As mentioned in the recap in San Jose’s regular season loss to Boise State, which sealed their fate at 5-7, it was mentioned that even though it wasn’t likely, there would still be a chance that the Spartans can make it to a bowl game with a plethora of bowls in today’s college football.
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This is the first matchup between Georgia State and the Mountain West Conference’s San Jose State (5-7, 4-4 Mountain West).
This Thanksgiving, San Jose State football had plenty of things to be thankful for. Gophers coach Tracy Claeys has said his team wants to play and because the Big Ten won’t be able to fill all its bowl contracts with eligible teams, Minnesota’s season will continue.
Set for primetime on a Saturday night, the game will mark the third time in four years Nebraska has played the Bruins, with UCLA besting NU in both 2012 and 2013.
“We’re certainly not going to apologize for being selected”, Riley said. Namely, their high graduation rate and the glut of bowl games that has left the NCAA searching for sub-.500 teams to fill out their postseason slate.
“The 26th, I can’t it’s tough to get out that way I have a couple friends out that way that’ll probably go”, said Kevin. Their best win came against a 7-5 New Mexico team, but their other three FBS victories were over programs with a combined 9-28 record. Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson called the system a “travesty”, as Nebraska drew the nod against UCLA over Mountain West units Nevada (6-6) and Colorado State (7-5).
Riley has also coached in this bowl before, too, though it was known as the Emerald Bowl in 2007 when his Oregon State team defeated Maryland 21-14.
Nebraska and UCLA have a storied history of outstanding matchups on the gridiron.
The Foster Farms Bowl is scheduled for a 6:15 p.m. PST kickoff and will be shown to a national audience by ESPN. The former Green Bay Packer center in Super Bowl I stayed for three seasons.
The team was 1-4 with consecutive defeats to Football Championship Subdivision power Liberty and Sun Belt runner-up Appalachian State. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
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