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Brackbuster: UC-Irvine-Nevada

Basketball, Featured on February 18th, 2011 2 Comments

Having lost at home just once since mid-December, Nevada (10-15, 7-5 in WAC play)  is certainly looking forward to returning to Lawlor Events Center on Saturday night to entertain the Silver and Blue faithful.  They Pack will host UC-Irvine (11-16, 4-9 in Big West play) in the annual ESPN Bracketbuster game. Tip-Off is scheduled for [...]

Video: Hoops Talk

Basketball, Featured on February 18th, 2011 No Comments

Nevada head coach David Carter, plus Wolf Pack players Jerry Evans, Dario Hunt and Malik Story spoke with the media on Thursday following their return from Hawaii. The Pack, which had won 6 of 7 before making a swift trip to the Big Island, suffered just their second loss in over a month as Carter’s [...]

The Draft for Kap

Featured, Football on February 17th, 2011 3 Comments

The time is getting closer and closer for Colin Kaepernick. In a whirlwind gridiron journey that began in the heart of Turlock at Pitman high school and continued with a marvelous and record-breaking college career with the Wolf Pack, where he helped morph the Pistol offense into its current status as the [...]

Spotlighting Charles Mann

Basketball Recruiting, Featured on February 15th, 2011 8 Comments

Georgia native Charles Mann is one prospect that is going to play college basketball.  On video, his talent is more than obvious. He already holds a scholarship offer from the University of Nevada, plus offers from New Mexico State, Jacksonville and a pair of in-state schools. Silver and Blue Sports recently put together a spotlight [...]

Cannon Fodder: Mastronomy 101

Basketball, Featured, Football on February 14th, 2011 3 Comments

As another treacherous Monday faces all of us, one bit of good news is that Scott Daniel and his Cannon Fodder thoughts are back with a new column. The former Nevada alum weighs in on the recent departure of Jim Mastro, Nevada’s beloved assistant who was the 2010 Running Backs Coach of the Year [...]

Story, Nevada outlast Spartans in OT

Basketball, Featured on February 12th, 2011 No Comments

No matter the sport, it is never easy to beat a team in back to back games, but Nevada (10-14, 7-4 in the WAC), taking on San Jose State (11-12, 3-9 in the WAC) on Saturday night, was able to get the job done.  Thanks to a career-high 29 points from sophomore Malik Story, who [...]

Listen to The Howl: Bear Hug

Basketball, Featured, Football on February 11th, 2011 No Comments

If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a Jim Mastro bear hug following a big Wolf Pack win, you won’t soon forget it, it’s more like an affectionate tackle. In that moment, if you’re able to catch your breath, you might catch a glimpse of his softer side that belies the driven, hard [...]

Taua ready to get after it

Featured, Football Recruiting on February 11th, 2011 4 Comments

Every player dreams of being in the NFL. But on a random weekday in January, sitting in a room in Orlando full of athletes trying to reach that ultimate dream, Vai Taua, for a brief moment, allowed himself to reflect back on his college career and how far he – and the [...]

Invaluable Mastro

Featured, Football on February 10th, 2011 8 Comments

He was clearly the top running backs coach in the country over the past few seasons, helping his unit build incredible depth while also leading the Wolf Pack rushing core to some of the most eye-popping rushing numbers in NCAA history.  Under the tutelage of Jim Mastro, the Nevada rushing game set two significant all-time [...]

Mastro to UCLA

Featured, Football on February 10th, 2011 3 Comments

We’ve read reports for more than a few weeks that UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel knew the man he wanted to fine tune the Bruins Pistol offense.  After first taking the offensive concept from Nevada last year, Neuheisel targeted one of the Pistol’s first instructors and most notable success stories; Wolf Pack running backs coach [...]