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Dec 24, 2015 - 4:50 AM SAN DIEGO (AP) Jeremy McNichols scored three touchdowns, the first one just 58 seconds into the game, and finished with 189 total yards as Boise State embarrassed Northern Illinois 55-7 in the Poinsettia Bowl on Wednesday.The Broncos (9-4) needed just three plays to score the first TD, the fastest in school bowl history. After completions of 7 and 39 yards by Brett Rypien, McNichols scampered in from 29 yards.
McNichols and the Broncos kept piling on as the back from Long Beach scored on each of the next two possessions, on a 4-yard pass from Rypien and on a 1-yard run.
McNichols ran 19 times for 93 yards and caught five passes for 96 yards. He came in tied with Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry of Alabama for the national lead with 23 TDs.
Rypien was 29 of 40 for 377 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception.
The Broncos outgained the Huskies (8-6) 654 yards to 33. The Huskies avoided a shutout when Aregeros Turner returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown to make it 24-7 midway through the second quarter.
The announced crowd of 21,501 was swallowed up by 70,000-seat Qualcomm Stadium.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 58, BOWLING GREEN 27
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Favian Upshaw ran for 199 yards and four touchdowns to help Georgia Southern beat Bowling Green in the GoDaddy Bowl.
Georgia Southern (9-4) won the first bowl game in school history in the first year it was eligible to go to the postseason. The program transitioned to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2014.
The Eagles won thanks to their trademark running game. They had 452 yards rushing to top their nation-best season average of 355.6 yards.
Bowling Green (10-4) led 27-23 at halftime, but Georgia Southern scored the final 35 points.
Bowling Green was undone by a brutal stretch in the third quarter that included two fumbles by quarterback Matt Johnson deep in the Falcons' own territory. It helped Georgia Southern score three touchdowns - including two by Upshaw - in three minutes and turned a 30-27 game into a blowout.
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