Question: What sport does A. J. Holloway and Cotton Bowl Classic have in common?

A.J. Holloway was the Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi (U.S.) from 1993 to 2015.  Prior to his election as mayor, Holloway worked at the Mississippi Tax Commission for 12 years, reaching the position of senior revenue agent, and served one term on the Biloxi City Council, representing Ward 3.  He was educated in the Biloxi public schools and graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he played on the Ole Miss football team which went to two Sugar Bowls, a Cotton Bowl, and won share of the National Championship in 1960.  During his term as mayor, he oversaw the direct financial benefit to Biloxi from casino gambling that was introduced to the area in 1992. <SEP>  Between 1937 and 2009, the game was played at its namesake stadium in Dallas; in 2010, it moved to Cowboys Stadium in nearby Arlington.  Historically, the game hosted the champion of the Southwest Conference (SWC) against a team invited from elsewhere in the country, frequently a major independent or a runner-up from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).  Following the dissolution of the SWC in 1996, the game hosted a runner-up from the Big 12 Conference, facing an SEC team from 1999 to 2014.  The Cotton Bowl Classic has served as one of six bowls in the College Football Playoff (CFP) since the 2014 season; it hosted a national semifinal following the 2015 season and will do so again following the 2018 season.  On January 2, 2017, Wisconsin beat the 13-0 MAC Champion Western Michigan Broncos in the 81st edition of the game by a score of 24–16. The Cotton Bowl Classic is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually since January 1, 1937. <SEP> The 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2008, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA.  The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2007–2008 bowl season.  The bowl game featured the Arkansas Razorbacks from the SEC and the Missouri Tigers from the Big 12 and was televised in the United States on FOX.  Senior RB Tony Temple of Mizzou set a single game rushing record for the Cotton Bowl Classic with 281 yards and 4 touchdowns.  His 281 rushing yards put him in second place all time for total rushing yards in a bowl game. <SEP> The Comerica Bank New Year's Parade (also known as the Cotton Bowl Parade) was an annual New Year's Day parade held in downtown Dallas, Texas.  The parade was sponsored by Comerica Bank, presented by the J. Curtis Sanford Parade Committee, and benefited the Field and Mary Scovell Scholarship Foundation.  It was revived in 2007 and was held each year for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.  An estimated 100,000 people attend the parade each year.  The parade route was 1.5 mi long, starting in the Dallas Arts District and ending at the American Airlines Center, by Victory Park.  It featured about 80 different entries, including about 20 floats and various marching bands, balloons, and other such performances.  The parade was followed by pep rallies in the park for each team competing in the Cotton Bowl Classic.  Although the game was moved to AT&T Stadium at Arlington, Texas, the 2010 parade was still held in Dallas.  The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau said that the New Year's Day parade was important to the local economy because it increased the amount of people shopping, dining, and staying in hotels during the end of the holiday season.