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UTSA coach Jeff Traylor left nothing to the imagination about getting doused in cold brew after Frisco Bowl win

Jeff Traylor almost too-explicitly explained what it’s like getting doused in cold brew.

The Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl sounds like a totally made-up name, but we can assure you that it’s real, and so is UTSA’s first-ever bowl game win.

The Frisco Bowl was a Tuesday night match-up between UTSA and Marshall with a sneak good twist: both teams were led by sons of former NFL quarterbacks.

One of those quarterbacks was UTSA’s Owen McCown, son of Josh McCown. Owen had a solid two-touchdown performance that helped solidify UTSA’s 35-17 bowl victory and a 9-4 finish to the season.

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Following a big win like that, excited players predictably wanted to douse head coach Jeff Traylor with the nearest container of something cold. In a hilarious moment that cameras caught on the sideline, they used a ginormous batch of unsuspecting (but fitting) liquid.

After the dousing, Traylor had a hysterical butt-related response about how he would look back on the moment. Thanks, Jeff.

Former NFL QBs Josh McCown’s and Chad Pennington’s sons faced off at same position in Frisco Bowl

How time flies!

Time waits for no one, and we’ve already reached the point in the football timeline where the sons of former NFL quarterbacks Josh McCown and Chad Pennington are playing each other in a college bowl game.

In Tuesday night’s Frisco Bowl, UTSA and Marshall faced off with some very familiar last names attached to their starting quarterbacks.

UTSA is led by quarterback Owen McCown, son of Josh, while Marshall is led by quarterback Cole Pennington, son of Chad.

It’s just hard to fathom that the McCown and Pennington families already have college-age sons who are playing postseason football on ESPN.

We’ll see if either one of these legacy quarterbacks will get to follow in their dad’s footsteps to play in the pros one day.

For now, we’ll have the stark reality that Josh McCown and Chad Pennington have sons facing each other at quarterback in a bowl game. How time flies!

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

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2024 NFL draft: 1 prospect to watch in each bowl game (Dec. 18-22)

Here’s who will be garnering the attention of NFL scouts from Dec. 18 through the 22nd.

‘Tis the season for college football bowl games.

Throughout the next couple of weeks, I’ll be highlighting a prospect from each bowl game, starting from the Famous Toastery Bowl all the way to the Sugar Bowl.

Here’s who will be garnering the attention of NFL scouts from Dec. 18 through the 22nd.

Boise State 35, North Texas 32 Frisco Bowl What Happened, What It All Means

Boise State 35, North Texas 32: Frisco Bowl what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

Boise State beat North Texas to win the Frisco Bowl. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?

Boise State 35, North Texas 32 Frisco Bowl What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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Frisco Bowl What Happened

– In a much tougher fight than originally expected, Boise State ran for 318 yards, needing all of them in the back-and-forth fight before finally pulling away late. North Texas was up 24-21 late in the third, but Boise State took the ensuing drive 75 yards with Taylen Green finishing with a 19-yard touchdown run to take the lead for good. North Texas pulled to within three late, but it got stuck deep in its own end on its final drives and stalled on the last gasp chance.

– North Texas couldn’t hold up against the Boise State running game, but the offense worked. Ikaika Ragsdale ran for two scores and Austin Aune threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Jyaire Shorter.

– North Texas turned it over twice, Boise State didn’t lose the ball. That was just enough to help swing the game with both able to move the chains. North Texas converted half of its third down tries, but it couldn’t handle the Boise State offense in the third quarter on.

Frisco Bowl Player of the Game

Taylen Green, QB Boise State
As part of the ground game that averaged over six yards per pop, Green ran 12 times for 119 yards and two scores – averaging 9.9 yards per carry – and completed 13-of-22 passes for 137 yards and a score.

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Frisco Bowl Fun Stats

– Rushing Yards: Boise State 318 – North Texas 176

– Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty ran 28 times for 178 yards and a score

– Total Yards: Boise State 455 – North Texas 435

Frisco Bowl What It All Means

Boise State should’ve had an easier time – the running game worked like it was supposed to – but after losing the Mountain West Championship at home to Fresno State, coming away with the win for a ten-victory season mattered. It was the first double-digit win campaign since 2019 and the program’s first bowl win since the 2017 Las Vegas.

