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.

The Northern Illinois Huskies (7-5) and Fresno State Bulldogs (6-6) meet Monday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Kickoff from Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET (ESPN).

Somebody running the graphics for ESPN’s coverage of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was having a rough day. The bowl game featured the Northern Illinois Huskies and the Fresno State Bulldogs, but on several occasions during the game, it seems Fresno State was given an unfortunate new nickname.

The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl between Fresno State and Northern Illinois will be shown on ESPN. Kickoff is set for 11:30 a.m. from Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The game will be Tim Skipper’s last as the Bulldogs’ interim coach since the hiring of head coach Matt Entz.

Freshman wide receiver George Dimopoulos threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Dane Pardridge on the first play of double overtime and Jordan Hansen ended the game on a fourth-down sack to give the Huskies a 28-20 victory over Fresno State.