Excuse any typos in the following because it is October and UNLV football has yet to be eliminated from bowl consideration and that kind of radical occurrence might tend to play tricks when hunting and pecking for ways to comprehend it all.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Optimism was high inside and outside UNLV’s football program after four games last year. Then UNR handed the Rebels a heartbreaking loss that began a season-ending eight-game losing streak.
The good news for UNLV: It probably won’t face a quarterback like UNR’s Colin Kaepernick again this season.
UNLV coach Mike Sanford said he and his staff constantly make adjustments during games and at halftime, even if the average football fan doesn’t realize it.
Mike Sanford has coached UNLV to its best start in five years, but one major hole remains on his resume.
The latest UNLV football loss to UNR is over, which means Wolf Pack coach Chris Ault is somewhere dancing on a couch wearing a lampshade and the Rebels now can just have nightmares about tackling Frankie Albert rather than looking pathetic trying to do so.
UNLV senior wide receiver Casey Flair inched closer to the Rebels’ career records for receptions and receiving yards Saturday, and he also closed in on the school mark for consecutive games with a catch.
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