It carried a different name in 2006. The Emerald Bowl, they called it then. Played at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. That's where Bobby Bowden and his Florida State team showed up with a 6-6 record to play 7-5 UCLA.
Not exactly flattering records. But Gary Cavalli remembers that the bowl had a sellout crowd of 40,331 to watch the in-state Bruins and the Noles.
There's good reason that game came up. Cavalli, executive director of the Foster Farms Bowl, had it in mind as he talked about the very real possibility of a 5-7 Nebraska team playing in his Dec.