College football’s Hawaii Bowl highlights slowest sports day of 2024


Sports fans can breathe easy on Christmas Eve as only one game will be played on Tuesday before a full buffet of games on Christmas Day.

College football fans will be happy to know that a bowl game is on the slate. The Hawaii Bowl between South Florida and San Jose State. The game will begin at 8 pm ET.

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South Florida Bulls quarterback Israel Carter runs the ball against the Florida Atlantic Owls at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2024. (Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images)

The Bulls finished 6-6 on the season and won a second consecutive bowl game under head coach Alex Golesh. They had the same record last season before going in and winning the Boca Raton Bowl over Syracuse, 45-0.

The Spartans finished the season 7-5 overall in Ken Niumatalolo’s first season at the helm. The team is on a three-game losing streak. They lost the Hawaii Bowl last season and the famed Idaho Potato Bowl in 2022. The Spartans also lost the Arizona Bowl in 2020.

San Jose State hasn’t won a bowl game since the 2015 Cure Bowl under Ron Caragher.

San Jose State Spartans head coach Ken Niumatalolo after their victory over the Stanford Cardinal at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, California on November 29, 2024. (Images by Eakin Howard-Imagn)

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Sports fans looking for some action should take it all in and get some sleep before opening presents and kicking off Christmas Day at noon ET with NBA games.

The NFL also has games on Christmas Day for the second year in a row: a two-game menu with the Kansas City Chiefs against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 pm ET and the Houston Texans hosting the Baltimore Ravens at 4:30 pm ET.

Browns defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. and linebacker Devin Bush rush Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland on Dec. 15, 2024. (Images by Ken Blaze-Imagn)

College football will return on December 26 and the NHL will return on December 27.

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