College football’s Hawaii Bowl marks the slowest sports day of 2024

College football’s Hawaii Bowl marks the slowest sports day of 2024

Sports fans can rest easy on Christmas Eve as there will only be one game on Tuesday before a full game buffet on Christmas Day.

College football fans will be happy to know that a bowl game is on the schedule. The Hawaii Bowl between South Florida and San Jose State. The game starts at 8:00 p.m. ET.

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Israel Carter for South Florida

South Florida Bulls quarterback Israel Carter passes the ball against the Florida Atlantic Owls at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, on November 1, 2024. (Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images)

The Bulls finished the season 6-6 and secured a second straight bowl game under head coach Alex Golesh. They had the same record last season before winning the Boca Raton Bowl against 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.

Ken Niumatalolo coach

San Jose State Spartans head coach Ken Niumatalolo after their victory over the Stanford Cardinal at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, California, on November 29, 2024. (Eakin Howard-Imagn Images)

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Sports fans looking for some action should take it all in and get some sleep before opening presents and starting Christmas Day with NBA games at 12 p.m. ET.

The NFL is also hosting games on Christmas Day for the second year in a row – a two-game slate with the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1:00 p.m. ET and the Houston Texans vs. the Baltimore Ravens at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Patrick Mahomes pitched in

Browns defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. and linebacker Devin Bush rush Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes at Huntington Bank Field on Dec. 15, 2024, in Cleveland. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Images)

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College football will return on December 26th and the NHL will be back on December 27th.

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