Eight days after saying he was staying at UNLV, freshman quarterback Jayden Maiava announced Monday night on social media that he has entered the NCAA transfer portal.
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UNLV can win its first Mountain West football championship when it faces perennial title contenders Boise State at noon Saturday at Allegiant Stadium.
New football coach Barry Odom and the Rebels will embark on their 2023 season at 1 p.m. Saturday when they welcome FCS school Bryant to Allegiant Stadium.
A prosecutor said Thursday that Collins had agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of reckless driving and a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter.
UNLV’s defense shut down Utah State on Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center and opened the new year by routing and upsetting the Aggies.
Max Gilliam and Kenyon Oblad are competing to be UNLV’s backup quarterback. No quarterback has started every Rebels game in a season since Jon Denton in 1996.
UNLV senior point guard Noah Robotham, who graduated from Bishop Gorman High School, will play his final home game for the Rebels on Saturday. They host Boise State at 7:30 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Utah State was picked ninth in the preseason Mountain West poll, but the Aggies are challenging for the league title. They host UNLV at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Cincinnati took the lead early and never lost it in defeating UNLV 65-61 on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Amauri Hardy led the Rebels with 22 points.
UNLV plays Montana State-Billings at 7 p.m. Friday in an exhibition basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels have several questions that will need answers.
UNLV’s opponent Saturday, Fresno State, leads the Mountain West with allowing 13.5 points per game. The Bulldogs also have held their past 19 opponents to 30 points or fewer, tops in the nation.
UNLV hopes to take momentum into the new stadium when the football team moves there in 2020. That makes this season and next crucial for the long-struggling program.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority on Thursday unanimously approved a series of documents to put the financing in place to build a $1.9 billion indoor football stadium for the Oakland Raiders.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez hoped to be preparing for a bowl, but the Rebels finished 5-7 and did not quality. So now he’s determined to continue to move the program forward.
On Monday, UNLV signed the last recruit of its 2017 football class. His name is Thaddeus Thatcher. He is 9 years old, and for the past two years has been fighting t-cell leukemia/lymphoma.