Four UNLV football players have been suspended as a result of the postgame brawl following the Rebels’ win over UNR at Reno on Nov. 30, the Mountain West announced Monday.
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Marcus Arroyo was formally introduced Friday morning at the Fertitta Football Complex as UNLV’s new football coach. He agreed to a five-year, $7.7 million contract.
It’s up to new head football coach Marcus Arroyo to excite the UNLV fan base, which is hungry for success.
For their role in the postgame brawl with UNLV on Nov. 30, four UNR football players were issued suspensions Tuesday by the Mountain West for violating the league’s sportsmanship rule.
The Las Vegas Bowl will be known this year as the Chris Petersen Bowl. Petersen will coach his final game at Washington on Dec. 21 against his former team, Boise State.
Kenyon Oblad threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Steve Jenkins in overtime to give UNLV a 33-30 win at UNR on Saturday in the final game for Rebels coach Tony Sanchez.
UNLV and UNR have different ideas how to make their football season more significant. The teams meet at noon Saturday in Reno.
UNLV was expected to move into Allegiant Stadium full time next season, but its games against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 5 and Arizona State on Sept. 12 might be played at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois announced Monday that she had fired football coach Tony Sanchez after five seasons.
Former UNLV All-America safety Jamaal Brimmer was one of more than 200 ex-players who took part in festivities before the Rebels’ victory over San Jose State on Saturday.
If UNLV decides to fire Tony Sanchez, athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois figures to conduct the same kind of search that landed basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger.
Previous UNLV football coaches Mike Sanford and Bobby Hauck, like Tony Sanchez, had high hopes when they took over only to be faced with the harsh reality of building the program.
“Rebel Nation” host Cassie Soto discusses the UNLV football and basketball teams with beat writer Mark Anderson.
In this week’s Rebel Nation, hosted by the Review-Journal’s Cassie Soto and Mark Anderson, discuss Saturday’s 34-10 victory over Vanderbilt and what that could mean going forward.
With Armani Rogers still trying to come back from a sprained knee, UNLV will start quarterback Kenyon Oblad on Saturday at Vanderbilt. Rogers’ availability is uncertain.
