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

[Mike Nolan]

> My understanding is that you could count a single 1-AA
> win every other year.  Starting next year, you can
> count it every year.

The NCAA post-season football guide still has the 1 in 4 year rule in it,
but I think you're right that they're changing it next year when the 12
game season becomes an every-year possibility (something I predicted 
would happen when the 12 game rule was first introduced.  I wonder if that
means the clock is now ticking towards the 13 game season?)

One thing that isn't clear to me:  Are teams REQUIRED to schedule 12 
games next year, or just PERMITTED to?

Pat correctly noted that the Huskers didn't use the 1-AA rule in 2002,
so 6 wins is what they need this year.  I wonder what bowl game that'd 
get them?  ESPN had them pegged for the Holiday Bowl yesterday, I suspect 
that's a lot less likely this evening.
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Mike Nolan