The law was enacted in 1948 and made it illegal to frown, grimace, scowl or offer any expression that might reflect negatively upon the good citizens of Pocatello. In short, officials desired a community full of characters similar to the one Will Ferrell played in “Elf,” where smiling was their favorite.
Do you know that saying about being a symptom of something much worse? Yeah. That’s what 2-16 is. That’s what being outscored by an average of 39-18 in those football games is. That’s the reality facing Mountain West teams and all others existing within the insignificant and dismal reality of a non-Power 5 conference today.
Three weeks later, in a business defined by its bottom line, in a world where winners and losers are rightly separated based on final scores, UNLV’s football team today would earn a movie review of a rotten green tomato.
Tony Sanchez gathered his UNLV football players at midfield Friday afternoon, their shoes covering part of the big, yellow, renowned letter. M.
UNLV plays a football game at Michigan on Saturday, and the 34-point spread gives you an idea about how those who set lines believe the Rebels will fare in one of the most iconic of college stadiums.
Blake Decker didn’t have much of a choice, so he had to hope what is said about trust proved true. That while it’s hard to come by, it’s also the most essential ingredient in effective communication.
Here is the origin: It comes from a 1738 play by a French fellow named Leonor Jean Christine Soulas d’Allainval, which I dare you to say 10 times fast and not sound like Gilbert Gottfried ordering breakfast from a cafe in Paris.
The UNLV Rebels opened the Tony Sanchez Era by pushing heavily favored Northern Illinois to the end, ultimately falling 38-30. After his first game as a college head coach since making the jump from Bishop Gorman, Sanchez looked a bit like one might when a fist is about to meet a wall.
Say this for Tony Sanchez: He has spread the word about UNLV football like a politician might his platform around Iowa cornfields.
Kent Baer would be smart to remind those UNLV football players he now coaches that you can’t begin the next chapter of your life by continuing to read the last one. One can only take so many horror stories.
