GARY KAZANJIAN / The Associated Press)
FORT COLLINS — For the third time in program history, Colorado State's football team gets to take part in an inaugural bowl game.
It is the first time, however, their bowl date has been a conference game, too.
The Rams accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl on Dec. 29, facing Nevada, also out of the Mountain West at Arizona Stadium (5:30 p.m.).
Colorado State also appeared in the first New Orleans Bowl (2001) and the Poinsettia Bowl (2005).
The Rams will arrive in Tucson on Christmas day.