Kevin Fiddler

After another 17-point loss, the team's third such loss in a row, UNLV head coach Marvin Menzies had little to say. Thanks to a terribly upset (and vocal) contingent of fans — especially on social media — who want the beleaguered coach gone as soon as possible, Menzies is under fire and looked more like a man headed to a firing squad then he did the locker room.

The big day is finally here. The grill is stoked, the fridge is full of beer, all sorts of dips are laid out on the table, and even your annoying friend Ralph is coming, once again promising to bring the $42 he still owes you from the Super Bowl Squares of 2016. It's the best day of the year for football fanatics: It's Super Bowl Sunday.

Heading into Saturday afternoon's crucial road tilt at Utah State, UNLV's basketball team faced its next major...

For most Las Vegans, a short trip to San Diego for the weekend represents relaxation and a great break from the intensity of Sin City. For UNLV's basketball team, this weekend's short jaunt to the coast means the opposite. With a five-game losing streak on the road at SDSU, the Runnin' Rebels will be looking to pick up their first win there since 2013.

As UNLV's basketball team heads into its Wednesday night road test at Air Force, the Runnin' Rebels are looking to open Mountain West Conference play 4-0 for the first time in school history. More head-turning is the fact the Runnin' Rebels haven't started ANY conference season 4-0 since the 1991-92 season — Jerry Tarkanian's last as UNLV head coach — when they were a member of the Big West.

When Ohio State announced Georgia transfer quarterback Justin Fields announced he was transferring to OSU, it sent a ripple effect across the college football landscape. None greater than the ripple that hit former Bishop Gorman quarterback Tate Martell, who was the project starter for the Buckeyes in 2019 if redshirt sophomore Dwayne Haskins declares for the NFL Draft.

When senior forward Shakur Juiston went down with an injury and the team played poorly in Hawaii over the holiday break, many fickle UNLV basketball fans start stoking the fires of unrest. Some even reporting UNLV had a secret agreement with disgraced former Louisville coach Rick Pitino. Head coach Marvin Menzies could've gotten caught up in the madness, but — instead — the third-year coach rallied the troops.

The last time UNLV's basketball team started Mountain West Conference play 2-0, George W. Bush was president, the classic stoner movie "Grandma's Boy" was released in theaters, "Gold Digger" by Kanye West was slowly moving down the Top 100 charts, 2016 NL MVP and Vegas product Kris Bryant was in eighth grade, and my buddy Mike Bauder had one of the most memorable experiences of his lifetime in Denver watching the Steeler dominate the Broncos.