While UCF is playing in a bowl in its backyard, Arkansas State was elated to learn it would be taking a road trip to Orlando to take on the Knights in the AutoNation Cure Bowl.
The Red Wolves (7-5) brushed off an 0-4 start and went on to earn a share of the Sun Belt title.
"When I told them the other night where we're going, they were extremely excited," coach Blake Anderson told reporters during a press conference Thursday. "This is just something a lot of kids would never have the opportunity to do.