Bobby home for New Year's Day

Maybe he was a "big time" football player in high school. But was sitting on th bench in college.

not exactly a plot hole ..... But yeah just because he was a huge football player in highschool doesn't mean anything about college lol

Most likely a bench warmer

He was put on the bench because of his mullet.

Yes, bowl games are usually played around New Year's. However, there's a chance that Iowa didn't get selected to play in a bowl game that year.

For the record, if it's NYE 1986 OR 1987, Iowa played in the Holiday Bowl each of those years, which was late December, in San Diego. Thus, Bobby could have gotten home in time. Hayden Fry would have allowed the players to go from the bowl game straight to their homes.

Also, Bobby, I believe, was a running back. The Hawkeyes were loaded at RB those years, so Bobby may not have even made the traveling squad and been left off the bowl game roster altogether :)

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Bobby being a first year player could have also been redshirted and not played any his first year. A lot of different variables.