The Miami RedHawks are ready to Drop It Like It\u2019s Hot once again.<\/p>\n
For the second-consecutive year, Miami (OH) (7-6, 6-2 MAC) is headed to the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl to face a Mountain West opponent. This time, the RedHawks will battle Fresno State (8-4, 5-3 Mountain West) on Saturday, Dec. 27. The matchup was originally reported by On3 Sports\u2019 Brett McMurphy.<\/p>\n
Miami dominated Colorado State, 43-17, in the 2024 Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl as the chief sponsor himself, Calvin Broadus Jr. \u2014 colloquially known as \u201cSnoop Dogg\u201d \u2014 awarded Miami with the trophy and provided a custom chain to MVP Kevin Davis. Arriving with familiarity of the atmosphere, Snoop Dogg\u2019s favorite MAC team aims for a repeat at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ.<\/p>\n
Miami is bowling for the fifth-straight season under 12-year head coach Chuck Martin. The RedHawks overcame an 0-3 start to qualify for their third-straight MAC Championship Game this year, but similarly to 2024, they were ousted in Detroit. Western Michigan defeated the RedHawks 23-13 for the crown of the MAC on Saturday, but Miami receives an opportunity to bounce back and and secure a winning season in Tucson. The RedHawks are 2-4 in bowl games under Martin, and they aim to win consecutive bowls for the first time since 1973-75, where they triumphed in three-straight Tangerine Bowls.<\/p>\n
Fresno State is also bowling for the fifth-straight season, posting a winning record under first-year head coach Matt Entz. The Bulldogs saw their 5-game bowl win streak conclude last season, but the team aims to launch a new one in Arizona. Fresno State is currently in the midst of its second-longest bowl stretch in program history, needing two more seasons to match the prolific run from 1999-2005.<\/p>\n
The Arizona Bowl was founded in 2015 and will pit the MAC vs. the Mountain West for the fifth-straight time. Fresno State is making its first appearance in the Arizona Bowl, while Miami is appearing in the \u201cSnooper Bowl\u201d for the second-straight year. This is the second year the bowl game\u2019s official sponsor is Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop, with the 54-year old rapper serving as the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl kicks off from Tucson on Saturday, Dec. 27 at 4:30 p.m. ET \/ 2:30 p.m. MT and is the only bowl game televised by The CW Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami RedHawks are ready to Drop It Like It\u2019s Hot once again. For the second-consecutive year, Miami…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,48138,48139],"class_list":{"0":"post-85446","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-mac-football","12":"tag-miami-redhawks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85446","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=85446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}