Many times during UNLV’s five-game losing streak, the Rebels failed to make a key offensive play here or get a crucial defensive stop there.
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UNLV’s defense hasn’t stopped a running game in nearly two months. It should get plenty of chances to do just that against New Mexico’s Rodney Ferguson tonight.
UNLV 27, New Mexico 20 — Deante Purvis blocked a punt and Rodelin Anthony picked it up at the 11-yard line and ran it in for a touchdown to help the Rebels open up a 10-point lead early in the fourth quarter as they went on to victory.
With Omar Clayton forced to the sideline, the pressure will fall squarely on new starting quarterback Mike Clausen in UNLV’s most important game of the season Saturday.
Last-minute touchdowns against New Mexico and San Diego State. A thwarted 2-point conversion pass against Hawaii.
Believe it or not, Brigham Young is ranked and still has a chance to win the Mountain West Conference title.
UNLV sophomore quarterback Omar Clayton will not need surgery on the torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee, providing hope that he might play again this season.
Chances are slim that UNLV sophomore quarterback Omar Clayton will play this week, and whether he will take another snap this season is not yet known.
Even with no margin for error, UNLV figured it had a reasonable chance to win its final three games against a soft schedule and become bowl eligible.
They begin to occur in a college football coaching’s staff third season and increase in the fourth. Measuring games. Those weeks when it is determined where your program stands in relation to the best in its conference. Those weeks when you discover how far you have come and how far you must travel to be considered valid.
Between getting knocked unconscious and temporarily losing his vision, Omar Clayton took a beating at Brigham Young last Saturday.
UNLV was in a similar spot in mid-September, a 23-point underdog trying to stand in the way of what then-No. 15 Arizona State considered its game of the year.
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