Tuesday, December 10, 2013

New Coach Jay Johnson Signs 16 New Players

16 players have signed a letter of intent with the Wolf Pack Baseball team for the 2014 season. This is nearly half the amount of players the wolf pack usually signs per years. The new players consist of eight college freshman and eight junior college transfers.

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Michael Blasko was a part of the last
3 State Championship teams at Bishop
Gorman in Las Vegas. The past two
seasons he earned All-League, All-State
and All- American Awards.
Coming from Junior Colleges:
Chris Stolo (P/OF) Western Nevada CC
Robert Anderson (P) West Valley College (Calif.)
Grady Caldwell (1B) West Valley College (Calif.)
Jared Gaspard (OF) New Mexico Junior College
Sam Held (P) Delta College (Calif.)
Alex Lott (P) Delta College (Calif.)
Cameron Rowland (P) Chabot College (Calif.)
Zachary Wilkins (P) Palomar College (Calif.)

Coming out of High School:
Michael Blasko (C/IF) Bishop Gorman High School (Nev.)
Charlie Brooks (P) Buena High School (Calif.)
Jedd Fagg (IF) Williams Field High School (Ariz.)
Robert Fennell (IN, P) Scripps Ranch High School (Calif.)
Cole Krzmarzick (OF) Bishop Gorman High School (Nev.)
Jordan Pearce (IF, P) El Camino High School (Calif.)
Joseph Romero (P) Oxnard High School (Calif)
Cal Stevenson (P/OF) Newark High School (Calif)

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Fall 2013 Graduation at the University of Nevada!

(photo taken from @UNRNews Twitter)




CONGRATULATIONS NEVADA STUDENTS!



December 7th was a great day for many University of Nevada, Reno students--it was commencement for the fall graduating class of 2013! Among these 1,461 students were 33 student-athletes, representing a staggering 13 different sports all together. 
These students have majors all over the board as well--from neuroscience to finance to criminal justice.
In the last nine years, our school has seen 567 of it's student-athletes graduate--holding our graduation percentage rate for athletes at a high 78%.
We thank you, as students at the University of Nevada, for all your hard work and dedication--both academically and as part of our Wolf Pack!
 

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Nevada Football Team Awards


Wolf Pack Football announced its team awards on Sunday for the 2013 season. Senior Brandon Wimberly won the team’s most prestigious award, the Golden Helmet Award (MVP). Wimberly ended his college football career last Saturday with 269 career receptions. He has also had at least one reception in all of his college games, thats only two games short of the NCAA record.

Brandon Wimberly. MVP
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Additional Awards:

Outstanding Offensive Player: Cody Fajardo

Outstanding Defensive Player: Brock Hekking

Co-Outstanding Special Teams Players: Chase Tenpenny, Gabe Lee

Outstanding Freshman: Brent Zuzo

Big Blocker: Joel Bitonio

Striker Award: Joel Bitonio

Scout Team Players: Dante Mayes, Kevin Sundberg

Full Speed Effort: Brock Hekking, Jeremy Macauley

Captains’ Awards: Joel Bitonio, Cody Fajardo, Jordan Dobrich, Jordan Hanson

Congratulations to the men who received awards and the entire team and coaches for a good season.

Monday, December 2, 2013

San Jose State Takes Down UNDEFEATED #16 Fresno State!

Photo: Tony Avelar, AP
What a game for the Mountain West Conference!

Did San Jose State (now 6-6) really just hand #16 Fresno State (now 10-1) their first loss of the season? With a combined total of 1,392 yards, Fresno QB Derek Carr passing for 519 yards and David Fales for SJSU a total of 547 yards passing, these numbers were getting a little out of hand--not to mention the final score of 62-52, the lack of defense on both sides left a quite a few baffled.

One of the biggest upsets in NCAA Division 1 football to hit home for us Wolf Pack fans would be this--since Fresno took us down on it's hopeful path to a perfect season, San Jose State was our last win after a five-game skid (and the last game we played) before our final of the season, which is tomorrow. So how did SJSU take down #16? You tell us, I don't think it's sunk in yet!

