One of the best stories of the college football season takes over the spotlight in Tuesday's Boca Raton Bowl.
Two years after failing to field a team, UAB went 10-3 and won the Conference USA Championship to set up a matchup with MAC champion Northern Illinois.
The Boca Raton Bowl is one of three bowl games pitting a pair of conference champions against each other, with the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl the other two.
The Blazers and Huskies won their respective conference titles in similar fashion, as UAB used a game-winning field goal with three minutes and 23 seconds left to beat Middle Tennessee State, and Northern Illinois knocked off Buffalo on a touchdown pass with 1:09 remaining.