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EMU Eagles Win the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Defying our expectations, the Eastern Michigan Eagles win the Potato Bowl, despite having to overcome a lackluster start. What looked like a potential blowout actually became a very exciting game. San Jose State’s first play from scrimmage was a laser pass from quarterback Chevan Cordeiro to Isaiah […] READ MORE
Earlier this week we previewed the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. We predicted that Nevada would take this one and we were correct. For the preview of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl from earlier in the week, click here. Nevada Takes Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The 38-27 score isn’t reflective of how thoroughly Nevada dominated the […] READ MORE
It’s time for the 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl! This year’s Bowl features the Nevada Wolfpack versus the Tulane Green Wave. It’s the third consecutive year playing in a bowl game for both teams- a first for Tulane. It’s Nevada’s second year in a row playing in Boise, after coming up just short against Ohio […] READ MORE
The Ohio Bobcats withstood a late-game rally by Nevada to win an exciting Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. (Want to refresh your memory about my game preview? Here you go). Late in the third quarter, Ohio led 30-9. A Nevada touchdown, followed by a blocked PAT, narrowed the gap to 30-15. Three plays later, Nevada defensive […] READ MORE
You can be excused if you only saw the first quarter of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and then went on to holiday festivities, only to wake up today and think the numbers are typos. Idaho Wins Potato Bowl; Scoreboard Lit Up Yes, Santa, Idaho really did manage 41 unanswered points in the second and […] READ MORE
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl has a lot to overcome each year. Of course, there is the name. This game spent year as the Humanitarian Bowl, the Crucial.com Humanitarian Bowl, the MPC Computers Bowl, the Roady’s Truck Stop Humanitarian Bowl, and the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl, before settling in on Famous Potatoes in 2011, (no more […] READ MORE
Tony has been with Last Word on Sports for six years covering college football around the country. A native of Southern California, now living in North Carolina, he has been working in broadcast, print and digital media for nearly 30 years. He is a member of the Football Writers Association of America, and is a voting panelist for the Outland Trophy, the Nagurski Award, and the Biletnikoff Award. He can also be found on twitter @tonybruin