We've gotten screwed over by the bowl process too. In 2000, Notre Dame got a BCS bid over us even though we finished with as good a record & beat them head-to-head.
Notre dumb will always beat out another team in the bowl process when their record is the same. They are the most watched and followed team in the country. However, NU will get picked over most teams simply because we travel extremely well. As long as we're not competing with Notre dumb for a bowl slot, we're almost assured we'll get that slot.
Yeah, like this year they beat out a Big 12 inellagible no-show for the Sun Bowl slot.
EDIT: Dang, I should have read "the same record". Bad Husker fan, bad, bad, Husker fan.