UNLV president Neal Smatresk promised early last week he would be closely watching the football program, and said Rebels coach Mike Sanford was being evaluated on a weekly basis.
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If this is bouncing back, I’d hate to see what UNLV’s football team looks like when it’s not focused.
Effort should be the one guaranteed trait a football player owns. Speed. Strength. Skill. Smarts. You can lack in all of these and still play hard.
Welcome home, Brigham Young.
Junior college players are usually signed to address a need on a football team but often don’t provide instant help.
Brigham Young senior quarterback Max Hall was careful not to criticize UNLV’s defense after watching videotape of the Rebels’ 63-28 loss at UNR. He said the football game wasn’t indicative of what he expects to face when the No. 18 Cougars play UNLV at 7 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The Lady Rebels’ first season under coach Kathy Olivier ended with a losing record, but it was considered a success. UNLV is predicted to finish seventh in the MWC in the 2009-10 season, according to a poll of the league’s nine head coaches and select media. Olivier is shooting for higher goals after a strong finish to her first year.
I have met UNLV president Neal Smatresk once. I have spoken to him twice. I know he ran track and swam in high school. I know he has a daughter who played soccer and a son who played baseball. I know his wife enjoys watching volleyball.
Predictions in October mean nothing in March, so UNLV basketball coach Lon Kruger expressed no qualms with the poll results unveiled Tuesday.
Brigham Young coach Bronco Mendenhall can’t control perception, but he knows the implications are real.
UNLV football coach Mike Sanford now is under the microscope of the university president’s office. … President Neal Smatresk said Monday he was troubled by the state of the program following Saturday’s 63-28 loss at the University of Nevada, Reno, in which the Rebels gave up 773 yards. … The Rebels dropped to 2-3 and are 13-39 under Sanford, who is in his fifth season.