TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – The excitement for this year\u2019s Arizona Bowl was palpable in downtown Tucson Friday night as fans of Fresno State and Miami (Ohio) came together for a dual pep rally.<\/p>\n
Marching bands, cheer teams, and mascots energized the crowd, creating a vibrant scene filled with school spirit. Fans, including parents from both teams gathered, turning the downtown area into a colorful mix of red and blue.<\/p>\n
Michael Beasley, the father of Miami (Ohio) redshirt freshman defensive back Koy Beasley, shared his son\u2019s experience leading up to the bowl.<\/p>\n
“It’s been great, he’s been having a lot of fun with his team. We haven’t seen him yet, we’ve just talked to him on the phone, so he’s been having a great time, just excited for the opportunity,” Beasley, a former college football at Marshall University, told News 4 Tucson.<\/p>\n
Brian Brown, father of Fresno State senior slot receiver Jordan Brown, expressed his pride in his son’s journey as it comes to a close Saturday.<\/p>\n
“On the ride with him, and enjoying all of the things that he’s had to go through over the years. It’s been a long time so being that it’s about to be over, we’re just excited to be here for him,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
Miami (OH) is seeking back to back wins in the Arizona Bowl after finishing second in the Mid-American Conference this year, while Fresno State and first-year head coach Matt Entz are in search of a ninth win.<\/p>\n
These teams, and potentially players Brown and Beasley, will face off on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. as the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop takes center stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – The excitement for this year\u2019s Arizona Bowl was palpable in downtown Tucson Friday night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,972,100,127,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-110355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news","11":"tag-local","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}