Wow, it’s been three years since my last post. With all the bowl games going on, there’s no better time to put some life back into this blog. The first school with a canine mascot to play a bowl game was the University of Nevada Wolfpack who played Arizona in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. They looked like they were going to get the win until the Wildcats scored two touchdowns in the final minute.
After them came the Washington Huskies who fared no better in the MAACO Bowl against Boise State. The losing streak continued with the Fresno State Bulldogs dropping the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl to SMU and the NC State Wolfpack losing to Vanderbilt in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. The Mississippi State Bulldogs were just as inept losing the Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl to Northwestern.
The streak was finally broken when the Georgia Bulldogs defeated Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl, though the dogs were back in the losing column when the Northern Illinois Huskies lost to Florida State in the Discover Orange Bowl.
There’s still hope for a second win as the Arkansas State Red Wolves face Kent State in the Godaddy.com bowl on Sunday. Even if they win though it’ll still be a down year for the dogs.
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