Nevada evened their record to 3-3 on the year with a convincing victory over the Lobos. The Wolf Pack racked up 598 yards of offense while at the same time holding New Mexico to just 7 points on the day.

The Nevada Wolf Pack defense bared its teeth once again on Saturday and sent the New Mexico Lobos back home with their tails between the legs.

Saturday’s 49-7 ritualized slaughter of New Mexico provides an excellent opportunity to illustrate a social principal, prevalent in the animal kingdom, which also applies to the emerging football “rivalry” between the Wolf Pack and the Lobos.

Nobody has to remind Brett Roy about the last time the Nevada Wolf Pack played the New Mexico Lobos.
“I remember it very clearly,’ the Nevada defensive tackle said this week as the Pack prepared to face the Lobos on Saturday (1:05 p.m., 630-AM) at Mackay Stadium.

For some insight on the visiting Lobos, Rick Wright of the Albuquerque Journal was kind enough to answer some questions from our own Andrew Maurins.

Andrew Maurins offers his thoughts on just where the Battle for Nevada rivalry stands after Saturday’s game.

Nevada notched their first ever shut out in the 37 game history of the Fremont Cannon rivalry game. On a day when the Nevada offense turned the ball over 5 times, the defense stepped up and completely shut the Rebel offense down.

Chris Ault has decided not to tinker with a quarterback rotation that produced 699 total yards of offense, four touchdowns and three field goals in a 37-0 victory over the UNLV Rebels last Saturday.

Last week, I wrote an open letter to the Nevada football team highlighting 7 truths that must govern the remaining 8 games on the schedule. #6 on the list was, “Shoot Yourself Out of a Cannon.” By that, I meant that for the 2011 Pack to fulfill its destiny, it had to begin [...]

The Nevada Wolf Pack proved once again Saturday that you can defend a cannon against a bunch of rebels with a well-aimed pistol.