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THE LATEST: Tide, Spartans will get a later start

Published Dec. 31, 2015 7:32 p.m. ET

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The latest developments from the College Football Playoff national semifinal game between Alabama and Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl (all times local):

6:27 p.m.

The Cotton Bowl now will end closer to midnight - on the East Coast.

ESPN has exercised its option to push kickoff of the Cotton Bowl back 10 minutes. So kickoff is now set for 7:20 p.m. CT, or 8:20 p.m. ET.

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6:17 p.m.

With Alabama and Michigan State on the field warming up for the Cotton Bowl, fans filing into AT&T Stadium are getting to watch the Orange Bowl on the huge video boards that hang over the center of the field.

Fans for both teams are familiar with the $1.2 billion stadium that is home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.

Alabama opened this season Sept. 5 with a 35-17 victory here over Wisconsin, another Big Ten team

Michigan State is spending the last day of 2015 where it spent the first. The Spartans beat Baylor 42-41 in the Cotton Bowl last New Year's Day.

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AP College Football website: http://collegefootball.ap.org

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