Players in the Hyundai Sun Bowl get to choose from a selection of gifts. Bret Bloomquist/El Paso Times
Right up until they walked up two flights of stairs to the University of Texas at El Paso's Durham Center, Monday didn't feel much like Christmas for the football players from Arizona State and North Carolina State.
The Sun Devils spent their afternoon practicing for the Hyundai Sun Bowl at the Socorro Student Activities Complex, while the Wolfpack spent a big portion of it flying across two time zones from Raleigh to El Paso.