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.
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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.
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.
Restrictions on youth sports in other states, especially California, have led to an influx of teams applying to play in the Mayor’s Cup at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Four UNLV players tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in the first cancellation for the Rebels this season and the second for Colorado State.
A report Tuesday said UNLV’s football game against Colorado State on Saturday has been canceled, but was later updated to say it has not been.
The Rebels fell to 0-4 with a loss to San Jose State on Saturday, but the Rebels are taking steps in the right direction, according to first-year coach Marcus Arroyo.
The Rebels fell to 0-4 for the first time since 2004, losing to San Jose State in coach Marcus Arroyo’s return to CEFCU Stadium, where he played quarterback from 1998 to 2002.
Jacoby Windmon, a sophomore who plays a hybrid defensive end/linebacker position, leads the Rebels with 3.5 sacks after three games. UNLV had 12 in the 2019 season.
The UNLV women’s basketball team signed five players in the early signing period, including two ranked in the top 70 nationally, in coach Lindy La Rocque’s first class.