Regardless of what happens on the field, one of the best things about the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is the french fry bath the winning team delivers to its winning coach. It’s exactly how Nevada celebrated its win over Tulane in the bowl game Tuesday at Albertsons Stadium.
With 17 seconds left in the game and Nevada up, 38-20, Wolf Pack players went in for the french fry bath for coach Jay Norvell — followed up by a splash of Gatorade, of course. But the celebration was dampened a little when they were dealt an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
The problem was that a bunch of french fries ended up on the field with officials standing nearby, making the potato-covered part of the turf near the 40-yard line hard to miss.
FRY BATH TIME 🍟 pic.twitter.com/lsaS3MBCOB
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) December 23, 2020
And that led to a comical 15-yard penalty, which, lucky for Nevada, didn’t cost the Wolf Pack the game — although Tulane did score a garbage-time touchdown afterward for a 38-27 final score.
To the next participants of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, keep the fry bath off the field to avoid a minor but really, pretty funny gaffe.
