While UNLV coach Barry Odom and his players don’t want to be judged by the low standard the program has maintained in the past, it’s tough to ignore history.
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The UNLV football team is going to back-to-back bowls for the first time, but the program has to worry about interest from other schools in its coaches.
The Rebels lost the Mountain West football championship game to Boise State, but the historic strides UNLV has taken can’t be discounted.
The UNLV football team couldn’t get enough going offensively against Boise State in the Mountain West championship game Friday in Boise, Idaho.
When the Rebels step foot on the blue turf Friday at Albertsons Stadium, they will be looking for their first league title in program history.
No. 19 UNLV takes on No. 10 Boise State in the Mountain West football championship game Friday with a berth in the College Football Playoff on the line.
Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez believes the winner of the UNLV-Boise State conference title game deserves a bye into the College Football Playoff.
Based on the line for Friday’s Mountain West football championship game at Boise State, longtime Las Vegas oddsmaker Ed Salmons likes UNLV.
UNLV and Boise State will meet in the Mountain West championship game for the second straight season. The rematch has College Football Playoff implications.
Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Review-Journal with college football notes and trends.
UNLV quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams has continued to develop as the Rebels enter a Mountain West championship game with monumental stakes.
The UNLV football team signed a 21-member recruiting class Wednesday that is tabbed by experts as the best in the Mountain West.
UNLV senior center Jack Hasz has a great relationship with quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams and helps lead an offense averaging 34 points in its past four games.
The last two weeks of the college football regular season were wild, and the madness could continue in the conference championship games this week if Clemson, UNLV or both win.
Barry Odom’s base salary is $1.75 million a year at UNLV. That won’t be nearly enough for the Rebels to keep Power Four teams from trying to poach their football coach.
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