San Jose State erased an 11-point halftime deficit but couldn’t beat South Florida in a five-overtime thriller.

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Each of the last three years, San Jose State football’s season has ended in a bowl game loss. This time it was a 41-39 defeat in five overtimes to South Florida in the Hawaii Bowl.

What harm would there have been? San Jose State and South Florida had to go through five overtimes in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve. The Bulls eventually won, 41-39. It was just a middling bowl game. So rather than risk injury and stretching the season out beyond reason, why not just end the game in a tie?

Hawai‘i Bowl will kick off on Tuesday at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, with San Jose State facing South Florida in a matchup that brings a number of island homecomings for the Spartans. San Jose State,

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South Florida and San Jose State both score on 2-point conversion attempts, bringing the game to a fourth overtime.

Bryce Archie found Keshaun Singleton over the middle to give USF the lead in the fifth overtime, and Mac Harris batted down a pass in the end zone to give the Bulls a 41-39 victory over San Jose State on Tuesday night in the Hawaii Bowl.

Keshaun Singleton caught the winning two-point pass from Bryce Archie in the fifth overtime to help South Florida post a dramatic 41-39 victory over San Jose State in the Hawaii