WMU's P.J. Fleck gathers his emotions after triumphing over University of Ohio in the Mid-American Conference Championship in December 2016.
It is evident that Fleck has worked his way up to making it to the Cotton Bowl. This has been a work in progress for many years, dating back to when he was a college athlete himself.
Despite being apart of two Mid-American Conference West Division co-championship teams in 2001 and 2002 as a wide receiver at Northern Illinois University, Fleck never saw any bowl action. Unfortunately for Fleck, NIU reached the Silicon Valley Classic just the year after he graduated.