There are nine bowl games this year matching ranked teams. There were eight then.
Of the 6 games played on NYD that year there were three good games, the others had scores of
38-6, 43-14, 41-0. This year we had the same number of good games with three more still coming on the schedule.
NIU was a debacle this year and didn't deserve to be there. Other than that it was a great day of football. That, and the Clemson vs. LSU game on NYE was epic.