North Texas didn’t have a run defense, its head coach got fired, and it came into this without a strong win on the resumé. Interim head coach Phil Bennett had his team ready and intense, the offense worked against the strong Boise State defense, and it was a great overall performance considering the situation.

However, the program is off to the American Athletic Conference going four straight seasons without a winning record – it finished 7-7 – and it’s now 0-6 in its last six bowl tries since winning the Heart of Dallas back in 2013.

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Boise State vs North Texas Frisco Bowl Prediction Game Preview

Boise State vs North Texas game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Frisco Bowl on Saturday, December 17

Boise State vs North Texas prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Frisco Bowl, Saturday, December 17

Boise State vs North Texas Frisco Bowl Prediction Game Preview

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Boise State vs North Texas How To Watch

Date: Saturday, December 17
Game Time: 9:15 ET
Venue: Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Boise State (9-4), North Texas (7-6)
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Boise State vs North Texas Frisco Bowl 5 Things To Know

Frisco Bowl Prediction, What’s Going To Happen, History

– Boise State probably deserved a bigger spotlight – not to bowl shame – but the Mountain West tie-ins weren’t anything amazing. It might have missed out on the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl with the Mountain West Championship loss to Fresno State, but there’s a shot at the first ten-win season since 2019 – that’s a long drought for this program.

After a midseason change of quarterbacks and offensive coordinators, the running game became dominant, the defense was among the best in the nation, and this is a chance to show off in the late night game at the end of a LONG day of football.

– North Texas also lost its conference championship game – dropping the Conference USA title to UTSA 48-27 – but even with a relatively successful year and a bowl appearance, the program sacked head coach Seth Littrell. Veteran head man Phil Bennett will take over for this, and then Washington State receivers coach Eric Morris will step in. Part of the problem for Littrell was …

– North Texas has been awful in bowl games. It lost its last five and seven of eight since 2002. Not only have the Mean Green lost in the recent post-season, they got trucked in four straight blowouts. The program is just 2-10 all-time in bowls starting with a loss to Nevada in your 1947 Salad Bowl. But …

– Boise State hasn’t exactly been a killer in this things lately. The first bowl appearance was in 1999 under head coach and now offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. After winning four straight and getting out to an 11-5 bowl start up until 2016, the Broncos have lost two of their last three, weren’t able to play in the 2018 First Responder, and last year got hosed when UCLA had to back out of the Holiday at the last second. This is the team’s first bowl game since 2019. They haven’t won one since 2017.

– The Frisco Bowl has been a tad rocky so far, to be nice about it. This is the fifth time the game has been played with the 2020 version canceled, and the other four … they weren’t anything great. Kent State’s 51-41 win over Utah State in 2019 was a fun shootout, but that’s as close a game as there out of the four.

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Why Boise State Will Win The Frisco Bowl

Defense. Yeah … North Texas doesn’t really do that.

It’s 124th in the nation in total D, it has a hard time getting off the field, and worst of all in this, it struggles against the run. There isn’t enough pressure delivered into the backfield to generate enough big plays.

It played one Mountain West team this year, and got run over by UNLV for 365 yards in a 58-27 loss.

Boise State picked up the running game with 316 yards in a late September win over San Diego State, ran for 316 more yards in the win over Fresno State the following week, and everything kept on rolling from there. On the year the team is 7-0 when running for 148 yards or more.

North Texas allows 188 rushing yards per game. However …

Why North Texas Will Win The Frisco Bowl

North Texas has enough of an offense to be a problem for the Broncos.

The run defense isn’t going to slow down George Holani and company from getting their yards, but the Mean Green ground game needs to rip off big runs of their own.

They have a veteran in quarterback Austin Aune who can keep things moving with his midrange passes, but it needs to be the rotation of several good young running backs that has to keep grinding. Boise State doesn’t allow a slew of big, gashing runs, but it’s just 3-3 this season when giving up 150 yards or more.

North Texas hit that mark in every game but three, and lost all of them. In the other ten games it’s 7-3 when it’s able to control things a bit.

Boise State has had its breakdowns at times, and it suffered a power outage in the Mountain West Championship with just 321 yards of total offense. The team is 1-4 when failing to get to 325 yards, but …

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Best bets for every bowl game, Pt. 1 (pre-Christmas Day bowls)

Part 1 of our picks for all 43 bowl games.

