Boise • Of the 39 college football bowl games that have been played, or will be played, this month and next, only one will feature a pair of true freshmen starting quarterbacks — the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Friday afternoon at Albertsons Stadium.
With not much else to sell about a game that will be played in 30-degree temperatures on blue turf, bowl organizers and coaches made the pitch at a Thursday news conference to watch the 18-year-olds in the 2 p.m. matchup between 6-6 BYU and 7-5 Western Michigan.
“It is pretty unique,” said Western Michigan coach Tim Lester, who signed a two-year contract extension Thursday that will take him through the 2023 season.