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Dec. 8—PULLMAN — Washington State will be making a second trip to southern California this season.
WSU will play Syracuse in the Holiday Bowl, which is set for 5 p.m. on Dec. 27 at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, the site of the Cougars’ win over San Diego State on Oct. 26, the bowl announced Sunday afternoon. For the Cougs, it’s the eighth trip to a bowl game in the last nine full seasons. The game will be broadcast on Fox.
“Washington State is excited to accept an invitation to the 2024 DirecTV Holiday Bowl,” WSU athletic director Anne McCoy said via release. “To participate in one of the premier bowl games, in a region where many of our fans can attend, will provide a memorable experience for our players, coaches and alumni.”
“Just really excited to play in one of the Pac-12’s most prestigious bowl games,” WSU coach Jake Dickert said in a Zoom news conference Sunday. “Obviously, throughout the history of Washington State, these aren’t easy to get to. So our team has earned it. We’re excited about playing a ranked football team in Syracuse, who has one of the best passers in all the country.”
This will mark the second meeting between the Cougars and Orange, who last clashed in 1979, when Syracuse earned a 52-25 win in Buffalo, New York.
WSU (8-4) will be making its fifth appearance in the Holiday Bowl in program history. The Cougars have gone 1-4 in those games, its only win coming in a 2003 victory over Texas. WSU also went in 1981, then in back-to-back seasons in 2016 and 2017.
The Pac-12 may be down to two teams this season, WSU and Oregon State, but the conference maintained its bowl tie-ins even with its former teams in new conferences. That’s why the Cougars remained eligible for a legacy Pac-12 bowl.
“We are honored to have earned the right to play in the 2024 Holiday Bowl against one of the best teams in…
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Author : The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Publish date : 2024-12-09 03:02:00
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