In a suspense-filled video, the players were given five selections on a giant screen as options were slowly taken away to the theme music from “Jeopardy”.
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At the end, two selections were left and then the whole screen and room went dark.
What happened next was perfect.
Central Michigan will take on the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in the first Popeye’s Bahamas Bowl on Dec. 24 at 12 p.m. ET.