User profile: ol66

There is only one great candidate to be the next UNLV football coach.

Hire Chris Ault from the University of Nevada.

He kicks UNLV's butt every year.

He goes to a bowl every year.

His kids don't get in trouble.

He invented the Pistol Offense and rolled up about 700 yards in offense against UNLV! That was so obscene that Sanford should have been fired on the spot.

He is a consistent winner in a small budget program.

He makes stars out of kids others pass on, like Colin Kapernick. Nobody wanted him out of Turlock, Calif. Remember Frank Hawkins? Just wait, he'll make Mike Ball an NFL running back.

He commands a small salary, when compared to other schools in the WAC or MWC.

He knows Nevada and has great politcan connections.

He knows the recruiting grounds of Las Vegas and So. Cal, the Fresno area and the Sacramento area.

All he has to move down from Reno. Since he already works in the university system, the transition could be very smooth.

It's a no-brainer. But since this is UNLV. It will never happen.

Take a closer look at the lyrics of "Home Means Nevada."

It makes no mention of anything that has to do with Clark County or Las Vegas.

It deals with images only from Northern Nevada...the Kit Carson Trail and the Truckee River.

Some state song.

ralston ...the watchdog of the rival newspaper. What a great public service..like he's never made a mistake.

I was at the game yesterday with some old friends who flew up from Las Vegas. I live in Reno and am a huge University of Nevada football fan.

And I love keeping up with the UNLV Rebels on the Sun website because the sportswriter here is really good.

I root for UNLV all weekends that they don't play Nevada. Many folks in Reno recognize that Las Vegas is a great city, the economical engine of our state.

That's why beating the UNLV football team means so much to us. Nevada's offensive line moved UNLV's front at will Saturday. I can see why UNLV fans get so frustrated with the coach.

Plus, by reading the Sun and RJ, you've got a dirt, dusty parking lot for your home games? That's terrible!

Really, if the University System was not in such a budget crunch, your sad sack coach would already have been fired. So I guess you can blame the economy as much as anything else.

I thought that UNLV had some good players. The WR Wolfe (sp?) could start at Notre Dame.

I heard some Las Veges folks at the game mumble that UNLV should drop its football program. We would hate to see that in Reno. This rivalry is a good thing for our state.

Nevada's 1969 team, which played (and won) in the first Nevada-UNLV game was honored at halftime. We respect the UNLV football legacy in the North, Mike Thomas, Coach Ireland, Glenn Carano, Mike Whitemaine, Icky Woods and especially Randall Cunningham. The coaches up here used to call him Superman.

There have been many years that UNLV has kicked Nevada's butt, that's for sure. But lately, wow.

I would pin the blame for the UNLV loss on the UNLV coach.

The officials obviously missed the call when Bellfield tripped and the ball went out of bounds.

Kruger got very angry about it and it seemed from TV that he could not let it go.

It seemed like he never got his head back in the game after that blown call.