The signals were mixed going into this weekend for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers' bowl hopes. Some media bowl projections picked the 7-5 Hilltoppers to play in a bowl game; others didn't.
The former were right.
Western Kentucky will play Central Michigan on Dec. 26 in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, the Hilltoppers' first bowl game since joining college football's top division in 2008, the bowl announced Sunday evening.