This loss ended Fresno State's chances to beat out Northern Illinois for a spot in a prestigious BCS game.

Friday, November 29, 2013

A much needed win against SJSU and a Bye Week--Final Game of the 2013 Regular Season against BYU

Coming off a five-game skid with a win against San Jose State University and a bye week last week, we have come to the final game of the 2013 regular season against BYU this Saturday, November 30th at 12pm. We close out this season in a non-conference game, with BYU leading the series 4-2-2, though Nevada has won the last two games, only three have actually been played since 1940--a pretty big time lapse. 
Not only is this the last game of the Wolf Pack football season, but it's the last game for many Wolf Pack seniors--15 seniors will make their final appearance on Senior Day. Among those players is Brandon Wimberly, who has caught a pass in 51 STRAIGHT games, all 51 of his career, which represents the longest streak in the nation--pretty impressive, right?

So head out and support Nevada as they look to take down BYU in their last game of the regular season, and congratulate these hardworking seniors on their graduation and their last game as part of YOUR Wolf Pack! Buy your tickets here!

SENIOR DAY PLAYERS:
 (All pictures were taken from the Nevada Wolf Pack website)


Kolby Arendse
Kolby Arendse


Jack Reynoso
Jack Reynoso


Brandon Wimberly
Brandon Wimberly

Necho Beard
Necho Beard

Joel Bitonio
Joel Bitonio

Arthur Forrest II
Arthur Forrest II

Tyler Houk
Tyler Houk

Joey Huber
Joseph Huber

Stephen Jeffers
Stephen Jeffers

Fred Lavulo
Fred Lavulo

Nathan Lytle
Nathan Lytle

Jake Peppard
Jake Peppard

Markus Smith
Markus Smith

Chase Tenpenny
Chase Tenpenny 
Not Pictured: Danny DeCarlo






Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Week 13: Big Upsets


What an amazing week for college football! Although the Nevada Wolfpack had a bye week, week 13 didn’t fail in excitement. With bowl week approaching top competitors should have been on their toes, but it seems many top teams let some, thought to be easy, games slip away and ruin their chances for a quality bowl game. Below are my top three upsets of week 13. 

Arizona's Shaquille Richardson tips a ball intended for Duck's receiver Bralon Addison resulting in Marcus Mariota's first intercepted pass of the season. Photo by Thomas Boyd/ The Oregonian.
Arizona: 42
Oregon (5) : 16

Questionably being one of the biggest upsets in the entire season thus far, Oregon trailed to Arizona in Tucson ending their hopes of making a national title appearance or even a Pac-12 championship appearance. Running back Ka’Deem Carey rushed 206 yards and scored four touchdowns for the Wildcats. Carey’s performance in addition to costly penalties and four dropped passes by Oregon resulted in a humbling loss for the Duck program that was looking to play in its fifth consecutive BCS bowl game.


Georgia Southern: 26
Florida: 20

Florida was looking to easily end its five-game losing streak coming into week 13 but failed to do so, losing to their first ever lower division team in the school’s history. Georgia Southern QB Kevin Ellison (not to be confused with former USC defensive back Kevin Marcus Ellison) ran for two touchdowns to put his team ahead in the third quarter and Florida just could not catch up. The loss assured Florida will not attend a bowl game for the first time since their NCAA probation in 1990.


Oklahoma State (10) : 49
Baylor (4): 17

Oklahoma State seemed to control the entire game. Despite Baylor playing without key offensive players Lache Seastrumk, Glasco Martin and Tevin Reese, the difference betweent the teams was not because of the loss of a few players. Oklahoma forced three turnovers (two deep in Oklahoma territory) to knock off the 7.5-point favorite Baylor. Baylor’s loss will surely plummet their ranking and push Oklahoma to the top, a stone throw away from a national title appearance. 

(Rankings from BCS Standings)

Week 14 includes dozens of rivalry games ,including many top teams which could bring even more upsets. Lets hope for some exciting games and upsets this Thanksgiving week.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Sidelined by an Injury--Athletes Forced Out of the Game

I decided to share something I wrote that featured a personal story (as well as other resources) about a Casa Grande High School (a high school in my own hometown!) student that came to Nevada. Though this was not before losing all his offers for scholarships (as a highly recruited defensive back) after a injury he sustained before his freshman year of college.

