As of October 28th, Nebraska had a 5-3 record including a 31-14 win over Purdue that day. All the Huskers needed for bowl eligibility was just one more win in the final four games of the season. Easy peasy, right? As fate would have it, NU lost its next three games setting up a must win home game with Iowa on Black Friday. Win the dang game and the Huskers were going bowling for the first time since 2016. Late in that game, NU looked as if it might end seven years of frustration. With under a minute to go in the game and the score tied at 10, NU got what it needed: an interception that put NU …