Bowl season is all the time loopy, however on the day after Christmas, school soccer followers noticed one thing they’d by no means seen earlier than.
Thursday’s GameAbove Sports activities Bowl between Pittsburgh and Toledo took practically 5 hours to complete due to a bowl sport first.
The competition noticed six overtimes, essentially the most ever in a bowl sport, en path to Toledo’s 48-46 victory.
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Toledo Rockets quarterback Tucker Gleason (4) runs for the primary down through the first half of the GameAbove Sports activities Bowl at Ford Subject in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Kimberly P. Mitchell/USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Photos)
Additional time was established in school soccer in 1996, and it was only a month in the past that we noticed Georgia and Georgia Tech go to eight overtimes. Essentially the most in any sport is 9 from an Illinois-Penn State battle in 2021.
Within the first half, Toledo was down 12-6 however scored two touchdowns in a 14-second span – a 67-yard go after which a 40-yard pick-six – to take a 20-12 lead.
Pitt rallied to go up 30-20 at a degree, however Pitt tied the sport with slightly below 5 minutes to go in regulation.
Pittsburgh Panthers quarterback David Lynch is sacked by Toledo Rockets defensive finish D’Andre Ragin through the first half of the GameAbove Sports activities Bowl at Ford Subject in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Kimberly P. Mitchell/USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Photos)
Each groups scored subject objectives on their first additional time possession, after which they matched each other with subject objectives on their subsequent. New additional time guidelines state that from the third additional time on, groups should convert two-point conversion performs.
Each groups transformed on every of their first three tries, however within the sixth additional time, after Toledo hit their fourth-straight, Pitt’s go fell incomplete.
Within the fourth additional time, although, Toledo had truly celebrated twice. However their first cease was known as again on account of a penalty, and after pondering they stopped Pitt once more, replay evaluation reversed the decision and continued the sport. The Rockets acquired the victory anyway.
Toledo’s Tucker Gleason went 26-for-50 for 336 yards, two touchdowns and one interception whereas additionally speeding for a rating. Junior Vandeross III had 12 catches for 194 yards and a landing.
Desmond Reid ran for 165 yards on 32 carries for Pitt within the dropping effort.
Toledo is now 12-10 of their bowl sport historical past; it was the fourth yr in a row they made a bowl sport.
Toledo Rockets tight finish Anthony Torres runs for yards after catching the ball towards Pittsburgh Panthers linebacker Brandon George through the first half of the GameAbove Sports activities Bowl at Ford Subject in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Kimberly P. Mitchell/USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Photos)
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Pitt missed a bowl alternative final yr after taking dwelling the 2022 Solar Bowl.
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