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No. 24 UNLV and California head into LA Bowl without key pieces
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A team without its head coach versus another without its starting quarterback in a non-playoff bowl game does not qualify as unprecedented in the current and chaotic era of college football, but those are the circumstances No. 24 UNLV and California are trying to navigate...
UNLV hires former Florida and Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen as its new football coach
LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV is reaching into the Southeastern Conference to keep momentum going for its 24th-ranked football team, hiring former Florida and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen on Thursday. He will be introduced in a news conference Friday morning. UNLV...
Barry Odom begins Purdue career with larger NIL budget and questions about payment dispute at UNLV
Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinski promised to give new coach Barry Odom everything he needed to revive the Boilermakers program. Increasing the NIL budget is a solid start. Odom knows what's coming next — the questions. So naturally, it didn't take long for the...
Purdue hires UNLV's Barry Odom as its next football coach
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Barry Odom is getting a second chance to put a Power Four program back to prominence. He can't wait. Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinski announced Sunday he had hired the 48-year-old Odom to replace Ryan Walters, who was fired last week after...
No. 10 Boise State grabs CFP spot, beating No. 19 UNLV 21-7 in Mountain West championship
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ashton Jeanty ran for 209 yards and a touchdown and No. 10 Boise State earned a College Football Playoff spot, beating No. 19 UNLV 21-7 on Friday night for its second straight Mountain West title. Boise State (12-1, No. 10 CFP) is all but assured of a...
CFP berth at stake when No. 10 Boise State hosts No. 19 UNLV in Mountain West title game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The playoffs start Friday night for No. 10 Boise State and No. 19 UNLV with a winner-take-all showdown for the Mountain West championship. With the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams this season, there's a guaranteed berth for the highest-ranked...
Championship week: Clemson and UNLV could stir up title-game trouble for teams on the bubble for CFP
The last two weeks of the college football regular season were wild, and the madness could continue in the conference championship games this week if Clemson, UNLV or both win. The five automatic bids and most of the at-large spots in the 12-team College Football Playoff will be...
Barry Odom has No. 19 UNLV one step away from potentially making the College Football Playoff
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Barry Odom had only minutes earlier claimed his most important victory as a head coach when his thoughts turned Saturday night to the lowest moment of his career. Odom was fired five years ago to the day by Missouri, and he began to choke up and stopped talking for...
Williams accounts for 3 TDs, No. 21 UNLV beats Nevada 38-14 to make Mountain West title game
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The idea that UNLV would be one step away from competing in the College Football Playoff would have been preposterous two years ago. But that's when Barry Odom took over a program with just four prior bowl appearances and none since the 2013 season. ...
No. 21 UNLV has MW title game and possible playoff berth on the line against rival Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV is preparing to play the most important game in its relatively short and mostly miserable history, and even its heated up-state rival gets the significance of this matchup. Nevada coach Jeff Choate called it "a meaningful game for the state of Nevada”...
