Kyle Cleveland says this season is proof that you should be thankful for what you have; after all, it’s not often a team with a 5 and 7 record gets to go to a bowl game.
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Riley said a win would start the offseason on a positive note. Nebraska, in its 1st season under coach Mike Riley, won two of its last three, together with a 39-38 win over Michigan State.UCLA (Eight-Four) had a probability to play within the Rose Bowl still lost to rival USC.
The Bruins and Huskers shared one common opponent this year. The Foster Farms Bowl will be the 13 all-time meeting between the universities and the first in the postseason. Nebraska’s high Academic Progress Rate score was what actually put NU first in line among 5-win teams.
Mangum finished the regular season with 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions, completing 62.1 percent of his passes for 3,062 yards.
Alcorn State will face North Carolina A&T in the inaugural Celebration Bowl on December 19 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
“We are honored to host Georgia State and San Jose State at the first-ever AutoNation Cure Bowl presented by Florida Hospital”, said Orlando Sports Foundation CEO, Alan Gooch. There weren’t enough teams with six-win, .500 records to fill 80 bowl slots, so Nebraska and two other teams were allowed to round out the bowl field. Look no further than the Foster Farms Bowl which pins the Big Ten against the Pac-12 in what many don’t realize is a solid bowl game.
The expanding bowl schedule, and the NCAA’s eligibility waivers, ignited a mild controversy over how many bowls are too many, and how teams should be selected.
Stanford ranked 6th, with an 11-2 record and a win in the Pac-12 championship game.
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“That’s why I don’t really get this whole fuss about the Mountain West”, he said. “We’re going to work even harder to get Nebraska football to where we want Nebraska football to be”. 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). “I think this next month will be crucial for Nebraska football and we’ll have a better idea of what we’re going to have in the future”.
