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Bowl Game Bonanza!
Bowl Games, NFL triple-header, and NBA too, WOW!
Stomping Ground Sports
December 29, 2024
Talk about a jam-packed slate yesterday! My god was there some action! Hope everybody enjoyed their Saturday watching a triple header in the NFL, and a whole lot of Bowl Games! We’d be remiss if we didn’t shout out the UCONN HUSKIES for winning their first Bowl Game in 15 years as well as the Cincinnati Bengals who suddenly seem like the hottest team in the NFL! A lot to unpack from yesterday and a lot to look forward to today! Let’s go!
Today’s Trivia🧠
When was the last time the University of Connecticut football program won a bowl game? |
(answer at the bottom of the Stump)
On This Day…
🏈 American college football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant ends his career with the University of Alabama.
Coach Bryant is one of the greatest college football coaches in NFL history, racking up 323 total wins, the most for a coach with a single program at the time of his retirement.
Today’s Stump Story…
🏈 Bowl Game Bonanza
Bowl Games. Lots, and lots, of Bowl Games!
Fenway Wasabi Bowl, North Carolina vs UConn: What a day to be a fan of the UCONN HUSKIES! UConn won its first Bowl Game since 2010 over UNC, 27-14! Fenway Bowl MVP Joe Fagnano seemed in control all game, throwing for 151 yards and 2 TDs! Jim Mora and the Huskies have officially turned a page and it’s exciting for all of those in Storrs, CT! A lot ahead for UNC in the coming months, but yesterday it was all HUSKIES!
Pinstripe Bowl, Boston College vs Nebraska: This game was 20-2 with about 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter. BC couldn’t get anything going all day! 2 TDs late made it a much more respectable 20-15 loss for BC, for a loss nonetheless. Dylan Raiola threw for 228 yards and a TD in the win and his celebration victory lap looked eerielie similar to a Mahomes run. It’s actually weird! Nebraska wins, 20-15! (Tell me this isn’t Patrick Mahomes)
New Mexico Bowl, Louisiana vs TCU: Talk about an absolute BLUDGEONING! From start to finish this one was all Horned Frogs! TCU defeated the Ragin Cajuns, 34-3, behind a stellar performance from their QB Josh Hoover! He threw for 252 yards and became the all-time leader for scrimmage yards in a single season for TCU! Great win for Sonny Dykes and the squad!
Pop-Tarts Bowl, Iowa State vs Miami: If you were looking for Touchdowns, this was your game! At the end of the first quarter Iowa State was up 21-14! At the half Miami then TOOK THE LEAD 31-28! This was a game of two teams who had remarkable regular seasons but still fell just short of the College Football Playoff. Many people believed Miami played itself out of the bracket with some bad losses down the stretch. It was Iowa State QB Rocco Becht who rushed up the middle for a 1-yard score with 56 seconds remaining in the game. Despite all the heroics we had seen from the Hurricanes all year, 56 seconds was not enough to come from behind yet again. Iowas State got the win in a 42-41 SLUGFEST!
Valero Alamo Bowl, BYU vs Colorado: Somehow, this game started 27-0 BYU and the first highlight that was posted on social media was the Travis Hunter TD that cut the lead to 20. The Heisman will do that to social media pages! BYU showed why they were one of the best of the rest in this absolute beatdown of Colorado! RB LJ Martin had 126 total yards with 2 TDs on the ground! A great season for BYU ended in a massive 36-14 win!
Quick Hitters
🏈 NFL Triple-Header: The day started with an absolute demolition of the Patriots. The LA Chargers shipped up to Boston and took care of the Pats, 40-7, and clinched their ticket to the postseason in Jim Harbaugh’s first season with the team! Justin Herbert looked great, and Ladd McConkey’s 94 yards with 2 TDs made him look like one of the best WRs in the league! The Chargers will definitely be giving some team a run for their money in the Wild Card round! Next, the Bengals attempted to keep their playoff hopes alive against the Broncos in what was a massive AFC Wild Card seeding showdown! With a loss, the Bengals would be officially eliminated from playoff contention! This game had a little bit of everything! A hat trick of TDs (Tee Higgins), a throw 70 yards in the air (Bo Nix to Marvin Mims), and a last second heave on fourth down with 8 seconds left in the game (also Bo Nix to Marvin Mims)! 4 quarters weren’t enough to separate the two teams as the Bengals ended up taking it in OT, 30-24! An absolute thriller of a game! I’ll tell you what…nobody would want to see this Cincy team in the playoffs…nobody! The last game was Rams-Cards. The Rams won 13-9. That’s all we will be saying about that one.
🏈 Despite losing to Iowa State, Miami QB Cam Ward set the D1 record for most career passing TDs! His 3 TDs in the loss got him to 158 career passing TDs! A milestone for future first-rounder! Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel sits at 153 with a maximum of three games ahead of him! We could be in for a close one!
🏒 Yesterday Carolina Hurricanes Head Coach Rod Brind’Amour became the fastest coach to reach 300 wins in NHL History! He did this in his 488th game with a record of 300-143-45! An unbelievable pace for the 54-year-old who surpasses Bruce Boudreau who held the record for the last 11 years!
Other News:
Top Performers:
🏈 Tee Higgins (CIN): 11 rec, 131 yards, 3 TDs!
🏈 Puka Nakua (LAR): 10 rec, 129 yards
🏈 Trey McBride (ARI): 12 rec, 123 yards, 1 TD (first career TD)
🏀 Nikola Jokic (DEN): 37 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists
Stump Favorites
Today’s Slate
*All times are ET*
🏈 NFL: 1:00 Window - Jets @ Bills, Raiders @ Saints, Colts @ Giants, Cowboys @ Eagles, Panthers @ Buccaneers, Titans @ Jaguars ; 4:05 Window - Dolphins @ Browns, Packers @ Vikings ; SNF - Falcons @ Commanders
🏀 NBA: Pacers @ Celtics (6:00 PM), Heat @ Rockets (7:00 PM), Grizzlies @ Thunder (7:00 PM), full schedule
⚽️ EPL on USA Network: Everton vs Nottingham Forest (10:00 AM), West Ham vs Liverpool (12:15 PM) ; Serie A: AC Milan vs AS Roma (2:45 PM), full schedule
🏀 NCAAM: Stetson @ (6) Florida (1:00 PM), South Dakota State @ (5) Bama (3:00 PM), Weber State @ (9) Oregon (5:00 PM), full schedule
🏀 NCAAW: (19) Michigan State @ (8) Maryland (1:00 PM), (23) Michigan @ (4) USC (10:00 PM), full schedule
🏒 NHL: Oilers @ Ducks (4:00 PM), Senators @ Wild (8:00 PM) Flames @ Golden Knights (8:00 PM), full schedule
🎙️Song OTD🎙️
 | Can I Call You Rose? Thee Sacred Souls Talk about an absolutely phenomenal tune to just listen to and do something lovely, like cooking, cleaning, relaxing, anything like that. |
🗣️ Quote OTD🗣️
 | “The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.” Pauline Phillips Good one. Talk when you need to be heard. |
❗️Glue Guy OTD❗️
 | Long John’s! Under Garment If you’ve ever lived in a cold place, you get this one. Won’t ruin your fashion statements either. Glue. |
Trivia Answer:
D. 2009!
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