The presidential election is a little more than two weeks away, and both candidates are trying to get to the magic number of 270.
UNLV Football
UNR rolled up an astounding 444 yards rushing against UNLV, and Colorado State followed that a week later with 216 on the ground.
UNLV coach Mike Sanford was talking this week about the ways Phillip Payne could get better as a wide receiver, then Sanford started feeling guilty.
Brigham Young’s offense fields plenty of star power in quarterback Max Hall, tailback Harvey Unga, wide receiver Austin Collie and tight end Dennis Pitta.
MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL
Ryan Wolfe gets most of the publicity, and Phillip Payne is the freshman sensation.
The Mountain West Conference from top to bottom:
Declaring “no job is safe,” UNLV football coach Mike Sanford has let it be known that standing pat defensively is not an option for his team.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — UNLV’s defense knew what was coming Saturday. Even the fans sitting in the highest bleachers at Hughes Stadium knew.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Wide receiver Casey Flair was adamant, saying three times, “There’s not going to be a tailspin.”
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.
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.
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