I found out that a pretty popular newspaper, The Press Democrat, ended up writing a profile on the same student, Makana Garrigan, that I did--AFTER I did. The Press Democrat article.

In all honesty it really made me realize how small I really am. I wrote a story, before this publication, and nothing happened. Granted, I wouldn't have formatted this story exactly like I did because I had to abide by quite a few guidelines, but it really brings me, as a student, back down to Earth--knowing that honestly without the right promotion and social media action, no one will ever hear what you have to say.

WARNING: This is a really long story! You may want to do some eye stretches before you take them on this journey :)

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So what happens if a player is recruited out of high school and gets injured—or is playing for that college team and ends up completely sidelined by an injury?

As a student that has received a scholarship in order to play sports for a university, no matter if it’s full-ride or a partial scholarship, that sport consumes a significant part of their college life, while also serving as their path towards a degree in higher education. What are the results from this injury? Not only to the fate of the player’s scholarship, but to their overall mental and physical health—this athlete just lost a major part of their livelihood, one which they may heavily rely on. This offer is one that may have held quite a few possibilities, not to mention the opportunity to segue into a career coupled with the backing of a college degree. A student here at UNR unfortunately gained first-hand knowledge of what it was like to be in this tragic situation. Makana Garrigan, a student at the University of Nevada-Reno, unfortunately suffered from a career ending injury before he made it to his first semester of college.

“I’ve played all my life. I started off when I was six years old,” Garrigan shared when discussing the early beginnings of his football career. “After my freshman year in high school one of my head coaches pulled me aside and told me I had a serious career and asked me if I really wanted to play college football.” In his junior year of high school he started getting recognition from the Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC) and Western Athletic Conference (WAC) schools—UNR included. In his senior year he started getting offers and attending camps—the attention he received was at an all-time high. It was his homecoming game during his senior year and he went in for routine hit, when all of a sudden his entire arm—from his shoulder down to his fingers—went numb. He went back in to the game with the hope that it was just a stinger (also called a nerve pinch injury, it’s a neurological injury suffered by athletes, mostly in high-contact sports)—but the feeling was still gone. After that game, the feeling came back in his arm, right up to his shoulder where he still had numbness, and currently does to this day. After the injury he was required to let all of the schools that had made him offers aware of what happened, and even though a few (including UNR) extended him the option of attending as a preferred walk on, every scholarship offer was rescinded.
“I shut my self away from everyone,” Garrigan said, his eyes glossing over. “I remember sitting in the hospital with my dad and seeing him cry for the first time. It was heartbreaking. I felt like I let my family down in a way. I had always worked hard for this and they had my back through it. Then all of a sudden once I’m finally at that point and it’s like ‘oh okay, I’m here’, then it’s taken away—just like that.” It was obvious that Garrigan bounced back from any lasting depression caused by his situation, but it doesn’t always work that way for all athletes.

Post injury related depression is on the rise. So much that studies have come out more recently showing a peak in interest regarding this topic. In a retrospective study done in 2009 titled “Measuring Post Injury Depression Among Male and Female Competitive Athletes”, the previous study done by Brewer and Petrie was used in their research. It surveyed collegiate football players from a sample of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I universities. Using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) type of scale, they compared the depression symptom totals between athletes who had reported an injury the previous school year and those who had reported no injuries during the same timeframe. The results indicated that athletes who sustained an injury during the previous year showed significantly higher depression symptoms than the athletes who hadn’t suffered an injury in the past year. They then took those results and concluded that an estimated 33% of athletes with injury histories and 27% of those without injury histories could be classified as clinically depressed.

