When the football schedule was released in April, it seemed apparent the four-game stretch that ends Saturday would make or break UNLV’s season. It’s a span of games that only has grown in importance with each of the three Rebels victories.
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A few weeks ago, I was hiding out at the Central Michigan-UNLV football game at Sam Boyd Stadium — I figured that would be the last place the authorities would look — when Mark Wallington, the Rebels’ football information guy, said the UNLV marching band had formed a giant mustache down on the playing field.
Opponents mostly have chosen to play UNLV wide receiver Devante Davis straight up, and he has made them pay. But don’t necessarily look for a change in strategy.
First-year defensive coordinator Tim Hauck said before the season that UNLV would take chances on that side of the football. He has backed up his words with actions.
UNLV plans a campaign to raise more than $500 million to help finance Southern Nevada’s first medical school, a major on-campus football stadium/entertainment center and other major campus improvements, the university’s president said Wednesday.
UNLV expects a crowd in the range of 25,000 Saturday when the Rebels host Hawaii, and anything short of it would disappoint given a few factors: UNLV will try to win a fourth straight regular-season game for the first time since 1984, and Hawaii’s healthy and passionate fan base wants nothing more than to trample such thoughts.
If any football team was to prevent Boise State from winning the Mountain Division, it figured to be Utah State. But probably not anymore.
The trip to Hawaii last football season felt like anything but a visit to paradise for UNLV. Even though the Rebels were 3½-point favorites, they were never in the game in getting blown off the field 48-10.
UNLV doesn’t need time off, but the Rebels have it forced upon them.