ELY — UNLV broke its eastern Nevada training camp Tuesday morning and headed back to Las Vegas with plenty accomplished and plenty to be hopeful about.
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ELY — UNLV’s football team practiced an overtime drill Monday so the Rebels would be prepared should they take an opponent beyond the fourth quarter.
For the second time in Lon Kruger’s five years as coach, UNLV’s basketball team will open Mountain West Conference play with a home game.
ELY — UNLV junior defensive tackle Perry Eppenger entered training camp in shape and supposedly with a new commitment to football.
ELY — Linebacker Jason Beauchamp got it started early for UNLV’s defense.
In the summer before his senior year in high school, Wink Adams had plenty of college options. He was being looked at seriously by Florida, Arkansas and Connecticut, to name just a few schools.
ELY — It wasn’t even a question last year. Linebacker Beau Bell was the star and face of the UNLV football team.
As he developed into a top prospect, Anthony Marshall attracted attention from college basketball coaches across the country. All but one tried to persuade him to leave Las Vegas.
ELY — It doesn’t take 100 hours of video study by an experienced football coach to determine two of UNLV’s biggest weaknesses last season were failures in the red zone and on special teams.
ELY — Even incoming freshman Phillip Payne, a Western High School graduate, didn’t realize how many locals played football for UNLV when he signed.
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