[Husker] Would a 6-5 Nebraska team be bowl-eligible?

[Pat Gaule]

Mike Nolan wrote:

>Does Nebraska need 2 more wins to be bowl-eligible this year?
>
>In the 2002-03 season they had six wins in the regular season, including 
>a win over 1-AA McNeese State.  Aren't they allowed to count a win against 
>a 1-AA towards bowl eligibility just once every four years?
>
That's not correct.  Nebraska had 7 regular seasons wins in 2002.  
Excluding the 1-AA win over McNeese State, they were 6-6.  Since 2002 
was a season where all teams could schedule 12 games, 6-6 was considered 
"bowl eligible."  Therefore, Nebraska did not "count" the McNeese State 
victory toward bowl eligbility.

On a side note...Nebraska actually had 13 regular season games that year 
because they played in an extra "preseason" game to open the season 
against Arizona State.