After eight days of tense waiting and scoreboard watching, Ball State finally learned Sunday evening it will not play in a bowl game this year. It and Western Kentucky are the only two teams that are eligible to play in a bowl, but will instead watch from the couch.
With five other teams from the Mid-American Conference bowl eligible and just three guaranteed bowls for the conference, the Cardinals' hopes lay in the MAC's secondary bowl agreements. Ultimately, those weren't even enough to get into a bowl with a 6-6 record.
"There are 72 teams for 70 spots and unfortunately, we weren't one of them," athletic director Tom Collins said. "Another win probably would have solidified [a bowl berth] for us.
"But it doesn't diminish the great year for Pete [Lembo] and our student-athletes."
For more on this story, read Monday's edition of The Ball State Daily News.
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