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MARCO GARCIA / IMAGN IMAGES San Jose State Spartans running back Floyd Chalk IV (0 ) runs away from South Florida Bulls defensive lineman Rico Watson III (34 ) during the first quarter at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.
MARCO GARCIA / IMAGN IMAGES San Jose State Spartans running back Floyd Chalk IV (0 ) runs away from South Florida Bulls defensive lineman Rico Watson III (34 ) during the first quarter at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.
If you wanted to watch a live football game on Christmas Eve, you had one choice Tuesday.
For 4 1 /2 hours, the Ching Complex at the University of Hawaii was the center of the sports universe.
“The only game in town, and by town we mean the entire world of sports. Just one game going on and this was it, ” ESPN SportsCenter anchor Stephen Nelson said.
Fortunately, it had plenty of drama. And a picture-perfect Hawaii-in-December afternoon, complete with a rainbow, must have enticed at least a few visits to Expedia.
This game had everything, except the hosts. UH’s football team did not win enough games to qualify for a bowl game for the fourth year in a row.
That made San Jose State the de facto home team, because of its Hawaii connections on the coaching staff of four former Warriors, including head coach Ken Niumatalolo, and assistants Craig and Billy Ray Stutzmann and John Estes. Also, San Jose State is a Mountain West team, just like the Warriors.
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South Florida was the relatively random and anonymous opponent. And the Bulls did not travel nearly 4, 700 miles for a vacation.
The Bulls came out on top 41-39 in a…
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Publish date : 2024-12-25 17:08:00
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