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Couldn't sleep so I decided to post this tickler.
.....UNLV at a glance
Bobby Hauck's teams never lost more than four games in a season during a seven-year tenure in which he cemented Montana as one of the premier programs in the FCS. But Hauck hasn't come close to translating that to FBS-level success with what was an already vastly troubled UNLV program.
The Rebels have won only two games in each of Hauck's first three seasons at the helm, adding to UNLV's woeful run of 18 seasons without a winning record (56-156 in that stretch). It's time for Hauck's squad to show a glimmer of turnaround potential or UNLV may slip closer to making its third coaching change in less than a decade.
But does Hauck have the tools to jumpstart the resurrection of a program that has only become increasingly lost? Proven depth is another issue, but UNLV does return nine starters on both sides of the ball, including starting quarterback Nick Sherry and running back Tim Cornett.
Hauck has new coordinators running his offense and defense, but for the most part, these are the same Rebels who took the Gophers to triple overtime a year ago. But it would take a big time performance under the shine of TCF Bank Stadium not seen from UNLV in Hauck's tenure to end the nation's second longest road losing streak (22 games) against a clearly improved Gopher squad.....
Couldn't sleep so I decided to post this tickler.
.....UNLV at a glance
Bobby Hauck's teams never lost more than four games in a season during a seven-year tenure in which he cemented Montana as one of the premier programs in the FCS. But Hauck hasn't come close to translating that to FBS-level success with what was an already vastly troubled UNLV program.
The Rebels have won only two games in each of Hauck's first three seasons at the helm, adding to UNLV's woeful run of 18 seasons without a winning record (56-156 in that stretch). It's time for Hauck's squad to show a glimmer of turnaround potential or UNLV may slip closer to making its third coaching change in less than a decade.
But does Hauck have the tools to jumpstart the resurrection of a program that has only become increasingly lost? Proven depth is another issue, but UNLV does return nine starters on both sides of the ball, including starting quarterback Nick Sherry and running back Tim Cornett.
Hauck has new coordinators running his offense and defense, but for the most part, these are the same Rebels who took the Gophers to triple overtime a year ago. But it would take a big time performance under the shine of TCF Bank Stadium not seen from UNLV in Hauck's tenure to end the nation's second longest road losing streak (22 games) against a clearly improved Gopher squad.....