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On its face, Mike Sanford limiting media access to his UNLV football team this week means as much as one raindrop in a monsoon. Absolutely nothing.
Today’s Q&A is with junior linebacker Ronnie Paulo, a Western High School graduate who was born in Africa. He and the Rebels play rival UNR at 1 p.m. Saturday in Reno.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — UNLV tailback Channing Trotter sensed at the hotel that some teammates were too relaxed.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — UNLV’s defense figured to have trouble stopping Hawaii quarterback Greg Alexander and the run-and-shoot offense a week ago.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Ten months later, UNLV coach Mike Sanford still shakes his head over the loss at San Diego State that ended the Rebels’ 2008 season.
UNLV’s Mike Sanford understands better than most coaches the difficulty of what Wyoming’s Dave Christensen is trying to accomplish by radically changing the Cowboys’ offense in his first season. … Upon Sanford’s arrival for the 2005 season, he threw out the Rebels’ traditional two-back set in favor of the spread offense. The transition was messy; in Sanford’s first season UNLV averaged 18.8 points per game and went 2-9. … Similarly, Christensen has abandoned a power running game to implement the spread at Wyoming, which will host the Rebels at noon Saturday.
When recruiting a quarterback for the spread offense, it usually makes sense to look for someone with experience in that system.