Syracuse and Washington State football are coming to town for the 2024 DirecTV Holiday Bowl. Why it matters: The city's biggest annual college football game will be played at Snapdragon Stadium for the first time after leaving Petco Park before its five-year contract was up.

Drama, always drama. At least this year’s drama didn’t prevent the DirecTV Holiday Bowl from announcing that No. 21 Syracuse will play Washington State in the 45th annual game.

DIRECTV Holiday Bowl will bring the east coast and west coast together, with a match up that will feature Syracuse from the ACC against Washington State of the Pac-12 on Friday, December 27.