It's the Las Vegas Bowl, featuring the MWC champion vs. an at-large opponent. This year it was Fresno State vs. USC. Yes, UNLV is close to the strip. In fact, the Hard Rock Resort and Casino is just across the street, this year hosting the Adult Entertainment Exposition.kalm wrote: Vegas would be great. IIRC UNLV is close to the strip too. The WCC holds its hoops there now and it seems to work out fine for them. There's also a bowl game in Vegas.
No matter. Paradise Street, which divides them, divides them more than in just geography. People don't realize that there is "Vegas," and then there is "Las Vegas." UNLV is in Las Vegas, not "Vegas." In short, the NCAA is stupid if it opposes Las Vegas hosting the FCS Championship game.