: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The matchup will be just the second time the two historic programs have ever met, with the first coming in the 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship Game that the Gators won 24-14.

Oklahoma comes in having won seven straight games after a 1-2 start to the season and having claimed yet another conference title in a victory over Iowa State.

Florida, meanwhile, comes in on the other end of the spectrum having lost two in a row after a catastrophic home loss to LSU followed by a shootout loss in the SEC Championship Game to Alabama.

This meeting between the Big 12 and the SEC is widely viewed as among the very best of the non-College Football Playoff bowl games this season, and it will certainly draw national intrigue despite several Gators being unavailable for the game. Here are the three biggest storylines to watch for in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl:

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