Bowl season is officially upon us, and there is something for everybody. In fact, some might say there are too many bowls — or so many that most end up being just exhibitions.

I’m not going to sit here and disagree. But if you can’t find something to enjoy from any of these games, college football just might not be your thing.

An alternative way to get invested is through a little betting action. And because most people don’t have time to research 43 different games, I did it for you.

Starting with every bowl before Christmas, these are my best bets for each game. Check back later for the remaining bowls.

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Bowl games to attend in the state of Texas

There are bowl games all over the state of Texas.

If you’re looking for a bowl game to watch in Texas, you’ll have plenty from which to choose. The Lone Star State will play host to multiple teams over bowl season.

The No. 20 Texas Longhorns and No. 12 Washington Huskies will play in San Antonio in the Alamo Bowl. The Alamo Dome has become a second home for Texas in recent seasons. The 2022 game will mark the third time the team has played a postseason game there in four seasons.

The feature in-state game takes place in Arlington for the Cotton Bowl. No. 10 USC Trojans will battle the No. 16 Tulane Green Wave. Tulane defeated the Big 12 champion Kansas State Wildcats earlier this season and has history facing a Riley coached team.

Riley faced Tulane at Oklahoma last season in a performance he would probably rather forget. His team will need to guard against a letdown against a rapidly improving Tulane program.

Here are a handful of bowl games to watch in the state of Texas.

Frisco Bowl: UTSA vs. San Diego State live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch bowl games

The UTSA Roadrunners will meet the No. 24 ranked San Diego State Aztecs on Tuesday night in the Frisco Bowl at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

The UTSA Roadrunners will meet the San Diego State Aztecs on Tuesday night in the Frisco Bowl at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

UTSA comes into tonight’s bowl game with a 12-1 record this season with their only loss coming at the hands of North Texas in November. Meanwhile, San Diego State is 11-2 this season and will be looking to rebound after a tough 46-13 loss to Utah State to end their regular season.

Tune in to the Frisco Bowl today, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the action.

UTSA vs. San Diego State

  • When: Tuesday, December 21
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: ESPN
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Frisco Bowl: Three Kent State players to look out for against Utah State

Kent State has a handful of good players that will factor heavily in the 2019 Frisco Bowl

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Kent State has a few notable players

It would be easy to dismiss a team like Kent State. The Golden Flashes only managed to go 6-6 in a relatively down season for the MAC. They also don’t have any particularly strong NCAA stats to boast of this season. This team only ranks in the top 10 in one  NCAA statistical category – 4th down conversion percentage – and they rank in the bottom 10 in total defense and run defense. None of these facts would strike much fear in opposing teams.

With that being said, the Golden Flashes have some good talent on their team that could prove pesky for the Aggies on December 20th. Here are three Kent State players to keep an eye on during the bowl game. They’ll play extremely prominent roles in the contest and will provide Kent State’s best chance of scoring their first ever bowl win.

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1. QB Dustin Crum (Jr)

Kent State isn’t exactly known for great quarterbacks, but Dustin Crum has quietly had a solid season for this team. He has thrown for 2,336 yards and 18 touchdowns with only two interceptions along the way.

At any level, those are admirable stats that show the signal caller rarely makes mistakes. Coupled with his strong arm, he’s rushed for five touchdowns and a little over 46 yards per game this season. Through the year, he actually is the leading rusher on the team. His relatively good offensive balance brings stability to an offense that has had some struggles this season, not unlike the Aggies. If he can stay upright, he could pose some moderate to big issues for USU’s poor secondary.

2. CB Jamal Parker (Sr)

This solid cornerback is a bright spot on a defense that has struggled mightily to stop opposing offenses. He’s helped anchor a decent secondary and has a team-high three interceptions on the year, a worrisome stat for an Aggie team that has turned the ball over a lot this season. Parker has also racked up a healthy 58 total tackles during the regular season. On top of his defensive duties, he’s put in good work on kickoff returns, including a 96-yard kick return for a touchdown against Eastern Michigan in the season finale win. It never hurts to have versatility.

3. WR Isaiah McKoy (So)

Adding some explosiveness to a just alright offense, speedy receiver Isaiah McKoy leads the team with 767 receiving yards and seven touchdown grabs. He’s produced some monster plays for the Golden Flashes when they’ve needed it and he appears to only be getting better. Season over season, his YPC total has increased from 10.1 to 15. Coupled with Crum’s arm, Utah State’s pass defense will need to be on point or risk getting burned. McKoy’s stats look a lot like USU’s Siaosi Mariner, so his role in the offense cannot be understated or underestimated.

