On a frosty Friday in Iowa City (the wind chill measured in the teens at one point) the #14 ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers clinched a conference championship game appearance for the first time as a member of the Big Ten. They will go on to face the Wisconsin Badgers, the projected Leaders Division champion* in Indianapolis on Saturday, December 1st. As for the Huskers victory against Iowa, it was a defensive struggle from the beginning. Both teams had to deal with high winds that interfered with passing (Nebraska avg. 4.5 yards per pass, 63 total; Iowa avg. 3.8 yards per pass, 92 total) and defensive lines that allowed less than 200 rushing yards per team offense (Nebraska avg. 3.7 yards per rush, 195 total; Iowa avg. 2.8 yards per rush, 108 total). Iowa finishes the season with a 2-6 conference record, 4-8 overall, and will not go to a post-season bowl. Nebraska will go the Big Ten Championship as the Legends Division representative with a 7-1 conference record, 10-2 overall.
*Ohio State is undefeated, but cannot play in the postseason because of NCAA sanctions.
Other scores so far:
Syracuse pounds Temple, 38-20; #23 Kent State shuts down Ohio, 28-6; Ball State edges Miami (OH), 31-24; and Northern Illinois annihilates Eastern Michigan, 49-7.
More Scores: East Carolina survives an overtime shootout against Marshall, 65-59; Bowling Green defeats Buffalo, 21-7; #7 LSU outlasts Arkansas for the Golden Boot, 20-13; Utah barely defeats Colorado, 42-35; Central Michigan takes down Massachusetts, 42-21; Washington State de-fangs #25 Washington in overtime, 31-28; and West Virginia gets bowl-eligible by narrowly beating Iowa State, 31-24.
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