The Holiday Bowl committee may have an easy solution if Minnesota players go through with their threat to boycott their bowl game against Washington State: simply invite another team.
That team, according to ESPN's Brett McMurphy, would be 5-7 Northern Illinois, which "likely would play" in the game.
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The Huskies, despite their record, won four of their last five games in the regular season. Moreover, six of their seven losses came to bowl-eligible opponents. They also boast a win over bowl-eligible Eastern Michigan.