The Nevada Sagebrush

Pack licks wounds during bye

| Nov. 7, 2008

The Nevada Sagebrush’s Live Blog of the Nevada-Fresno State football game

| Nov. 4, 2008

The bye week could not have come at a better time for the Wolf Pack.

Pack looks to bounce back against ‘Dogs

| Nov. 4, 2008

Nevada has been so unlucky in 2008 that some might wonder who is better at catching breaks: the Wolf Pack or Charlie Brown?

The recipe for Nevada’s mistake-prone season includes a few untimely fumbles, an inability to succeed in the clutch and an ugly second-half defense.

Missing D lost among youth and new scheme

Recruiting negligence leads to lack of cornerbacks

| Oct. 28, 2008

Nevada’s cornerbacks played in a grand total of zero Division-I college football games coming into the 2008 season.

Mauga injury leaves Pack without captain

| Oct. 28, 2008

Collegiate recruiting is an inconsistent art that often relies more on luck than pragmatism.

Nevada struggles to stop unraveling

| Oct. 28, 2008

Nevada’s defense took a big hit this weekend when the team lost linebackers Joshua Mauga and Mike Bethea to injury.

Soccer team looks to extend season, collegiate careers

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| Oct. 28, 2008

The Wolf Pack’s overflowing talent couldn’t get the job done again in Hawaii. Nevada lost another heartbreaker that left Wolf Pack fans asking, “What’s wrong?”

| Oct. 28, 2008

With a win against Idaho Friday, the Wolf Pack is on the brink of qualifying for the Western Athletic Conference Tournament even though it started the season winless in its first 11 games.

Nevada falls short at Hawaii

Nevada struggles against passing game, again

| Oct. 26, 2008

Nevada battled Hawaii until the end, but lost a heart breaker to the Warriors, 38-31.

| Oct. 21, 2008

Despite allowing only 17 points to Utah State, the Nevada pass defense was exploited once again. The Wolf Pack gave up 262 pass yards to a team that averaged only 174 per game coming into Saturday. Nevada particularly struggled when the Aggies used three, four and five wide receiver sets.

Kaep’s tardy, no problem

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| Oct. 21, 2008

Nevada (4-3, 2-1) star quarterback Colin Kaepernick found himself in an unfamiliar situation in Saturday’s homecoming game against Utah State (1-6, 1-2).

Wolf Pack seeks revenge in Hawaii

Student section didn’t care when Kaepernick wasn’t there

| Oct. 21, 2008

The Wolf Pack (4-3, 2-1) comes off a convincing homecoming victory against Utah State last week. Now it’s time for an away game against Hawaii (3-4, 2-2).

These are not the same 13th-ranked Warriors that came into Mackay Stadium last year and defeated Nevada 28-26 on a last-second field goal, but revenge will still be sweet. The Wolf Pack has a chance to go into Aloha Stadium and give the Warriors a taste of their own medicine.

Pack wins big in Homecoming

| Oct. 20, 2008

Greek students are good for something other than hilarious chicken-salmonella-themed parade floats — classy, ATO.

They also do their research before coming to a Nevada football game, something I can’t say about the rest of the student body.

On Saturday, I attempted a prince and the pauper experimental switch.

I climbed down from my press box perch and watched the game in the student section.

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| Oct. 18, 2008

The Wolf Pack (4-3, 2-1) dominated its Homecoming Game against Utah State (1-6, 1-2), 44-17, but head coach Chris Ault was still not impressed.

Nevada’s ‘haunting’ loss