Chris Ault has led the Wolf Pack to yet another default-appearance in the post season. After completely dominating perennial cellar dweller, Louisiana Tech 49-10 on Saturday (in front of approximately 10,000 fans), Ault gladly accepted an invite to the 2nd annual New Mexico Bowl.
The Wolf Pack, 6-6 on the season, "earned" an invite due to the fact that June Jone's Hawaii football team will be playing the BCS's Sugar Bowl. Had UH not been invited to a non-WAC affiliated bowl, the Pack would have almost assuredly been left out in the cold. This marks the second consecutive year that the University of Nevada's football team has accepted a bid to a WAC affiliated bowl game because another WAC team earned a BCS bowl appearance. The Western Athletic Conference is aligned with 3 bowl games.
The Pack fan base has acknowledge this seemingly undeserved bowl-eligbility, by attending home football games in alarmingly small numbers. Chris Ault's football team is recently drawing an attendance less than that required to remain NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (D1) eligible. Click HERE to read a USA Today blog on the issue of D1 attendance requirements.
The auspicious New Mexico Bowl will be held on December 22, 2007, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
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