FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas football will be treading new ground this Holiday season.
The Razorbacks (7-5) accepted a berth in the Belk Bowl on Sunday to take on Virginia Tech (9-4), winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.
Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 29 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., home of the NFL's Carolina Panthers.
Arkansas and Virginia Tech will meet for the first time and the Razorbacks will be playing in the state of North Carolina for the first time.
Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema, who worked the SEC championship game as an analyst for the SEC Network in Atlanta on Saturday, met with the media on Sunday evening then flew immediately to New York City for activities related to the National Football Foundation's annual awards ceremony and for recruiting.