Nevada to debut new air-raid offense, 3-3-5 defense in Big 10 country To say Nevada is going to have a new look this year would be an injustice to adjective. Jay Norvell will grace the sidelines at Northwestern on Saturday as a head for the first time after three decades as an assistant at nine different collegiate programs and two NFL franchises (Oakland and … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Norvell era starting, Silva returning to Reno? Fun 4A North football games loom
The Jay Norvell era officially starts on Saturday when Nevada starts the 2017 season on the road at Northwestern. Nevada will be outmatched pretty much across the board. Pat Fitzgerald is the second-longest tenured coach in the Big 10, entering his 12th season. Norvell will be standing on the sidelines as a head coach for the first time. Northwestern returns an … [Read more...]
Part II: Q&A with Eric Musselman
Nevada’s to-be third year coach talks offseason, recruiting Nevada men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman’s team hasn’t played a game in nearly five months, but his program has stayed in the headlines. The highest paid coach in school history joined the Nathan Shoup Show on ESPN Radio 94.5 FM last Friday to talk about the busy offseason. Part one can be found here. … [Read more...]
The Remarkable Story of Charlie Parkhurst
During the early days of the Comstock Lode, before the railroads were built, the preferred method of transportation for passengers and small freight was by stagecoach. These sturdy coaches, drawn by teams of four or six horses, followed the rough and treacherous mountain roads taking people, baggage, mail, gold and newspapers to every community in western Nevada and eastern … [Read more...]
Part I: Q&A with Eric Musselman
Nevada to-be third-year coach talks offseason, recruiting The calendar hanging on the wall is flipped to August. March is seven months away. That doesn’t mean Reno has flipped from the basketball channel and is waiting for November. A run to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade has a way of igniting a fan base. That’s what Eric Musselman has done in just … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: USL to Reno 1868 FC: Oops, Prep football practice begins, Miami should have signed Kaep?
Games are rarely won or lost in the first 30 minutes, regardless of sport. Clichés dictate contests are decided in the waning moments. That wasn’t the case for Reno 1868 FC last Wednesday in Oklahoma City as the referee was far-too-quick to un-holster his red card and left the visiting side down a man for the final hour of the match, a 1-0 loss. The call against Fatai … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Muss likely to stay on transfer train, Norvell addresses questions going into first camp, Reno 1868 FC cruises in KC
The Nevada men’s basketball program could go by many names. You could call it LSU West. Nevada had three coaches with strong LSU ties, but that number shrunk to two this week when Ron Dupree took a job in the NBA. Head coach Eric Musselman was the associate head coach under Johnny Jones in the bayou before coming to Nevada. Now Jones is the associate head coach under … [Read more...]
John Ramey named new voice of Nevada Wolf Pack
Nevada’s new play-by-play man comes to Reno after calling games for UCLA, UC Riverside Nevada fans learned in late May they would be listening to a new voice during Wolf Pack radio broadcasts when it was announced Ryan Radtke was taking a national job with Westwood One. Radtke was at Nevada since the start of the 2008 football season. Nevada fans were introduced to the … [Read more...]