UTSA head coach Jeff Traylor almost had a perfect night in his squad’s dominant 57-20 win over Florida International at the First Responder Bowl at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on Friday. 

Why wasn’t it a perfect night for Traylor? He couldn’t avoid getting drenched. 

Traylor, 57, knew what was coming as the clock was winding down in the fourth quarter: He was about to get doused with water from his players. So the head coach took off toward the end of the sideline, hoping to escape the oncoming shower.

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The attempt to escape was futile as Traylor made it to the end of the sideline, turned around, and saw wide receiver Jamel Hardy Jr. coming after him. Traylor was held up by a reporter and then got drenched. 

In a last-ditch effort to avoid the water, Traylor fell down onto the Servpro mat by the sideline, which ended up being costly. Traylor was mobbed by his players and found himself at the bottom of an impromptu dogpile, creating a hilarious scene. 

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While at the bottom of the dogpile, Traylor got another bucket of water dumped on him by defensive lineman Kaian Roberts-Day. 

Aside from unsuccessfully evading his players in celebration, Traylor had a good night. UTSA won handily in its sixth consecutive bowl appearance. 

FIU went up 14-0 early, but UTSA stormed back to tie at 14-all before the first quarter ended, and they never looked back. 

UTSA had a 310-93 advantage in total yards in the first half. Quarterback Owen McCown threw three touchdown passes, and running back Will Henderson III scored three times as well. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel was set to be the guest picker on ESPN’s "College GameDay" for the College Football Playoff matchup between his alma mater, the Texas A&M Aggies, and the Miami Hurricanes.

However, at the last second, NBA champion Alex Caruso was put into Manziel’s spot after the former quarterback backed out. Manziel apologized in a post on his Instagram Stories, saying the reason he missed his spot was out of his control and suggested he was battling an illness.

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Questions about the reason for him dropping out rose as he was reportedly spotted at the Jake Paul-Anthony Joshua fight the night before in Miami, Florida.

ESPN’s Rece Davis still seemed to be unsettled over the situation as he alluded to it in a recent podcast.

"When you go to a fight like that, you’ve got to be very careful about where you eat breakfast the next morning," he said on the "College GameDay Podcast." "Because it can leave you ill and give you difficulty in reaching the locales where you are scheduled to be. But I digress.

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"I just wondered, is that what the kids are calling it these days? A bad breakfast? Anyway, wouldn’t cast aspersions anywhere. For those who follow closely, you’ll be able to read between the lines there. You have to follow a little closely."

Manziel missed a closely contested matchup.

Texas A&M had a 6-0 lead with 8:03 left in the fourth quarter. Miami’s Carson Beck then engineered a six-play, 86-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass to Malachi Toney.

Miami won the game 10-3, and will meet Ohio State in the quarterfinals.

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