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Featured, Football on January 28th, 2012 11 Comments

After his second season as the Nevada Wolf Pack’s head football coach, a 31-year-old Chris Ault was suddenly one of the hottest young coaches in college football.
The Air Force Academy caught up with Ault on a recruiting trip in Los Angeles in December 1977 and talked with the Pack coach for over three hours about [...]

Midwinter Madness, Final Four & Championship: Tigers Smell Roses; Ducks Smell Revenge; and the Method Behind the Madness

Featured, Football on January 22nd, 2012 1 Comment

The First Midwinter Madness ended in glorious triumph yesterday when LSU met Oregon in the first Rose Bowl FPS National Championship Game.  Who won? First, we recap the Final Four match-ups…then you’ll have to scroll to the end to see who emerged as national champions…

Top Wolf Pack Football Careers of the WAC Era

Featured, Football on January 15th, 2012 No Comments

In the past two weeks Silver and Blue Sports has taken a close look at the Nevada Wolf Pack football team’s 12 memorable seasons in the Western Athletic Conference.
We have gone back and relived the Top 20 most meaningful team games and the Top 20 most impressive games by individual players over the past 12 [...]

Ault Hand Over the Keys? Not Yet!

Featured, Football on January 10th, 2012 3 Comments

Chris Ault has just two seasons remaining on his current contract to coach the Nevada Wolf Pack football team.
Did a frightening chill just fly up and down your silver and blue spine?
Well, it should.

Top 20 Individual Performances in the WAC Era

Featured, Football on January 9th, 2012 2 Comments

Silver and Blue Sports.com is taking a close look at the Nevada Wolf Pack football team’s recently completed 12-year history in the Western Athletic Conference.
Last week we looked at the Top 20 most important Wolf Pack football games in the WAC era.
This installment of our Look Back at the Pack in [...]

Midwinter Madness, Elite 8: Midnight Strikes Cinderella Baylor as Oregon, Wisconsin, LSU & TCU Advance

Featured, Football on January 8th, 2012 1 Comment

After a brief holiday hiatus, the inaugural FPS Playoffs resumed this past week on the neutral sites of traditional New Year’s Bowl Games, providing thrillers that rivaled the drama of our BCS world…read on to see how Oregon survived Baylor in Atlanta, TCU pulled off the upset of Virginia Tech in Phoenix, LSU ousted Michigan [...]

A Look Ahead to Mountain West Football 2012

Featured, Football on January 6th, 2012 1 Comment

The more things change with the Nevada Wolf Pack football program the more they, well, look awfully familiar.
The Wolf Pack, which just completed its 12th and final season in the Western Athletic Conference with a 7-6 record, will head to the Mountain West Conference in 2012. And the Pack should feel very comfortable [...]

Wolf Pack Football, Bidding Farewell to the Past?

Featured, Football on January 3rd, 2012 2 Comments

Father Time, with his long, worn out, raggedy robe and overgrown, scraggly, unkempt beard has nothing on the 2011 Nevada Wolf Pack football team for looking a bit worse for wear right about now.
So go ahead, Wolf Pack fans. Flip the calendar to 2012. Feel better? After one of the more frustrating and disappointing month-long [...]

Top 20 Wolf Pack Football Games in the WAC Era

Featured, Football on January 3rd, 2012 1 Comment

The Nevada Wolf Pack football team will never forget its 12 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference.
The dozen years (2000-11) were filled with amazing and historic moments that changed the Pack football program forever.

Hawaii Bowl Preview

Featured, Football on December 22nd, 2011 No Comments

Hawaii has been anything but paradise for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team over the past four-plus decades.
“It hasn’t been a vacation for us over there,” said Wolf Pack coach Chris Ault, whose Wolf Pack will take on the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in the Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu on Saturday (5 p.m., 630-AM, ESPN-TV). [...]