Athletes at the pro level, the collegiate level as well as high school can be prone to sustaining injuries quite frequently. The degree of severity ranges, but any injury is usually pretty serious to an athlete—especially if it has them riding the bench. As a fan who attends as many games as possible, watches them even while in class and is constantly following the latest updates, would be considered the opinion of a hardcore sports fan and could be another angle to investigate. When realizing one of the players on their favorite team, fantasy team, or a player they like in general is injured—how do they react? Does it do justice for the emotions felt by the actual players themselves—could it even come close? Lexi Koster—a huge San Francisco 49er’s football fan—chose to focus on Alex Smith, a pervious QB for the 49ers who sustained a concussion early in the 2012 year, which resulted in him being out the rest of the season, even though his injury wasn’t severe enough to warrant him watching another game on the bench. “I do think about how being injured affects the players,” Koster said, “I could only imagine how it would feel for Alex Smith to go through the entire season on the bench—they go to the Super Bowl and he isn’t leading the team. It must be devastating.” Though when discussing players that aren’t from her favorite team, her reaction was a little different. “It just bums me out,” Koster said, in regard to losing a player on her fantasy team as result of injury. “You rely so much on that player to get you points and help you win that week and they are suddenly out halfway through that game so they only get you a small amount of points and then it can get you really pissed off.” A significant difference from the response of an athlete—who would tend to be more focused on their personal loss (as in career, mobility, scholarships—things like that) like in Garrigan’s case—opposed to the results of random, unsuccessful fantasy game.

Jean Perry, the special assistant to the President for Athletics Academics and Compliance as well as the faculty athletics representative spoke about the way scholarships work for an injured player, specifically here at UNR. “At this university—and you may see it differently within other schools—if the player signs a national letter of intent, we would still bring that student on,” Perry said. “Obviously we would like to know what happened, and try and rehabilitate them if possible.” If they are unable to be brought back from their injury, there are special programs within the athletic department that they hold open for students in these cases. Though there is a difference between verbal and written offers when it comes to scholarships—the major reason being that verbal offers are non-binding. “Every now and then the person who’s committed to you can decide well, that’s really not right for me, and they have the option to back out,” Perry also went on to add, “But yes, I think a player that gets injured after signing, and it’s a permanent injury, can be faced with a strong chance that they may have their scholarship pulled—but it’s done on a careful, case by case basis.”

Richard Bell is also a student here at UNR on a full-ride scholarship for basketball. He was born in a town just 40 minutes outside of London, and says if it weren’t for basketball, he would not be in America. He was part of the team last year that won the WAC championship and has been a major part of UNR basketball since joining the team a little over a year ago. As far as his scholarship he gets everything paid for, as well as $1,000 a month to pay for rent and other expenses that aren’t school related. UNR caught his eye for a reason. “This program has a history for developing players—getting them to the next level,” Bell said. “Players aren’t necessarily highly recruited but they give them a good chance, at a great level of play.” It was easy to see in his face how much basketball means to him. He was speechless for a few seconds with a pained look that clouded his face more than once after he was presented with the idea of never playing again. It was also obvious in this reaction when asked about the injuries he received while playing basketball, especially after becoming injured severely enough that it had him out a fair amount of games in the beginning of the season. This time period really made him consider what he would do if he were to ever sustain a serious—possibly career ending—injury.  “I’ve thought about this before when I was injured,” Bell said, looking down at his feet. “It’s horrible thinking like that when your life basically revolves around one thing—I really had no idea what I would do. If I didn’t have basketball I don’t know who I’d be, what I would do really. It’s a huge part of my life.” Athletes that play at the NCAA level have come a far ways from the previous high school level play. It has a bigger place in their life—it carries a larger meaning, this idea comes across evidently in both Garrigan as well as Bell’s personal stories.

In regards to Makana, his story has a happy ending. Just by observing his body language one can tell his passion for football—it was clearly written all over his face. He went on to say that he missed football too much and decided to meet with his former head coach (during the time when he first came to UNR as a preferred walk-on) and asked him if any intern positions were open. “I couldn’t stay away from it [football].” Garrigan said. “I went into the athletic offices and talked to the safety’s coach—coach Bradeson. He told me that would be awesome [for Garrigan to intern], and that they could use more guys like me around.” That was about two years ago; since then he has been promoted and now works in the football office assisting the entire defense staff. On top of that he collaborating with the defensive players to implement the new plays created by defensive coordinator, coach Hazelton. After a long stretch of storytelling with an understandably despondent demeanor, his face cracks a genuine smile. He happily continues on, discussing the details of his job—all the while making sure to firmly express that he is indeed doing exactly “what he has always wanted to do”.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Upcoming Wolf Pack Men's Basketball games!






