Rebels will ring in the New Year in HOD Bowl vs. UNT

[Harry]

When people went to bed Saturday night there was no guarantee the UNLV football team would play in a bowl game. Then came Sunday morning and a phone call to Athletic Director Tina Kunzer-Murphy that announced the Rebels would have to wait until 2014. Well, a few hours into it anyways.

Who would have ever thought that UNLV would be playing in a New Years Day bowl, said fourth-year Rebels coach Bobby Hauck.

The Rebels (7-5) accepted a bid to play in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against North Texas (8-4) on Jan. 1 in the Cotton Bowl. The game will air on ESPNU at 9 a.m. Las Vegas time.

The final tally had 79 Division I teams reach bowl eligibility for 70 spots. That included seven Mountain West teams for six league-affiliated games.

Kunzer-Murphy worked her phone all week, talking to Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson, bowl officials and leaders at ESPN Regional Television, which operates five of the leagues six games plus several others nationally. The Heart of Dallas Bowl is a new one under ERT control.

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/dec/08/unlv-football-bowl-bid/

[VideoEagle]

It appears most people are excited over a New Year's Day bowl game. Playing on New Year's Day has been the goal of every college team for decades and both NT and UNLV get to do just that for the first time.

[Army of Dad]

It appears most people are excited over a New Year's Day bowl game. Playing on New Year's Day has been the goal of every college team for decades and both NT and UNLV get to do just that for the first time.

Second time for UNT, played in the Salad Bowl in the 40s(?) on New Year's Day.

[Digi368]

Congrats on the bowl bid UNT! I think you beat UNLV by a few TDs.