The Gator Bowl is extending its sponsorship with TaxSlayer through 2027, making it the longest title sponsor in bowl history.

Tyler Buchner accounted for five touchdowns to help offset two interceptions returned for TDs, and No. 19 Notre Dame beat 20th-ranked South Carolina 45-38 in a wild TaxSlayer Bowl.

Penn State head coach James Franklin and athletic trainer Tim Bream check on an injured quarterback Christian Hackenberg prior to his leaving the game in the first half of the TaxSlayer Bowl. (AP photo Mark Wallheiser)

News4Jax will provide live streams of the TaxSlayer Bowl events you won't see on ESPN:11:30 a.m. - High school band performancesHalftime - Bulldogs and Cardinals bands perform3:30 p.m. - Team post-game news conferences

The TaxSlayer Bowl staged a full afternoon of music and spirit on Friday. News4Jax provided a live stream of the events and archived the video here:High school bands visiting for the TaxSlayer Bowl: Fort Osage's Red and White Brigatde from Independence, Missouri; the Holmen Marching Vikings from Holman, Wisconsin; the Clifton Mustang Marching Band from Clifton, New Jersey; the Woodlands Hills High School Wolverines Band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and the Woldstrides Dancers. Three more high school bands: the Downingtown West High School Whippets from Downingtown, Pennsylvania; the Unionville High School Marching Indians from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania; and the Woodrow Wilson High School Presidents from Portsmouth, Virginia.

Both teams are in town days in advance of Saturday's matchup in the TaxSlayer Bowl, it will be only the second all-time meeting of the two teams. With temperatures in the 70s as the Bulldogs opened their first open practice Monday morning, the mood was light. “It’s all about getting that focus back and working hard and getting back into it.”After the morning practice, the TaxSlayer Bowl treated the Bulldogs to a fishing outing in St. Augustine. On Tuesday after both teams practice, they will be treated to receptions at the host hotels. The TaxSlayer Bowl has more activities planned each day, including a visit to Mayport Naval Station on Wednesday, golf outings a visit to Wolfson Childen's Hospital on Thursday and pep rallies on Friday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tennessee, the SEC team in this year's TaxSlayer Bowl, is just happy to be playing anywhere in January. TaxSlayer Bowl coaches: Vols' Butch Jones, Hawkeyes' Ken FerentzWhile the January 2 matchup in will be Ferentz's 12th bowl game in 16 years, the Volunteers will be playing in their first preseason game since 2010. Both coaches said they called emergency team meetings Sunday night to tell the players they would be playing in a January bowl game in Florida. Coaches, game officials and Mayor Brown with TaxSlayer Bowl trophyThis the Volunteer's sixth visit to the Gator Bowl; last in 1994 with a win over Virginia Tech in a game played at Florida Field as Jacksonville's stadium was being overhauled into an NFL stadium. In addition to meeting TaxSlayer Bowl officials and sponsors Thursday, the two coaches were presented keys to the city by Mayor Alvin Brown.