Backup QB guides Tulane into Gasparilla Bowl vs. Florida

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Florida wasn't always sure it was going to win enough games to become bowl-eligible.

Tulane flirted with the possibility of playing its way into the College Football Playoff.

Eventually a late-season surge by the Gators (7-5) and consecutive losses by the Green Wave (9-4) landed them both in the Gasparilla Bowl on Friday in Tampa.

Florida, which failed to make a bowl game at