The Fremont Cannon will stay blue for another year. With the game tied at 20-20 and only 27 seconds remaining, Nevada’s Nick Graziano found Kyle Sammons streaking down the sideline for a 43-yard touchdown that gave the Wolf Pack a 27-20 victory over the UNLV Rebels in front of a sold out house of 25,728 fans.

The years of perfecting offensive strategy thinned his hair. The battle to move Nevada up to the highest level of college football wrinkled his face.

For many of Nevada’s seniors who redshirted their first season, this Saturday’s game against UNLV will mark the fifth time they have seen their team face the Rebels and the fourth time they have played in the Battle for the Fremont Cannon.

When it comes time for the University of Nevada to play rival University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the outcome is generally a toss-up. The Wolf Pack has its winning streaks, as do the Rebels, but neither team has dominated a single sport indefinitely.

With arguably the biggest game of the Nevada football season approaching, it is time to weigh in on the Rebels. Nevada will be playing against UNLV on Sept. 29, and the question on everyone’s mind is, “How bad is Nevada going to crush the school down South?”

Asking the casual Syracuse or LSU fan about Nevada football coach Chris Ault would probably be about as insightful as asking Britney Spears about steps 3-12 on the path to sobriety. Yet both teams run packages from Ault’s “Pistol” offense.

Although Bill Ireland, the man credited with introducing the Fremont Cannon, is no longer around to watch the Nevada-UNLV matchup, he will still be a part of Saturday’s rivalry game.

UNLV is led by freshman Travis Dixon, who beat out returning starter Rocky Hinds for the quarterback position.

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