Number 10: Quarterback Nate Davis will bounce back with a much better performance after four fumbles against University at Buffalo in the MAC title game.
Number 9: Running back MiQuale Lewis will cap off the best single season any tailback has had in program history with a huge performance.
Number 8: Ball State fans can take a sigh of relief ... the referees from the MAC Championship Game will not follow Ball State down to Mobile, Ala.
Number 7: University of Tulsa's offense ranks second in the nation in points per game with 47.4.
Number 6: It will be an awkward handshake before the game when the last two Ball State athletics directors - Tulsa director Bubba Cunningham and Ball State's Tom Collins - greet each other.
Number 5: Sorry Tulsa, there is nothing golden about a hurricane.
Number 4: Tulsa coach Todd Graham and Ball State coach Brady Hoke were two of several candidates to interview for the Auburn head-coaching job.
Number 3: Hoke won't be on the Auburn sideline next year, but he will be coaching his final game as a Cardinal in the GMAC Bowl.
Number 2: Ball State is trying to win its first bowl game in its 84-year history.
And the number one thing to know about this game is...Don't get too excited. Ball State will likely lose its second game of the season at the GMAC Bowl.