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The '''2010 Alamo Bowl''' (known via corporate sponsorship as the '''[[Valero Energy Corporation|Valero]] Alamo Bowl''') was a [[college football]] [[bowl game]] played at the [[Alamodome]] in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]] on Saturday, January 2, 2010. It was he 17th edition of the [[Alamo Bowl]]. The game featured the [[2009 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State Spartans]] against the [[2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech Red Raiders]].<ref>http://newsok.com/ou-to-take-on-stanford-in-sun-bowl/article/3423075?custom_click=lead_story_title</ref><ref name="tech-accepts">{{cite web |url=http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120609aab.html |title=Texas Tech Accepts Valero Alamo Bowl Invitation|date=2009-12-06 |publisher=Texas Tech Athletics |accessdate=2009-12-06}}</ref>
 
The 2010 game was the last one to feature a team from the [[Big Ten Conference]]. In the fall of 2009, it was announced that the [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pacific-10 Conference]]'s second-place team would take part in the Alamo Bowl instead of the [[Holiday Bowl]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4429272|title=Valero Alamo Bowl, Pacific-10 Conference agree on deal starting in 2010 season|last=Griffin|first=Tim|date=August 28, 2008|accessdate=2009-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/13/holiday-bowl-now-lower-team-selection/?sports/college&zIndex=182099 | title=Holiday Bowl drops down in the pecking order| accessdate= 4 December 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100111033024/http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/13/holiday-bowl-now-lower-team-selection/?sports/college&zIndex=182099| archivedate= 11 January 2010| deadurl= no}}</ref>