Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl to feature Miami (Ohio), Colorado State

The Miami of Ohio Redhawks and Colorado State Rams will square off in the newly rebranded Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl.

Dec 8, 2024, 1:40 PM

The Miami of Ohio Redhawks and Colorado State Rams will square off in the newly rebranded Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl. (File photo)

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The Miami of Ohio Redhawks and Colorado State Rams will square off in the newly rebranded Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl.

The game previously known as the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl is slated for 2:30 p.m. MST on Saturday, Dec. 28 at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, the home of the Arizona Wildcats.

After Barstool had exclusive streaming rights to the game in 2021 and 2022, the CW will air the game for the second straight year.

The bowl game has traditionally been affiliated with the Mountain West Conference and Mid-American Conference. This year will be no different as the Rams will represent the Mountain West and the Redhawks will represent the Mid-American Conference. Last season in the game, Wyoming defeated Toledo, 16-15.

Miami of Ohio (8-5) is playing in a bowl game for the fifth consecutive season but will make its first appearance in the Arizona Bowl.

The Redhawks lost in the MAC championship game to Ohio, 38-3, in Detroit on Saturday. The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak for Miami of Ohio.

Colorado State (8-4) finished third in the Mountain West after Boise State and UNLV.

The Rams are playing in the postseason for the first time since 2017 and returning to the Arizona Bowl for the first time since 2015, when they lost 28-23 to Nevada in the game’s inaugural playing.

Miami of Ohio and Colorado State have played each other twice before, with the Redhawks winning each game. Miami notched a 41-21 victory on the road in Fort Collins, Colorado in 2003, and later won, 31-10, in Oxford, Ohio in 2003.

Now in its 10th year, (and ninth edition after the 2021 game was canceled due to the pandemic), the game was sponsored by Nova Home Loans for its first five years. Real estate agency Offerpad was the title sponsor for 2020 before Barstool acquired the naming rights in 2021.

The game is now officially known as the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop. It is the first bowl game sponsored by an alcohol brand.

Arizona Bowl past results:

2015: Nevada 28, Colorado State 23

2016: Air Force 45, South Alabama 21

2017: New Mexico State 26, Utah State 20 (overtime)

2018: Nevada 16, Arkansas State 13 (overtime)

2019: Wyoming 38, Georgia State 17

2020: Ball State 34, No. 19 San Jose State 13

2021: Canceled due to the pandemic

2022: Ohio 30, Wyoming 27 (overtime)

2023: Wyoming 16, Toledo 15

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