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Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Marilyn Payne (sideline) (ESPN) Kevin Winter (play-by-play) and Trevor Matich (analyst) (ESPN Radio)
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature South Florida from the American Athletic Conference (The American) and San Jose State from the Mountain West Conference (MW). South Florida and San Jose State have played once before, in 2017, which South Florida won, 42–22. The game will be San Jose State's second appearance in the Hawaii Bowl, and South Florida's first.
The Bulls started their season with a win over Bethune–Cookman, but fell the following week to #8 Alabama. They had a 3-game losing streak in the middle of the season, but were able to recover in the latter half of the year, clinching bowl eligibility on November 23 after beating Tulsa 63–30 at home. The Bulls ended their regular season with a loss to Rice, which brought their regular season record to 6–6.
The Spartans started their season 3–0 before losing to Washington State in double-overtime. They then alternated winning and losing games before clinching bowl eligibility on November 9, after beating Oregon State 24–13. San Jose State ended the regular season with a 34–31 win against Stanford in the Bill Walsh Legacy Game to bring their record to 7–5.