It was late 2007 and then-Cal High football coach Tony Sanchez was searching for a nonleague opponent to play the following season.
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As a brilliant trick play unfolded, Johnny Knox put a major scare into everyone who bet against the Chicago Bears. A last-minute punt return for a touchdown appeared to produce a miracle point-spread cover.
The funniest sight, and there were plenty given how awful UNLV’s football team was Saturday, might have been the two policemen sitting atop horses in the west end zone at game’s end, apparently guarding against anyone trying to tear down the goal post.
In the early 1900s, there was no Bowl Championship Series or TV money to covet, though it was a time when leaders spoke about men not standing idly by and allowing enemies to dominate the world, so maybe someone knew what was on the horizon for college football.
