{"id":118774,"date":"2026-01-03T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/118774\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:51:22","slug":"tucson-fans-head-to-san-diego-for-wildcats-holiday-bowl-clash-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/118774\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucson fans head to San Diego for Wildcats&#8217; Holiday Bowl clash | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) &#8211; Wildcat fans are buzzing with excitement as they prepare for the upcoming Trust &amp; Will Holiday Bowl. Many fans gathered at Tucson International Airport early New Year&#8217;s Day, ready to catch flights to San Diego for the big game against the SMU Mustangs.<\/p>\n<p>News 4 Tucson&#8217;s Jafet Serrato spoke with fans at the airport who expressed their confidence in the Wildcats&#8217; performance. The Wildcats, who are on a five-game win streak, are set to face the Mustangs for only the third time ever.<\/p>\n<p>They will play at Snapdragon Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>William Murphy, a dedicated UA fan, shared his optimistic score prediction for the game. &#8220;Alright give me your prediction what&#8217;s the score going to be? 38-14,&#8221; Murphy said. Despite some weather-related delays, Murphy&#8217;s enthusiasm remains high. &#8220;I had to support my squad they were on fire this year,&#8221; Murphy said.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Armenta, another Wildcat fan, echoed the sentiment. &#8220;They&#8217;re hot right now,&#8221; Armenta said. Although he won&#8217;t be attending the game in San Diego, California, Armenta plans to cheer for the Wildcats from a local sports bar in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Coffey, who also can&#8217;t make it to the game, is hopeful about the team&#8217;s success. &#8220;He&#8217;s the straw that stirs the drink and gets the team going,&#8221; Coffey said, referring to Wildcat quarterback Noah Fifita.<\/p>\n<p>For those unable to attend the game in person, the Holiday Bowl will be broadcast starting at 6 p.m. Jan. 2 local time on FOX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) &#8211; Wildcat fans are buzzing with excitement as they prepare for the upcoming Trust &amp;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[13689,972,100,74,76,75,127,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-118774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-arizona-wildcats","9":"tag-local","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-san-diego-headlines","13":"tag-san-diego-news","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118774","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=118774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}