What harm would there have been? San Jose State and South Florida had to go through five overtimes in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve. The Bulls eventually won, 41-39. It was just a middling bowl game. So rather than risk injury and stretching the season out beyond reason, why not just end the game in a tie?

In more ways than one, it was an odd day at the Hawaii Bowl, the only college football game on the schedule for Christmas Eve. The South Florida Bulls emerged v