Maybe UCLA will be the Pac-10 Conference school UNLV now goes to for football players.
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J. R. Rider, Years: 1991 to 1993, Career highlights: Ranks 15th on the scoring list with 1,372 points in 55 games; career average (24.9) ranks second.
Perhaps the next time MAACO Bowl Las Vegas executive director Tina Kunzer-Murphy extends an invitation to new UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck it will be for something a little different.
UNLV will eventually complete a planned move from the spread to a two-back offense, but it won’t happen this season.
Elburt Miller, Years: 1966 to 1968, Career highlights: Ranks No. 1 in UNLV history in season scoring average (31.9, 1966-67) and career average (29.3).
Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series examining the top five questions the UNLV football team faces as it prepares to open training camp Saturday. Today’s question: How will the running back battle play out?
Robert Smith, Years: 1974 to 1977, Career highlights: Point guard on UNLV’s first NCAA Final Four team in 1977; Rebels compiled 82-10 record in his three seasons.
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