UNLV Rebels NCAA Football News

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.

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, 35-16 Eds:APNewsNow. UNLV 35, Colorado State 16.

Conventional wisdom might suggest UNLV is catching Texas Christian at the right time.

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.

To be blunt, Vegas should have stayed in Vegas. But maybe that's what this TCU defense has become.

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.

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.

UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton stiff-arms New Mexico's Frankie Baca during Saturday's game.

UNLV faces a dilemma against Texas Christian star defensive end Jerry Hughes: play him straight up or double-team him.

Sporting the fourth-longest win streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision this week, the eighth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs settle in at Carter Stadium in Fort Worth this weekend versus the UNLV Rebels.

TCU's top competition this season will not be met on the field. Having moved into position to be a BCS buster, the eighth-ranked Horned Frogs attempt to hold off their challenger for that spot with a big game against Mountain West Conference rival UNLV on Saturday.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder waded into potentially awkward waters on Saturday.

UNLV linebacker Starr Fuimaono takes down Sacramento State running back Terrance Dailey during the first half of the Rebels' 38-3 victory at Sam Boyd Stadium on Sept 5. Friday, Oct.

No. 24 Utah at UNLV Artificial turf Las Vegas TV: The mtn. Radio: 700AM THE STAKES For Utah ... The 24th-ranked Utes need a victory to move up in the polls and remain among the unbeatens in the league championship chase.

During Friday night's game against the Wayne County Yellow Jackets, Effingham County High School announced the 2009 Homecoming Court.

Terrance Cain threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another score Saturday night to lead No.

UTAH VS. UNLV WHEN: 7 p.m. today WHERE: Sam Boyd Stadium TV/RADIO: The Mtn. , KWWN-AM LINE: Utah -16; total 61 UNLV had good -- or at least explainable -- reasons for getting away from its running game the past two weeks.

Harvey Unga ran for 149 yards and a season- high three touchdowns, leading 18th-ranked BYU in a 59-21 rout of UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium.