Wolf Pack in Arizona Bowl: The top six takeaways

Buy PhotoFollowing its 7-5 regular season, the Nevada football team accepted a bid on Sunday to play in the Arizona Bowl later this month.

The Wolf Pack will face Arkansas State (8-4) of the Sun Belt. It will be Nevada’s first bowl appearance since 2015, when the Pack won the inaugural Arizona Bowl.

With practices beginning again at Wolf Pack Park, here’s a look at the big takeaways from Sunday’s bowl announcement:

There’s no bad bowls

Nevada hasn’t been to a bowl game since 2015, is coming off a 3-9 season, and lost to its major rival in its most recent game.

So, even though the Wolf Pack didn’t technically land in one of the Mountain West’s “Tier I” bowls, there’s not a lot of room for…