I mixed things up on Saturday. I didn’t go to the Nevada-Hawaii football game. Instead, I hopped in the car with my brother and drove to Palo Alto to watch our hometown University of Washington football team play No. 10 Stanford. We don’t need to talk about the outcome (the Cardinal rolled). We hit the road just as the game was kicking off at Mackay Stadium. I checked … [Read more...]
Pack saves season with rally from 17-0 hole
Tribune photo by John Byrne - Defensive end Ian Seau (No. 8) celebrates his strip sack and fumble recovery in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 30-20 home win over Hawaii with defensive end Lenny Jones (No. 94). Seau had four sacks in the win. Once trailing 17-0, Nevada used a 30-3 scoring advantage in the final 35 minutes of play to race past Hawai’i on Homecoming Saturday … [Read more...]
Nevada once again looking to move past forgettable performance
Well, last week was a bummer. Nevada’s Mountain West title hopes took a serious blow with a 28-21 road loss to a Wyoming team that entered with a zero in the win column. Arguably the team’s worst showing of the year came one week after its best—in a win over New Mexico. The Wolf Pack’s defense struggled after carrying the team the first three weeks of Mountain West play. … [Read more...]
Nevada looking to mix it up against Wyoming
The Wolf Pack put the UNLV loss in the rear-view mirror with a commanding 35-17 home win over New Mexico on Saturday. Nevada evened its record at 3-3, 1-1 in Mountain West play with the win. Now, Nevada looks to put together its first winning streak of the season, on the road, against a Wyoming team that is yet to win a contest. The Cowboys have talent at the skill … [Read more...]
Nevada rebounds from UNLV loss with 35-17 win over New Mexico
RENO—Nevada’s Mountain West title hopes are alive. At least for one more week. Nevada outscored New Mexico 21-7 in the second half on Saturday night at Mackay Stadium to pull out a 35-17 victory, one week after a heartbreaking home loss to UNLV. The Wolf Pack improved to 3-3, 1-1 in conference play, avoiding a disastrous 0-2 start to Mountain West play against … [Read more...]
Bounce back Pack?
Conference openers don’t get much more difficult than Nevada’s. The Wolf Pack fell to 0-1 in Mountain West Play. In a heartbreaker. Against its biggest rival. At home. In front of the ninth-largest crowd in Mackay Stadium history. And looked like a ‘M*A*S*H unit’ after the game, coach Brian Polian said. Polian and numerous players said the goal now is not to get beaten by … [Read more...]
Late pick-6 sends Fremont Cannon back to Vegas
RENO—For the second time in three years, the Fremont Cannon will be red. Trailing 13-10 with 10 minutes left Saturday night at Mackay Stadium, Nevada had the chance to take its first lead of the night against its in-state rival from Las Vegas. Instead, the chance turned into booked trip for The Cannon back to Sin City as the Wolf Pack went on to fall 23-17 in front of … [Read more...]
Nevada battles for Cannon in conference opener
Now it’s for real. Not that Nevada’s first four nonconference games of the season haven’t mattered, but games become drastically more important starting Saturday. Sure, it’s the Wolf Pack’s Mountain West opener, but of almost equal weight, it’s the Battle for the Fremont Cannon. UNLV comes to Mackay Stadium to play its in-state rival, which wrapped up its nonconference … [Read more...]