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2017 Quick Lane Bowl: Five Things Learned

The Northern Illinois Huskies were looking for another “boneyard win” yesterday when the took on the Duke Blue Devils in the Quick Lane Bowl.

However, after tying the game at 14 early in the second quarter, the Huskies would allow 22 unanswered points in the final 36 minutes of play and drop their fifth straight bowl game.

So what did we learn?

1. Rod Carey is awful in bowl games

Carey is no 0-5 in bowl games. Even if you let him slide on the Orange Bowl loss (his first ever game as head coach), the next four games are unforgivable.