December 27, 2024
By Derek Togerson, NBC7 San Diego: The first DirecTV Holiday Bowl ever played at Snapdragon Stadium looked a lot like many of its predecessors: high-scoring and infinitely fun to watch, which is amazing when you consider what one of the teams who played in it had to go through to get here.
It was hard to get a grip on just how short-handed Washington State was heading into its first-ever meeting with Syracuse. The Cougars had, depending on who you talked to, between 25 and 33 players in the transfer portal, including quarterback John Mateer, who led the nation with 44 total touchdowns.
Add to that the fact head coach Jake Dickert left to take the same job at Wake Forest and you can understand why the Orange, who sustained no impactful portal losses and hit the field with the nation’s leading passer Kyle McCord under center, were as much as an 18-point favorite.
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