On January 1, 2009, the 36th Annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will kickoff at the new state-of-the-art University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Game time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. MST and will be carried live on FOX Sports and ESPN Radio.

The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl is home to the Big 12 Conference champion as part of the Bowl Championship Series.

Third Eye Blind and Vanessa Carlton will join the Insight Fiesta Bowl Block Party as this year's headlining entertainment acts. The event will feature 40 bands, performing from 4 p.m. to midnight, at Arizona's largest New Year's Eve event on 11 stages. Third Eye Blind and Vanessa Carlton will ring in 2007 from the main stage at Tempe Beach Park where Arizona's only midnight countdown drop is scheduled to take place.