Nebraska mostly owned the first half, racking up 189 yards of offense and finding the end zone twice while playing stout defense. However, two turnovers and a blocked point-after attempt that was returned for a score kept the Eagles in the game.

Hell, the bowl games have better than the playoff so far - why should ours be any different? And it would be so un-Husker-like to snag that winning record with an easy dub :-)

The last time Nebraska sat out the bowl season for seven years in a row, the Big 12 was still the Big 8, the 10 schools in the Big Ten didn't include the Cornhuskers, and Yankee Stadium was still the House that Ruth Built.