UNLV
UNLV’s Mike Sanford understands better than most coaches the difficulty of what Wyoming’s Dave Christensen is trying to accomplish by radically changing the Cowboys’ offense in his first season. … Upon Sanford’s arrival for the 2005 season, he threw out the Rebels’ traditional two-back set in favor of the spread offense. The transition was messy; in Sanford’s first season UNLV averaged 18.8 points per game and went 2-9. … Similarly, Christensen has abandoned a power running game to implement the spread at Wyoming, which will host the Rebels at noon Saturday.
When recruiting a quarterback for the spread offense, it usually makes sense to look for someone with experience in that system.
UNLV’s football team hasn’t won a Mountain West Conference road game in four years under Mike Sanford. None. Zilch. Zero.
Today’s Q&A is with linebacker Starr Fuimaono, who returns this weekend to the scene of his season-ending shoulder injury two years ago. UNLV visits Wyoming at noon PST Saturday.
The UNLV men’s golf team shot 5-over-par 293 Sunday in the final round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, taking third in the 19-team field at Air Force Academy, Colo.
When UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton was sacked with 47 seconds left Saturday, it looked like a replay of the Rebels’ game at Brigham Young last season.
Fade passes to sophomore receiver Phillip Payne are nearly automatic, and UNLV couldn’t have picked a better time to call one Saturday night.
UNLV football players could have spent the week moaning about a questionable and costly pass-interference call that went against them last weekend.