It’s the first time the Holiday Bowl is being played at Snapdragon Stadium and the first time Syracuse and Washington State will meet on the football field.

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.

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.