For the last three decades, it never seemed like things went Missouri State football's way.
But this hasn't been your normal Missouri State football season.
Without playing on Saturday, everything that the Bears needed to happen on the final day of the FCS regular season happened.
Now the Bears will wait until Sunday's 10:30 a.m. FCS Selection Show to know whether it was all enough for them to make the postseason for the first time since 1990. The 16-team bracket reveal will be televised on ESPNU.
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MSU (5-4, 5-1) clinched a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference when it defeated Youngstown State last week at Plaster Stadium.