The UNLV football team’s national profile is increasing after a standout first season under coach Barry Odom and offensive coordinator Brennan Marion.
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Only one of the 35 men who was a head coach in the NFL this season fared worse in one particular metric than former Raiders coach Josh McDaniels. That was Antonio Pierce.
The idea that a school must be good in football for Power Five inclusion is an antiquated notion in what is now a television revenue-driven world.
Here’s the part often lost in the suggestion that UNLV would be better off without major college football: Such a move wouldn’t come without serious consequences.
The backdrop of Harvey Hyde’s Twitter account is a photo of the former UNLV football coach chatting about “big uglies” with legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson.
Every five years when UNLV fires its football coach there is a great whoop-de-doo and la-di-da about football. It usually lasts until the UNLV basketball team plays a quality nonconference opponent. Is there a program out there UNLV ought to be imitating?
Winds of change could be gusting in Honolulu on Saturday night, when Bobby Hauck, a beleaguered football coach on the hot seat, guides UNLV into one of his biggest games of the season.
The Rebels need to solve what is a glaring weakness quickly, as in tonight at TDECU Stadium against Houston, or a 1-2 record will be 1-3 long before the final seconds elapse.
UNLV football faced a schedule to begin this season that most would have forecast a 1-2 record following three games, no matter the level of improvement the Rebels might have exhibited (or not) to this point. But Saturday night is significant.
I have a feeling this isn’t the sort of Alamo that Davy Crockett might die for, but he could get some fancy legal advice from the Whipple’s, a family firm that apparently can defend you against criminal charges as well as they handle those pesky estate hearings.
