UNLV Football
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Defense has kept Air Force in every football game this season, but the Falcons are still defined by their triple option.
New Mexico football coach Mike Locksley opened his portion of Tuesday’s league conference call by talking about the fortuitous timing of this week’s bye, saying it would give his staff a chance to “evaluate everything we do in the program.”
Fear is being replaced by hope for the recovery of sophomore Rebel linebacker Bryce Saldi following a skateboarding accident.
ELY — UNLV badly needs a stronger pass rush, a major reason why the Rebels signed junior defensive end B.J. Bell.
A fake punt at Brigham Young was a disaster and helped cost UNLV the game. On Thursday, a fake punt might have saved the Rebels’ season.
The ball was sailing toward the end zone and the waiting hands of David Leonard, and it appeared Wyoming would rally to catch UNLV in the fourth quarter Thursday.
It is in their hands now for the first time in what seems an eternity. Eight years, really. But what a long, painful, frustrating eight it must have been for those who follow UNLV football. Think of the world’s incessant wait for Tom Cruise to take up scientology full time and try ruling the universe in anonymity. That long.
