Football coach Mike Sanford’s proposed three-year contract extension appears to be a good deal for him and UNLV.
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Its football recruiting class nearly finalized, UNLV will have a mostly quiet weekend with only two prospects visiting, including one who has committed.
Utah’s appearance — and victory — in the Sugar Bowl did more than simply increase the Mountain West Conference’s credibility. It might have saved some jobs at UNLV.
B.J. Bell intended to wait until February before picking a school, but barely into the new year, he decided where he wanted to go and figured now was the time to commit.
Recruiting can be unpredictable, and it was just that for UNLV on Tuesday.
UNLV already landed Jarrell Harrison once. The Rebels are spending this weekend trying to get him again.
UNLV continued to make headway with local football recruits, receiving a commitment Thursday from Cheyenne High School’s Marcus Sullivan.
After Mike Sanford’s best season in four years as UNLV’s football coach, he was given a vote of confidence that was more than lip service.
Nate Holloway didn’t waste time changing the outgoing message on his cell phone, switching it Saturday to declare himself a UNLV player.
B.J. Bell knew what was coming, interrupting the predictable question about possibly following his brothers to UNLV.
If not for a sprained ankle in 2007, Ryan Wolfe probably would be looking at a third consecutive All-Mountain West Conference honor.
UNLV football coach Mike Sanford met with athletic director Mike Hamrick for two hours Monday to discuss the state of the program, but there was no news of a contract extension.
By coaching UNLV to its best record since 2003, Mike Sanford appears to have guaranteed his return for a fifth season.
The national glare on college football is its usual powerful November self, what with more BCS updates than holiday sales and those in South Bend buying out the town’s supply of toilet paper to wrap around Charlie Weis’ house and trees and car and anything else connected with the besieged and yet handsomely compensated Notre Dame coach.
SAN DIEGO — A team that loses to San Diego State probably doesn’t deserve to go to a bowl anyway.
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