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Frisco Bowl: A Kent State Football Q&A With Allen Moff

We get to know Utah State’s Frisco Bowl opponent, the Kent State Golden Flashes, with Allen Moff of the Record-Courier.

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Frisco Bowl: A Kent State Football Q&A With Allen Moff

We get to know Utah State’s Frisco Bowl opponent, the Kent State Golden Flashes, with Allen Moff of the Record-Courier.

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A surprise bowl entrant, but with plenty of talent.

The kickoff to college football’s bowl season is mere days away and the Mountain West’s seven-game slate begins with a clash between the Utah State Aggies and Kent State Golden Flashes in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl on Friday, December 20.

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It’s been a little while since the Flashes made waves on the national stage, but KSU snapped a six-year streak of losing campaigns in finishing 6-6 and hope to earn their first bowl victory ever against Jordan Love and company. To learn more about Kent State football, we reached out to Allen Moff of the Record-Courier for his insights.

Mountain West Wire: It’s been a while since many Mountain West fans thought about the Kent State Golden Flashes, so could you give us the abbreviated version of how the Sean Lewis era has unfolded and what you think propelled this year’s surge?

Allen Moff: Kent State was 3-6 and coming off three straight tough MAC losses, then erased a 21-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Buffalo on Nov. 14. The comeback featured a recovered onside kick by the kicker and a blocked punt in the final eight minutes. That win turned the season around. The Flashes wound up closing the regular season with three straight wins by a combined 14 points to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2012.

MWwire: A lot of Kent State fans are surely familiar with Utah State quarterback Jordan Love at this point, but Aggies fans probably can’t say the same about his counterpart, Dustin Crum. How would you describe Crum’s overall game and what he has done to help the Flashes succeed this season?

Moff: Crum has been the catalyst of the turnaround without question. He entered the season as the backup quarterback, earned the start in game two and wound up going 6-5 as the starter – with two of the losses coming at Auburn and Wisconsin. He runs KSU’s up-tempo offense with precision, rarely makes a mistake (2 picks in 196 pass attempts), is deceptively athletic and has been very accurate throwing the deep ball.

MWwire: How did sophomore wide receiver Isaiah McKoy end up leading the MAC in receiving yards per game in the regular season? What kind of role can we expect to see him occupy in the bowl game?

Moff: McKoy is 6-foot-3 and very fast. Crum has said he can’t overthrow McKoy, so he just heaves it as far as he can and lets McKoy go get it. They love to set up deep balls to McKoy by running shorter, hitch-type routes, then turning him loose. Each of his touchdown catches has covered over 20 yards.

MWwire: We love our specialists around here so I’d be remiss if I didn’t ask about MAC Special Teams Player of the Year Matthew Trickett. What kind of improvements did Trickett make in earning first-team all-conference honors for the second year in a row?

Moff: Trickett didn’t get many opportunities to make critical kicks last year, but he’s won three games with late field goals this year. His accuracy has improved, and his confidence is extremely high. The Flashes also led the MAC in net punting behind junior Derek Adams.

MWwire: I notice that the Flashes have been only modestly disruptive on defense in 2019, with just 58 tackles for loss and a 15.8% Stuff Rate that ranks 113th nationally. Who do you believe could have a big game to overcome that in the bowl and why?

Moff: Senior defensive end Theo Majette battled some injury issues late in the season, but should be healthy for the bowl game. He’s been Kent State’s most disruptive defender, compact and quick off the ball. The Flashes overall are very undersized up front, so stopping the run has been a major issue.

MWwire: Among the Mountain West’s seven bowl opponents, no one is a bigger underdog than Kent State. What do you think must happen for the Flashes to defy the odds and how likely do you believe that will be?

Moff: After watching the Flashes find ways to win their last three games, I certainly wouldn’t count them out. Their confidence is suddenly running at a very high level. I really don’t look at this as a David vs. Goliath type of matchup. Utah State certainly deserves to be favored, but if the Flashes keep mistakes to a minimum per usual I firmly believe they have enough weapons in all three phases to make this a competitive and entertaining football game.

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