College football’s Hawaii Bowl highlights the 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 aficionados will be happy to know that a bowl game is on the cards. Hawaii Bowl between South Florida and San Jose State. The game starts at 8:00 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 photos)

The Bulls finished 6-6 on the season and earned a second straight bowl game under head coach Alex Golesh. They had the same record last season before coming 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-bowl game losing streak. They lost the Hawaii Bowl last season and the famous 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 win over the Stanford Cardinal at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, California on Nov. 29, 2024. (Eakin Howard-Imagn Photos)

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Sports fans looking for some action should take it all in and be able to get some sleep before opening presents and kicking off Christmas Day at 7 p.m. 12pm ET with NBA games.

The NFL also has games on Christmas Day for the second year in a row – a two-game slate featuring the Kansas City Chiefs against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. 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. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Photos)

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College football returns on December 26th and the NHL returns on December 27th.

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