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Week 1 Wolf Pack Football Notes

Featured, Football on September 6th, 2011 3 Comments

Joel Bitonio has paid his union dues.
The Nevada Wolf Pack sophomore offensive tackle will make his first college start this Saturday at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., against the Oregon Ducks.

Nevada Wolf Pack Season Preview

Featured, Football on September 3rd, 2011 1 Comment

The Nevada Wolf Pack football team wants to leave the Western Athletic Conference a little something to remember it by.
“This season is very meaningful to me,” said coach Chris Ault, referring to the Pack’s final season in the WAC. “This year is part of history. We want to leave this conference with a championship.”

Long, challenging road for Corbin Louks

Featured, Football on August 30th, 2011 5 Comments

Nothing has come easy for Corbin Louks since he left the serene campus of San Ramon Valley High School, nestled in the beautiful Berkeley Hills of the East Bay, in the summer of 2007.
“To say the least, my college career has definitely been a rough ride,” the Nevada Wolf Pack senior wide receiver said recently.

Turning Kaeper-panic into Kaeper-patience

Football on August 28th, 2011 7 Comments

We are beginning to see the early stages of Colin Kaeper-panic in the Bay area.
It was bound to happen.
After seven consecutive years of the likes of Troy and Alex Smith, Shaun Hill, Chris Weinke, Tim Rattay, Ken Dorsey, Cody Pickett and J.T. O’Sullivan under center, it is understandable that San Francisco 49ers fans wanted Colin [...]

Defense Dominates Scrimmage

Football on August 28th, 2011 11 Comments

The Nevada Wolf Pack’s defense made its presence known Saturday afternoon at Mackay Stadium.
“Yeah, it’s about time,” smiled defensive tackle Willie Faataualofa.
Faataualofa and the rest of the Pack defense had a lot to smile about after the 91-play scrimmage. The defense surrendered just two one-yard touchdown runs on the 16 drives and held the offense [...]

FOX Sports Nevada Team Report

Football on August 22nd, 2011 No Comments

FOX Sports periodically has team reports for football and basketball. They recently updated the Nevada football report. It’s worth a read.

Nevada begins its final season in the Western Athletic Conference as one of the league’s favorites. The Wolf Pack was picked a very close third behind fellow short-timers Hawaii and Fresno State by the conference’s [...]

10 Minutes with Kaepernick

Featured, Football on August 7th, 2011 2 Comments

Silver and Blue Sports had a chance to catch up with former Nevada quarterback great Colin Kaepernick after one of his most recent workouts in the Bay Area this past Friday.  The future San Francisco 49er talked about getting prepared for his first NFL season, his path to the 49ers organization, plus some of the [...]

Catching up with Taua

Featured, Football on July 20th, 2011 No Comments

One of the more popular statements in Wolf Pack football over the past several years came from former Nevada assistant coach Jim Mastro, the 2010 Running Backs Coach of the Year, when he talked about the definition of a “Nevada Back”.  There have been a handful over the years to earn that title, including recently [...]

Cannon Fodder: The Imaginary Mailbag – Summer Edition

Baseball, Basketball, Featured, Football on July 6th, 2011 7 Comments

I would say that these are the “dog” days of summer, but I don’t want anybody to get the impression that I approve of the existence of Fresno State University.  I do, however, want to go on record as saying that while most of you are enjoying weekends of wakeboarding on (insert area lake of [...]

Listen to The Howl: Reasons for Optimism

Basketball, Featured, Football on June 23rd, 2011 3 Comments

Last year, Nevada basketball took to the court with 10 new players, this season they return 10 players. It was the first season in a decade that Nevada didn’t finish above .500 and the first time since 2003 that they didn’t win 20 plus games. Losing 85% of your scoring will do that to you.