RENO — UNLV coach Mike Sanford said all week the availability of injured quarterback Omar Clayton would be a game-time decision but that the junior would play against UNR on Saturday.
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RENO–As the seconds tick down to yet another kickoff for UNLV-UNR football today and some take odds on whether Mike Sanford will enter Mackay Stadium on an elephant to fully experience the circus atmosphere he insists is part of the state rivalry game, it’s important to clear up a few misconceptions regarding the Limited Access Bowl.
RENO — It’s not as if Mike Sanford’s record is sparkling the other months of the season, but October has been particularly cruel to the UNLV football coach.
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UPDATE: Imagine how bad it would’ve been for UNLV if UNR hadn’t turned over the football four times. … Those fumbles allowed the Rebels to hang around for most of the game today, but they clearly were outclassed by a team that previously hadn’t beaten anyone. … The Wolf Pack eventually hung onto the ball and blasted UNLV late, totaling 773 yards in a 63-28 victory at Mackay Stadium in Reno to keep the Fremont Cannon blue for the fifth consecutive year. … Desert Pines High School graduate Mike Ball had 184 yards and five touchdowns.
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Though linebacker Starr Fuimaono and quarterback Colin Kaepernick were on the same recruiting trip to UNR in 2006, their situations were vastly different.
UNLV has lost three fumbles, and its defense has only two takeaways. The Rebels’ minus-6 turnover margin is 108th in the nation.
At least they play an 0-3 UNR team this week — at 1 p.m. Saturday at Reno’s Mackay Stadium — that ranks 119th, or second to last, with a minus-9 turnover margin.
Even in retirement, Jerry Tarkanian was always on the run, traveling across the country and speaking to various groups. For the past few months, though, it has been a challenge for him to walk.
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.
When did New Mexico become the conference’s Oakland Raiders, and what in the name of Al Davis is going on in Albuquerque?
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’s defense figured to have trouble stopping Hawaii quarterback Greg Alexander and the run-and-shoot offense a week ago.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — UNLV tailback Channing Trotter sensed at the hotel that some teammates were too relaxed.
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