UNLV Football
Mike Sanford has come here, a place discovered when Brigham Young sent Mormon settlers to survey the site of a fort near the banks of a river, a town 82 miles north of Salt Lake City that lies near the slopes of the northernmost branch of the Wasatch Range, to continue a journey.
Gary Andersen gave Utah State an offensive identity after he became the coach in December 2008, but he got the job largely because of his work as Utah’s defensive coordinator.
It was 30 minutes before UNLV played its fourth straight home football game to begin this season, 30 minutes before the Rebels attempted to earn one win before facing their own personal Blair Witch Project, commonly known as road games.
The Rebels rallied from a halftime deficit to beat Air Force tonight in the teams’ Mountain West Conference opener at Sam Boyd Stadium. UNLV (1-3) travels to Utah State next Saturday.