Whether Saturday will be the final game for 18 UNLV seniors has yet to be determined. Athletes in fall sports won’t use up a year of eligibility because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jason Orts
Former Nevada Preps coordinator
First-year football coach Marcus Arroyo will get one more chance this season for his first victory at UNLV when the Rebels play at Hawaii on Saturday.
UNLV quarterback Max Gilliam apologized on Twitter after being shown eating sushi off a nude model in an episode of Bravo reality show “Below Deck.”
Second-ranked Stanford went on an 11-0 run to start the game and maintained control the entire way in an easy victory over UNLV.
UNLV’s positivity rate for COVID-19 over the past two weeks is 0.15 percent, and the Rebels are practicing in preparation of playing Hawaii next week.
UNLV was scheduled to play Boise State on Friday at Allegiant Stadium. It’s the second cancellation for both teams this season.
The Las Vegas Bowl will have to wait another year to showcase its new home in Allegiant Stadium.
The Clark County School District announced the winter sports season, which includes basketball, bowling, flag football and wrestling, has been canceled.
UNLV has two games left to try to shed its winless label, but it wants to evaluate players to know who will be key contributors next season.
Max Gilliam has started all five games and received the bulk of playing time, but the Rebels have used four quarterbacks this season, including Doug Brumfield on Friday.
Of the 51 players UNLV used in its 45-14 loss to Wyoming on Friday at Allegiant Stadium, 12 were freshmen and seven were walk-ons.
Wyoming scored on the second play of the game and cruised to a victory over UNLV, dropping the Rebels to 0-5 in Marcus Arroyo’s first season as coach.
UNLV and Wyoming, two teams that understand how tenuous the situation is in the year of the coronavirus pandemic, will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at Allegiant Stadium.
UNLV took last week’s game being canceled as an opportunity to get back to work on the practice field in advance of Friday’s game against Wyoming.
Freshman receiver Kyle Williams leads UNLV with 21 catches for 211 yards, and he scored his first touchdown last week against San Jose State.