On a chilly Friday afternoon at UB Stadium, Buffalo shed off its touchdown-underdog status and stunned the Ohio Bobcats to achieve bowl eligibility. Ohio dropped its last two on the road to finish the season and will not participate in the MAC Championship, while Buffalo rode a three-game win streak to surge to a .500 record.
Here's what we learned from Buffalo's 31-24 win:
Buffalo is much better than its 6-6 record suggests
Buffalo opened the season 0-2 and suffered from a four-game skid around midseason. But all of these games were incredibly close and some may have resulted in victories had the Bulls not faced several quarterback injuries.