5 Straight Losses--Only Two Games Left

CBS Sports
No matter what, we are still one pack, one community. Despite a disappointing season for the Wolf Pack, as well as Brian Polian in his first year as the new head coach, our community loves its team. Nevada, ranked a dismal 108th, received its 5th straight loss against Colorado State University, ranked not much higher at 87th. The first half was pretty slow--a battle of defense. After CSU started off the second half with a pretty impressive drive for a touchdown, Fajardo answered as he held it on an option and ran, not much more than a minute later, for 68 yards. There was some trading of field goals, until the star of the game, Kapri Bibbs made some pretty impressive plays for Colorado State, as well as a record breaking 312 rushing yards. Nevada seems to be hosting quite a few record breaking games, that is, for their opposing teams. All in all, we still love our Pack, as you can see from our town--if there is one thing Reno is never lacking in, it's Pack pride!

Men's Basketball Season Opener vs. Montana Tech


Nevada men’s basketball game on Monday against Montana Tech was anything but exciting and fun. Although only a preseason game, it was the first game for the Wolf Pack for their 2013-2014 season. 

A good amount of students showed up for the game, easily filling the student section and entire lower half of the arena, but by the fourth quarter the seats were almost all empty. The Pack easily led the entire game winning with a score of 98-57. 

However, when watching the game the Pack didn’t look any better than last year’s team. This may have been because they were playing down to the level of an NAIA school but I expected more from the team. We could have easily dominated and broke 100 points. But we didn't. 

When our football team plays top 10 schools, the high-ranked football teams don’t hold back and usually completely dominate us (in 2011 Oregon ran over Nevada with a final score of 69-20 after playing their third strings most of the game).

The fact that Nevada had two turnovers in 15 minutes against a school with less than 3,000 students is slightly embarrassing.

Nevada was clearly the better team but should have played on their level, not down with Montana Tech Diggers.

I would have liked to see the Wolf Pack run all over Montana Tech and prove why we are a D1 school and compete against top basketball names in our league like UNLV and BYU. 

It would be fun for Nevada to have opened their season by playing a big school outside of our league.

Maybe next pre-season.

On a lighter note, lets take a look at the halftime performance brought to you by two struggling Nevada fans attempting to play the game of memory. The video shows only the last minute of the long and frustrating game that took the two adults the entire half time (almost 20 minutes).


Thursday, November 7, 2013

Another Dissapointing Loss for the Wolf Pack


Nevada battled against Fresno State, but fell hard against their mountain west conference opponent, 23 to 41. It was a great game for Fresno--Derek Carr threw for 487 yards--breaking the career passing record and lead his team to its 8 straight win since 1989. It was a different story for the Wolf Pack--losing its first 4 straight games since 2001.
This game was against a team that is one of the handful of difficult opponents Nevada has faced this season--if not the most difficult. Fresno is ranked 16th in the BCS standings (their first running to make a BCS game in school history), so coming in Nevada knew they had their work cut out for them.
The Pack fought back from a 24-7 deficit with a field goal by Brent Zuzo followed by a touchdown--Fajardo made a fantastic run for 47 yards as part of this touchdown. Despite a few good plays, Nevada was unable to keep up, marking another disappointing loss after losing at home to UNLV. 

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

First Annual Wolf vs. Pack Draft

Posing after the draft with Captain Michael Bradshaw

To outsiders it may seem a bit silly to have a fake baseball draft from just one college team. But the Nevada Wolf Pack players found it a blast.

The team plays an annual series between each other; dividing their D1 college team into two teams for a three game weekend series.

New Head Coach Jay Johnson thought it would be fun to have an in-house draft for the series. 

Captains were selected to represent the two teams and the remainder of the team dressed in suits and ties and brought fancy dates to the first annual Wolf vs. Pack baseball draft.

