bowl game

Before Kansas State played its bowl game at the end of the 2023 season, Frias entered the transfer portal.

When Anthony giddily walked into the Rose Bowl for the first time as a player, during a practice before the 2024 season opener, he FaceTimed his parents, even going over to the seat where he and his father had watched that Rose Bowl game.

But Skipper said he wasn’t going to introduce the idea of making a bowl game as his next motivational device.

“We want Skip!” the players chanted in the locker room last November after a victory over Colorado State that made them eligible for a bowl game.

Fortunately for Helton, he took the Eagles to a bowl game in his first season, beat Nebraska on the road and even notched a top-25 win against James Madison.