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Crystal ball suggests bowl in Rebels’ future

Excuse any typos in the following because it is October and UNLV football has yet to be eliminated from bowl consideration and that kind of radical occurrence might tend to play tricks when hunting and pecking for ways to comprehend it all.

Rebels come to fork in road

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Optimism was high inside and outside UNLV’s football program after four games last year. Then UNR handed the Rebels a heartbreaking loss that began a season-ending eight-game losing streak.

Rebels try to fix flaws against Rams

The good news for UNLV: It probably won’t face a quarterback like UNR’s Colin Kaepernick again this season.

Rebels could not track Kaepernick

UNLV coach Mike Sanford said he and his staff constantly make adjustments during games and at halftime, even if the average football fan doesn’t realize it.

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UNR quells Rebel uprising

Mike Sanford has coached UNLV to its best start in five years, but one major hole remains on his resume.

Slippery QB exposes flaws in UNLV defense

The latest UNLV football loss to UNR is over, which means Wolf Pack coach Chris Ault is somewhere dancing on a couch wearing a lampshade and the Rebels now can just have nightmares about tackling Frankie Albert rather than looking pathetic trying to do so.

Flair thumbing record book

UNLV senior wide receiver Casey Flair inched closer to the Rebels’ career records for receptions and receiving yards Saturday, and he also closed in on the school mark for consecutive games with a catch.

QB, cowboy still carry Rebel pride

The telephone rang a few Saturday evenings ago, and Glenn Carano answered. A cowboy was calling, his old wide receiver Mike Haverty.

Next on UNLV to-do list: UNR

Four games into the season, UNLV’s football team has taken some giant steps.

UNR hopes not to be spread thin

Note: The Review-Journal and Reno Gazette-Journal exchanged previews of tonight’s game to print in each other’s Saturday Sports section. The following is from the Gazette-Journal:

Locals relish rivalry

UNLV tailback David Peeples has been waiting to get back on a football field, and waiting for this weekend for his final shot at those despised neighbors from the north.

Bye gives UNR week to game plan, recover

UNLV football coach Mike Sanford expects some surprises from Chris Ault on Saturday after the UNR coach had an extra week to prepare.

Run of athletic QBs continues

As far as the UNLV football team is concerned, Rudy Carpenter has nothing on Diondre Borel or Austen Arnaud.

Clayton could snap several school marks

Sophomore quarterback Omar Clayton already has placed himself in UNLV’s record book with his ongoing streak of 139 passes without an interception.

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