It is a test of sorts, a way to gauge how popular UNLV football has really become locally over the last few years. How much winning matters to the masses. How much Las Vegas has taken to this team.
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UNLV hosts No. 17 Boise State on Friday at Allegiant Stadium in what might be the most important game in program history.
The Raiders, after losing to the Rams on Sunday to drop to 2-5 this season, can turn their attention to the future. Losses are now wins.
The Raiders did their job on defense and special teams in a 20-15 loss Sunday, but their offense didn’t reach their end zone and their coach made questionable calls.
It’s unknown how the Raiders will react on the field now that Davante Adams is gone for good. But off the field, it erases an unneeded distraction.
UNLV men’s basketball coach Kevin Kruger believes his team can be in the conversation for great things this March if it plays to its potential.
The Raiders and Davante Adams had reached the point of no return. The team needed to move on, and did well enough by trading him to the Jets on Tuesday.
The Raiders started Aidan O’Connell at quarterback Sunday, but the result was the same in an Allegiant Stadium dominated by Steelers fans.
The Raiders defense is littered with injuries, so the team needs its backups to step up and show out against the Steelers on Sunday.
The Golden Knights plan to play with a chip on their shoulders this season. It’s a tactic as old as time, and it’s worked for plenty of teams before.
Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy is in his third season with the team, and he hasn’t changed his approach to get the most out of his players.
Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell are nice guys. But the Raiders need to do whatever it takes to improve at quarterback next year.
The Raiders didn’t do anything well after going up 10-0 in Denver on Sunday. They deserve criticism across the board for their loss.
One loss doesn’t define a season, and UNLV still has everything to play for following an overtime setback to Syracuse on Friday at Allegiant Stadium.
The Raiders used a little imagination in their win over the Browns last week. They’ll need a lot more of it without star wide receiver Davante Adams.