Palm Beach County’s sole bowl game will host a pair of teams from up north.
Louisville (8-4) and Toledo (8-4) will face off in the Dec. 23 bowl game at FAU’s Flagler Credit Union Stadium in Boca Raton on Dec. 23, the bowl organizers announced Sunday.
The Cardinals, an ACC team, were last in South Florida in October when they upset then-No. 2 Miami at Hard Rock Stadium. Louisville dropped three consecutive games as it dealt with injuries at the end of the year, but the Cardinals concluded their season on a high note with a blowout win against rival Kentucky.
The Cardinals, who are making their first-ever appearance in the Boca Raton Bowl, are led by talented running backs Isaac Brown (a Homestead native who led the team with 782 rushing yards despite playing eight games) and Keyjuan Brown (592 yards, six touchdowns).
Louisville has seven players from South Florida on its team: Brown (Homestead High), Stanquan Clark (Miami Central High), T.J Capers (Miami Columbus High), JoJo Evans Jr. (Riviera Beach, Dwyer High), Shai Kochav (Fort Lauderdale, TRU Prep), Jimmy Williams III (Miami Gardens, American Heritage), Bobby Golden (Miami Palmetto)
Toledo has played in the Boca Raton Bowl twice previously: once in 2015 and again in 2022. The Rockets won both games.
Toledo went 8-4 this season and finished tied for third in the Mid-American Conference. The Rockets are currently on a four-game winning streak and feature quarterback Tucker Gleason (2,515 yards, 21 touchdowns, nine interceptions) and running back Chip Trayanum (950 rushing yards, 11 touchdowns).
However, Toledo coach Jason Candle just left the Rockets to take the UConn head coaching job. Co-Offensive Coordinator and quarterbacks coach Robert Weiner will lead the team in the bowl game, according to the Toledo Blade.
Toledo has four players on its roster from South Florida: Andre Fuller (Loxahatchee, Seminole Ridge High), Hyajah Miller (North Lauderdale, Coconut Creek High), Wayne Peart II (Pembroke Pines, Chaminade-Madonna Prep) and Jeremiah Peters (Miami, Booker T. Washington High).
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