ESPN gave explanation why the spelling error was shown during the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl game between Fresno State and Northern Illinois. Throughout the broadcast Fresno State was refereed to as the “Bulldongs” instead of the Bulldogs.

Monday's Famous Idaho Potato Bowl featured one of the strangest typographic errors in ESPN broadcast history. During Fresno State's bowl game against Northern Illinois, the ESPN graphic did not list Fresno State's mascot as the Bulldogs.

The loss dropped the Bulldogs to 6-7 on the season under interim head coach Tim Skipper. However, it will be Skipper's final game in charge, as former North Dakota State head coach Matt Entz has been hired as Fresno State's full-time head coach.