The reward for winning the Mountain West Conference is a trip to the Las Vegas Bowl.
UNLV Football
How much time does Rebels coach Mike Sanford have to turn UNLV’s football program into a winner? He’ll open his fourth season with a 7 p.m. Saturday kickoff against Utah State at Sam Boyd Stadium. Does he get a fifth season regardless? Does he need to win a certain number of games? Is the state’s economy a factor? Only time will tell.
OK, I admit it. I went too far last season. I allowed myself to get caught up in the promise of UNLV football, or at least the promise of improved play and more wins that coach Mike Sanford continues to, well, promise.
UNLV coach Mike Sanford was careful to caution it wasn’t set in stone, but the football team’s depth chart for Saturday’s opener against Utah State lists incoming freshman Phillip Payne as a starting wide receiver.
It’s tough to stop UNLV running back Frank “The Tank” Summers when he gets rolling.
It’s not a subject anyone with UNLV’s football team wants to think about, much less discuss.
With the football season opener around the corner, UNLV sophomore Quinton Pointer has had trouble sleeping.
UNLV senior starting defensive tackle Jacob Hales dislocated his left elbow Wednesday night at Rebel Park, and his status is unknown for the Aug. 30 opener against Utah State at Sam Boyd Stadium.
ELY — UNLV broke its eastern Nevada training camp Tuesday morning and headed back to Las Vegas with plenty accomplished and plenty to be hopeful about.
ELY — UNLV’s football team practiced an overtime drill Monday so the Rebels would be prepared should they take an opponent beyond the fourth quarter.
ELY — UNLV junior defensive tackle Perry Eppenger entered training camp in shape and supposedly with a new commitment to football.
ELY — Linebacker Jason Beauchamp got it started early for UNLV’s defense.
ELY — It wasn’t even a question last year. Linebacker Beau Bell was the star and face of the UNLV football team.
ELY — It doesn’t take 100 hours of video study by an experienced football coach to determine two of UNLV’s biggest weaknesses last season were failures in the red zone and on special teams.
ELY — Even incoming freshman Phillip Payne, a Western High School graduate, didn’t realize how many locals played football for UNLV when he signed.
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