Sheraton Hawaii Bowl - Dec. 24, 2011

This game might not be what is seems. First things first, let’s look at that 7-5 record for Nevada. Delving into the L’s, we see that 2 of those losses were to Boise and Oregon, no shame there. There are probably about 115 other teams in the nation that would also be 0-2 vs those juggernauts. That leaves 3 real earned losses, a 1-point loss to Texas Tech in a shoot out (hello, its Texas Tech), and a pair of consecutive 4-point losses to Louisiana Tech and Utah State. LT and USU of course are bowling this season, TT just missed it at 5-7 but Nevada faced the Raiders early in the season, when they were still beat-Oklahoma-good, before they were ravaged by injuries. Nevada led in the 4^th Q in all 3 games. Read the rest of this entry →

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl – Nevada (8-4) vs SMU (7-5)

Aloha Stadium December 24th 8pm

June Jones and Chris Ault have faced each other before and there might be fireworks this Christmas Eve when SMU faces Nevada in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl.  Neither team is known for their defense, finishing 92nd and 88th in Total Defense respectively.  Nevada does bring a strong offense to Aloha Stadium, finishing #2 in Total Offense and #5 in Scoring Offense on the regular season.  SMU’s offense wasn’t up to that caliber but the team is greatly improved in 2009. Read the rest of this entry →