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Rebels try to remain focused nearing the finish line
Date: Nov. 28, 6 p.m. Where: Sam Boyd Stadium All-time series: SDSU leads, 11-7 The line: UNLV by 4 Both teams are 4-7, meaning both UNLV's and San Diego State's seasons officially come to a close on Saturday night, no matter the outcome of their regular season finale at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Casey Flair: Locos playing well as team heads into Ufl championship game
Editor's note: Former UNLV wide receiver Casey Flair writes a weekly column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a member of the United Football League's Las Vegas Locomotives.
UNLV senior defensive end and linebacker Jason Beauchamp will play his hometown team, San Diego State, on Saturday in his final game for the Rebels.
The firing of UNLV coach Mike Sanford has rekindled debate over what it takes to have a strong college football program here.
UNLV fired coach Mike Sanford on Sunday. Sanford is 15-43 in his fifth year. 'There's empathy for him and his family,' linebacker Jason Beauchamp told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'Everyone has something different to say, but ... after having gone through all the years and all the work I put in, I feel like something needed to change.' Our take: ...
UNLV football coach out after 5 losing seasons
Sanford's firing comes after a 45-17 loss to Air Force on Saturday made the Rebels ineligible for a bowl game.
Sanford firing sets interim AD apart in UNLV search
Dr. Neal Smatresk stands before his office bookcase on which rests a model of a Guatemalan squirrel, which he acquired doing rain-forest research.
Falcons run (and run and run) past UNLV
* NEXT: San Diego State at UNLV, 6 p.m. Nov. 28, The Mtn. , KWWN-AM Air Force running back Asher Clark bolts past UNLV defensive lineman Malo Taumua, right, and linebacker Starr Fuimaono on a 24-yard touchdown run in the first quarter of the Falcons' 45-17 victory Saturday.
UNLV faces tough task vs. Air Force
Defense has kept Air Force in every football game this season, but the Falcons are still defined by their triple option.
Football hoping for a win in Vegas
Nick Oppenneer helps stop a run during the game against San Diego State Oct. 24. In 2007, the Rams lost six games in a row to begin the season and 13 total spanning from the end of 2006.
Dyone Youmans of Effingham County High School dives to sweep the legs of Jimmy Wilkins of Ware County during the Rebels last home game Friday night.
Ed Graney: Unlv fighting for survival
UNLV receiver Ryan Wolfe, right, runs past Colorado State defenders Mychal Sisson and Eugene Daniels in the first half Saturday.
Clayton leads UNLV over Colorado State, 3516
Clayton leads UNLV over Colorado State, 35-16 Eds:APNewsNow. UNLV 35, Colorado State 16.
MWc's Top Team Playing for BCS Bid: Rebels expect to get Tcu's best
Conventional wisdom might suggest UNLV is catching Texas Christian at the right time.
Total Domination: Tcu smothers Rebels in rout
NEXT : Colorado State at UNLV, 7 p.m. Saturday, The Mtn. , KWWN-AM UNLV running back Channing Trotter, center, is gang-tackled by a quintet of Texas Christian defenders in the first half of the Rebels' 41-0 loss to the eighth-ranked Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday.
Odds stacked against UNLV; TCU kept it that way
To be blunt, Vegas should have stayed in Vegas. But maybe that's what this TCU defense has become.
UNLV offense and defense lag in 41-0 loss to TCU
TCU linebacker Kris Gardner reaches for the ball fumbled by UNLV wide receiver Ryan Wolfe, center, on a punt return as center Clint Gresham , left, wide receiver Jimmy Young , safety Malcolm Williams , defensive end Wayne Daniels , cornerback Jason Teague and linebacker Tank Carder converge on the play in the second half Saturday, Oct.
BCS buster hopeful TCU shuts out UNLV
Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, Ed Wesley scored running and catching the ball and the TCU defense smothered UNLV to get its first shutout of the season, 41-0 on Saturday.
Notable: TCU jumped to sixth in the BCS standings after a 38-7 win at BYU. ... DE Jerry Hughes has nine of TCU's 26 sacks.
Back on track, Clayton gets another shot at TCU
UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton stiff-arms New Mexico's Frankie Baca during Saturday's game.
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