THE LATEST: Tide, Spartans in a familiar spot for semifinal

By foxsports
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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 Orange Bowl (all times local):

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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