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Coach gets defensive at last, but not the way we’d hoped

Jim Rogers has the right idea. If you want to be any good in today’s Bowl Championship Series landscape of college football, you buy the chicken first and then hope it can produce the golden egg.

Sanford: Program neglected

Mike Sanford insisted he wasn’t frustrated or bitter, that he simply wanted to set the record straight for the good of UNLV football.

Potential replacements plentiful

Now that coach Mike Sanford’s status has been determined, UNLV faces a decision that will affect its football program for many years.

UNLV sacks football coach Sanford

The situation was clear entering this season: Mike Sanford needed to go at least 6-6 and take UNLV to a bowl game or he was out as the Rebels’ football coach.

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Falcons run (and run and run) past UNLV

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Doesn’t matter whether it’s UNR, Texas Christian or Air Force, if the opponent has a quality running attack, UNLV is in trouble.

UNLV faces tough task vs. Air Force

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Defense has kept Air Force in every football game this season, but the Falcons are still defined by their triple option.

Scout-team quarterback impressing

UNLV knew it was getting a highly touted football player when it signed quarterback Caleb Herring in February.

Air Force clamps down on defense

The outcome was downright ugly the last time the UNLV football team ran into a top-notch defense: a 41-0 rout at the hands of Texas Christian on Oct. 31.

TCU, Patterson learned lesson from loss to Utah

Most football coaches act as if point spreads don’t exist, but Utah’s Kyle Whittingham acknowledged being a big underdog Saturday at Texas Christian got his players’ attention.

Arizonan catches footballs, reptiles

Editor’s note: This is the latest installment of a feature in which the Las Vegas Review-Journal asks 20 questions of a UNLV football player. Today’s Q&A is with tight end Kyle Watkins, a sophomore from Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Ariz., and Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College.

Rebels easily clear hurdle

So this is what it’s like to see UNLV beat Colorado State in Las Vegas.

UNLV fighting for survival

Survival mode doesn’t know opponents. It doesn’t care about records, assess skill, wonder how and why those crouching opposite it arrived at this moment.

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