The accomplishments this season of Oregon's Bo Nix and North Carolina's Drake Maye make them perhaps the best QB matchup in the Holiday Bowl's 43-year history
A day before he and his teammates boarded a plane to San Diego for the 2022 SDCCU Holiday Bowl, North Carolina redshirt freshman quarterback Drake Maye was beating back rumors of $5 million NIL deals waiting for him elsewhere.
“For me, I think college football is going to turn into a mess. They’re going to have to do something. There was nothing to me or my family directly offered from any of these other schools. Nothing was said or offered to the Mayes.” All the chatter in the three weeks since the matchup was announced between No. 15 Oregon and North Carolina was announced has distracted from what should be the storyline here — that in Maye and Nix the Holiday Bowl may have its best quarterback matchup in the game’s 43- year history.• Jim McMahon rallied BYU from a 20-point deficit with less than four minutes remaining for a 46-45 win over SMU in the 1980 Holiday Bowl.
• Brian Kavanaugh came off the bench in the second quarter when Kansas State’s starting quarterback was injured and guided the Wildcats — who scored three TDs in nine plays in the second quarter — to a 54-21 win over Colorado State in the 1995 Holiday Bowl. • Then there was the night that Cal’s Aaron Rodgers was the second-best quarterback on the field, overshadowed by Texas Tech’s Sonny Cumbie in the Red Raiders’ 45-31 win in the 2004 Holiday Bowl.
The quarterbacks have these teams ranked among the nation’s top teams in total offense, with Oregon fourth and North Carolina 15th .
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