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Today’s only college football bowl action takes place in Honolulu, as the South Florida Bulls and the San Jose State Spartans face off in the 21st edition of the Hawai’i Bowl.
You’ll be able to stream the Christmas Eve game live on the online platform fubo.
While the Bulls will be making their debut in the Hawai’i Bowl, the Spartans are appearing in the game for the second straight year – and are aiming to banish the memories of defeat in 2023. Despite a fourth-quarter rally 12 months ago – San Jose State scored all their points in the final period – the Californians went down 24-14 to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
This season, in their first campaign under head coach Ken Niumatalolo, the Spartans have gone 3-4 in the Mountain West Conference and 7-5 overall. After a two-game losing sequence in mid-to-late November, the team closed out the regular season on a high note, beating rivals Stanford 34-31 in the latest edition of the Bill Walsh Legacy Game.
Meanwhile, the South Florida Bulls are 6-6 in their second year under Alex Golesh (4-4 in the ACC), having rounded off the regular season with a sequence of results that is the direct opposite of their Hawai’i Bowl opponents. After successive victories over Charlotte and Tulsa, the Bulls finished off with defeat to Rice, losing 35-28 to the Owls.
This will be the second ever meeting between the Spartans and the Bulls. The teams’ only previous clash came in August 2017, when South Florida triumphed 42-22 at the Spartans’ CEFCU Stadium.
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Played at the Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex, the game is scheduled to be played today, Tuesday December 24, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
Viewers in the US can watch the Hawai’i Bowl on ESPN. If you don’t have cable, you can stream ESPN’s coverage on fubo, which offers new users a free trial.
2023: Coastal Carolina 24-14 San Jose State
2022: Middle Tennessee 25-23 San Diego State
2019: Hawai’i 38-34 BYU
2018: Louisiana Tech 31-14 Hawai’i
2017: Fresno State 33-27 Houston
The Spartans are the 3-point favorites to win the Hawai’i Bowl, according to odds supplied by Vegas Insider.
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William Allen
British journalist and translator who joined Diario AS in 2013. Focuses on soccer – chiefly the Premier League, LaLiga, the Champions League, the Liga MX and MLS. On occasion, also covers American sports, general news and entertainment. Fascinated by the language of sport – particularly the under-appreciated art of translating cliché-speak.
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