FORT COLLINS — Opening up a bowl game is nothing new for the Colorado State football team. Alan Young, the chief operating officer of the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, hopes his group's newest creation will live up to the Rams' expectations.
"That's what our goal is, to make sure it's a good experience for the players and the fans, but mainly the players and the seniors," Young said Monday. "That's what it's all about."
Colorado State previously played in the first New Orleans Bowl (2001) and Poinsettia Bowl (2005).
The Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl received clearance from the NCAA in March, but getting it played this season didn't become official until August when then the group landed a title sponsor, allowing it to draw from a pool of teams from either the Mountain West, Conference USA or the Sun Belt.