The Obama sisters, Malia and Sasha, attended the Hawaii Bowl. President Barack Obama’s daughters arrived at Aloha Stadium in a motorcade a few minutes before kickoff without their parents, but with other family members, including Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson, who is the brother of First Lady Michelle Obama.
"We were raised on basketball," Malia said. "But football is solid."
It was the third day in a row of watching sports events for the girls, as they also attended Oregon State’s first two games in the Diamond Head Classic basketball tournament at the Stan Sheriff Center.
The group left the stadium in the second half with the Beavers holding a comfortable lead.
Kell thwarts BSU drive
Hilo grad Devon Kell came up with a big play late in the second quarter to hold Boise State to its worst half since its season opener against Washington.
Kell, who didn’t get the start, came racing around the left side of Boise’s offensive line to sack quarterback Grant Hedrick on third-and-3 from the OSU 32.
It forced a fourth-and-long that Boise State failed to convert, preserving a 31-6 halftime lead.
It was Boise State’s worst half of football since its last game against a Pac-12 team, when it was outscored 28-3 in the second half against the Huskies back in August.
Fan gets early present
A young boy who was forced to give up a football he received after a Boise State extra point landed in the crowd got an even better one from Hawaii Bowl executive director David A.K. Matlin.
When security tried to get the ball back from the kid, another fan picked it up and tossed it up the south end zone stands to another person.
The ball eventually made its way around the makai sideline to the other end zone before it was eventually recovered by security.
After fans chanted, ‘Let him keep it,’ directed at the young fan, he was waved onto the field by security and presented an official game ball by Matlin.
The kid triumphantly held the ball above his head, eliciting a roar from the crowd late in the third quarter.
He was later interviewed during the game telecast on ESPN.
Ioane holds it down
Boise State junior Jeremy Ioane, a Punahou alumnus, led the Broncos with 10 tackles and helped hold OSU quarterback Sean Mannion to 259 yards passing.
Mannion was held to 100 fewer yards than his season average per game, but the Beavers made up for it rushing for 195 yards.
OSU entered the game averaging 86 yards a contest on the ground.
"I knew they were going to have something for us. They had a plan," Ioane said. "They came out for the first couple of plays and knew which direction they had to go and we came up short in stopping them."
