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Wolf Pack Football Notebook: Week 6

Featured, Football on October 4th, 2011 2 Comments

The Nevada Wolf Pack quarterback soap opera continues.
Head coach Chris Ault said Monday that he won’t decide on his starting quarterback for Saturday’s game with UNLV at Mackay Stadium until late in the week.

Five Questions with One Bronco Nation Under God

Featured, Football on September 30th, 2011 No Comments

Our contributor Andrew Maurins (metaphorically) sat down with Kevan Lee of One Bronco Nation Under God for some Boise State insight before Saturday’s game.

Boise St. Preview

Featured, Football on September 30th, 2011 4 Comments

Chris Ault can’t help but admire the Boise State Broncos football program.
“No question,” the Nevada Wolf Pack coach said this week. “Boise is the signature program. They have everything that I’m envious of.”

A Look Back at the Pack’s Only Two Wins in Boise

Featured, Football on September 29th, 2011 4 Comments

The first time Chris Ault was asked about Boise State’s new blue turf he could barely contain his enthusiasm.
“I love it,” Ault told the Reno Gazette-Journal in November 1986. “I’m anxious to see it. I think it’s an innovative idea.”

A Look Around, Week 5

Featured, Football on September 28th, 2011 No Comments

Intro: This week, the nation’s longest losing streak is broken, the WAC continues to suck in non-conference play and UNLV both delights and confuses us with their unique brand of awfulness.
Remember last week when I asked what random object you could fit all the people who predicted UNLV’s win over Hawai’i into?

Player Spotlight: DE Kaelin Burnett

Featured, Football on September 28th, 2011 3 Comments

Kaelin Burnett had been waiting for this moment, this opportunity his entire life.
“It was going to be my time,” the Nevada Wolf Pack defensive end said this week. “Everything I wanted was right there in front of me. Everything I worked for was right there for me.”

Cannon Fodder: Moneyball

Featured, Football on September 28th, 2011 4 Comments

A sports blockbuster premiered this weekend. It opened to modest viewership, but those who did see it were treated to a glimpse of the bittersweet beginning of a revolutionary new era. A small-town team, forced to replace three stars from last season’s juggernaut, struggled early…and ugly. The pieces left to fill the [...]

Wolf Pack Football Notebook: Week 5

Featured, Football on September 26th, 2011 No Comments

The Nevada Wolf Pack might have a new starting quarterback this Saturday.  “We’ll name the starter Friday or Saturday and go from there,” head coach Chris Ault said. Starter Tyler Lantrip and backup Cody Fajardo split the quarterback duties in last Saturday’s 35-34 loss at Texas Tech. Lantrip basically played the first and fourth quarters, getting [...]

Cannon Fodder: Every Day I’m Shufflin’

Featured, Football on September 23rd, 2011 1 Comment

If all of this conference re-alignment talk is making your head spin…well, at least you didn’t have to write two separate articles in the space of a day, then update the second article because it was already out of date. An irate Scott Daniel touches on the impact of the most recent round of [...]

Six Questions with a Red Raider

Featured, Football on September 23rd, 2011 3 Comments

Silver and Blue Sports’ Andrew Maurins sat down with Red Raider blogger Seth C. from Double T Nation for a lighthearted look at the upcoming Nevada at Texas Tech game. Andrew also returned the favor here.