A serious case could have been made for a punter winning the Las Vegas Bowl’s Most Valuable Player award on Saturday. The honor, instead, went to Utah defensive back Tevin Carter, whose two early interceptions set up the 20th-ranked Utes’ 35-28 victory over Brigham Young at Sam Boyd Stadium.
A stout and rotund man who said his name was Mark was wearing a Super Bowl lanyard around his neck with a placard that said he needed tickets to the sold-out Las Vegas Bowl. On back of the placard was a Sam Boyd Stadium seating chart.
A thigh injury forced 7-foot freshman Stephen Zimmerman Jr. to limp off the floor early in the game, and by all appearances it was going to be a long night for UNLV.
With smoke, mirrors and a Hail Mary from Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers seem to have turned their season back in the right direction.
For Marc Ratner and Jerry Izenberg, earning membership in a Hall of Fame is nothing new.
Wyoming not only lost its superstar in swingman Larry Nance Jr., it lost five seniors from a team that went to the top of the Mountain West, winning the conference tournament, earning the school’s first NCAA Tounament bid since 2002 and going 25-10.
The most anticipated game in the 24-year history of the Las Vegas Bowl ended just about as soon as it began. Or so it appeared.
It’s easy to see how Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter identifies with retired baseball star Pete Rose.
The Rebels are 11-point underdogs when they face No. 12 Arizona tonight at the McKale Center.
