Snoop Dogg’s kickoff catch, Jeff Monken’s Powerade bathtub and extra enjoyable bowl moments

Army head coach Jeff Monken did all the things he might to keep away from a postgame Powerade bathtub. Until he couldn’t.

The 58-year-old coach used the best evasive maneuvers he could, however he was lastly chased down and doused by a gaggle of Black Knights gamers led by quarterback Zach Mundell. It was a humorous footnote to Army’s 41-16 victory over UConn within the Wasabi Fenway Bowl at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday.

Godspower Nwawuihe rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns, and Cale Hellums ran for 2 scores and threw for an additional. Monken, in his twelfth 12 months in command of Army, gained his sixth bowl sport.

Army coach Jeff Monken was juking his workforce to get out of the Gatorade bathe 🤣 pic.twitter.com/pz2TTQdJom

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 27, 2025

Snoop Dogg’s ‘fair’ catch

The legendary rapper bought concerned in his personal bowl, catching a kickoff near the back of the end zone throughout Fresno State’s 18-3 win over Miami (Ohio) within the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl on Saturday.

It wasn’t a clear catch. Snoop fell, bobbled the ball and misplaced a shoe, however he nonetheless secured the pigskin.

The star artist apologized for the sloppy catch — “my bad, my bad” — however added, “I’m just doing it all today, baby.”

E.J. Warner didn’t do all of it, however the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner did lots. The Fresno State quarterback handed for 214 yards and a landing. He linked with senior receiver Josiah Freeman for seven receptions and 143 yards.

P.J. stays good at Minnesota

Coach P.J. Fleck has by no means recognized bowl sport disappointment at Minnesota. Jalen Smith’s diving 12-yard landing catch in additional time on Friday beat New Mexico 20-17 within the Rate Bowl and improved Fleck’s bowl file to 7-0 with the Gophers.

Minnesota gained its ninth-straight bowl sport and is tied with Utah and Southern Cal for the second-longest such streak, two behind Florida State’s 11 from 1985-1995. Fleck has gained bowl video games in seven of his 9 seasons as head coach within the Twin Cities.

MINNESOTA WALKS OFF THE RATE BOWL ON A GAME-WINNING TD 🤯

THE GOLDEN GOPHERS WIN THEIR 9TH-STRAIGHT BOWL GAME 🔥 pic.twitter.com/da2gMvOcwM

— ESPN (@espn) December 27, 2025

Karma smiles on East Carolina

Marlon Gunn Jr. bought robbed of an unbelievable 68-yard landing run, however East Carolina ended up defeating Pittsburgh 23-17 within the Go Bowling Military Bowl on Saturday.

With the Pirates main 10-7 and dealing with a fourth-and-1 from their very own 32, Gunn ran proper and escaped a scrum alongside the sideline and raced for an obvious rating. However, a referee inadvertently blew his whistle, and the run was merely a modest achieve. The ref’s mistake bought compounded two performs later, when ECU fumbled and Pitt returned it for a landing and a 14-10 lead.

Chaston Ditta later linked with Anthony Smith for a 72-yard landing go that put the Pirates up for good — and perhaps helped that ref sleep a bit higher Saturday night time.

This sequence of occasions in Pitt-ECU 😳

ECU’s TD was overturned for an inadvertent whistle, Pitt takes the lead on a scoop and rating after which ECU solutions again 😮 pic.twitter.com/tnG2IiBvMu

— ESPN (@espn) December 27, 2025

ESPN reporter prevents escape

Paul Carcaterra used a few of his lacrosse athleticism to forestall UTSA head coach Jeff Traylor from escaping a well-earned Gatorade bathe after the Roadrunners’ 57-20 victory over Florida International within the First Responders Bowl in Dallas on Saturday.

Carcaterra, who helped lead Syracuse to the lacrosse nationwide title in 1995, blocked Traylor from avoiding the drenching from his UTSA gamers.

Traylor in all probability might sense it coming after his workforce outscored FIU 43-6 over the ultimate three quarters to run away from a sport that was tied 14-14 within the first quarter.

UTSA coach Jeff Traylor tried to keep away from a Gatorade bathtub, however ESPN sideline reporter Paul Carcaterra blocked his escape… pic.twitter.com/ID9ULzMDQb

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 27, 2025