Arkansas State has asked UNLV to move its 2017 football game at Sam Boyd Stadium back two years. The Rebels are considering the request.
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UNLV concluded spring football drills Saturday under first-year coach Tony Sanchez with a showcase scrimmage at the school’s soccer complex.
Blake Decker all but locked up UNLV’s starting quarterback job in Saturday’s spring game, completing 5 of 5 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns. Devonte Boyd caught four passes for 132 yards and three touchdowns.
David Peeples, 29, also known as “D-Peeps,” overdosed in February on on hydrocodone, the Clark County coroner said Thursday.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Jared Lebowitz played in UNLV’s past two games when starter Blake Decker got injured. Now Lebowitz might start Saturday at Hawaii.
Five players to watch when UNLV’s football team plays at Hawaii at 8 p.m. PST Saturday.
UNLV’s offense played its best football in the second half of last weekend’s loss to Northern Illinois. Now the Rebels hope to carry that momentum into today’s game at Houston.
Houston routed UNLV, 69-0, in the season opener of 1989. The Cougars’ wide-open offense, led by quarterback Andre Ware, revolutionized college football.
Even though UNLV went to a spread offense last football season, coach Bobby Hauck made sure the tight ends were an integral part of the attack. They will be again this season.
UNLV lost on the field when it played North Texas in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The Rebels, though, won’t take as big a loss financially, or perhaps no loss at all.
Air Force Coach Troy Calhoun never had any intention of going away from the triple option when he talked about opening up the playbook.
The Rebels have been stuck on five wins since Oct. 26. Almost everybody believes it has been a fine season. Another way to look at it is that it has taken Bobby Hauck nearly four years to get the program to where Mike Sanford left it.
Caleb Herring knows what fellow UNLV quarterback Nick Sherry is going through because he has been there himself.
Junior running back Adonis Smith has some familiarity with UNLV’s opening opponent. He played at Northwestern for two football seasons before transferring last year, and he was on Wildcats teams that went 2-0 against Big Ten Conference rival Minnesota. UNLV plays at Minnesota on Aug. 29.