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Stranded Pitt CFB Players Get Ride from UTEP CBB Coach to Sun Bowl on Christmas Day

UTEP basketball coach Joe Golding exhibited his holiday spirit to help several Pittsburgh football players get to El Paso, Texas.

Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi told reporters on Monday that Golding and his family drove three Panthers players—Samuel Okunlola, Jake Frantl and Hudson Primus—from Dallas to El Paso after their flights on Christmas Day were canceled.

"Joe Golding, head basketball coach at Texas-El Paso here in town ... him and his wife and child, they picked up and took our three guys and drove them because the flight was delayed to get them here for practice," Narduzzi said.