Here's a look at the head coaches of the participants in the Rose Bowl - Georgia's Kirby Smart and Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley.

Smart has UGA in the Rose Bowl - and the college football playoff - in just his second season in Athens. Riley has the Sooners in the same boat in his first season guiding the Oklahoma program.

Find out more about the youthful head coaches whose teams will meet Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif.

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Georgia State fell to 1-9 on the season and remained winless in Sun Belt play after a 30-18 home loss to Marshall on Saturday. (Stan Awtrey/AJC)

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Rose Scott signals as Closer Look goes on air in the WABE studio. An Atlanta resident left WABE a $3 million donation, a boost after WABE lost $1.9 million in annual funding from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. (Ben Gray / AJC file)

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