The evening began with dinner for the team and continued to a formal draft setting. With announcers, played by the school’s cheerleaders, and a formal list of the top picks. 

Just like a formal draft, the teams took turns picking players. When the players were selected they would get up and take a picture with the cheerleaders then sign their ‘contract’. 

The night was full of laughs from the team; it clearly brought the team together for a great bonding experience and a fun way to get the weekend series started.

New Head Coach Johnson seems to already have a great idea of ways to bring the team together. Hopefully, resulting is close ties between players and a great season ahead.

Writers, Kara Marken and Gloria Davis, pose with Captain
Michael Bradshaw and Player Colby Blueberg after the draft.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Homecoming Game Clip: Nevada v. UNLV

We may have let them take the cannon this year--but next year we will be back with a vengeance!



One Community, One Pack

As a Junior, this week was my third Homecoming experienced in my college career. It was by far the best Homecoming and quite possibly the best week ever! Despite the loss against our big rival, UNLV, the University of Nevada showed an immense amount of school spirit, pride and joviality throughout the week.

I will never forget when I visited Nevada during my college search in high school. One aspect of the University that greatly stood out to me is the amount of school spirit each student has.

Walking through campus was like walking through a Nevada Bookstore advertisement. Everywhere I looked I saw someone in Wolf Pack shirts, hats, sweatshirts. I love how much the students and community at Nevada show pride in their school.

This week’s Homecoming was no disappointment to the great school spirit Nevada shows.

Great events all week led up to one out of control and crazy fun football game. On Friday, the students participated their annual homecoming parade, but this year the ASUN chose to have the parade start at the Reno Arch and move through downtown up to campus. It was a great success. People of all ages came to support the floats made by students and rally for the game the following day.

I had the great opportunity to ride on one of the floats and I had never smiled so much in my life. Downtown Reno and the University came together for the great event. I hope they continue the tradition and start the parade downtown every year.

Saturday’s game was sold out with a record 32,500 people in attendance! The game was close and kept everyone on their feet eager to see who was going to bring home the canon.

Despite Nevada’s loss (22-27), the Pack showed that they are an overall amazing school (far better than UNLV). We are one community, one pack. We stick together, we have pride in our school and we make the best out of our college experience.

Thank you Nevada for an amazing Homecoming week!

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Beat UNLV Week!

Homecoming Events UPDATE: Nominee's Pageant


Here is a little something, albeit not the best quality picture quickly captured from last night's event. It ran like a normal beauty pageant, but with the nominees from the sorority and fraternity houses on campus as well as few clubs. We decided to go last minute, hence the sub par seats and iPhone quality shot--but the good thing is, it was a GREAT turn out and more support than ever for yet another homecoming event!  

GO PACK!




 
 


Oh and just a quick hello from your Pack City Girls headed to the event that night! :)



Just a Little Video to Get You in the Mood....Governor Series 2013!

A very well put together video by our school to the south--it gets us pumped and excited for this weekend!! Wolf Pack fans, are you ready for THIS Saturday!!? 

Monday, October 21, 2013

Homecoming Event's UPDATE: Undie Run!




The undie run was in full force tonight! Hundreds of people, dressed in some outrageous outfits, or almost barely anything at all, met in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union. There was live music and dancing--resembling quite convincingly what one might see as far as lack of clothing and type of music at a dubstep or EDM concert.














Though remember this is for a good cause--the student take off their clothes and donate them while running for charity to benefit the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada.

The Battle to Keep the Fremont Cannon Blue!






 A rivalry between the University of Nevada-Reno and UNLV that dates back to 1969, this 8-year domination by Nevada is the longest command either team has had during this series existence. After coming off a devastating loss to Boise and an overall season of below .500 with a record sitting at a dismal 3-4, Nevada looks to bounce back during the festive homecoming week and capture the win, locking down the Fremont cannon for a 9th straight year.

The Fremont cannon itself has quite a bit of history—built in 1970 to replicate the 19th century cannon that American explorer and politician John C. Fremont on an expedition to Nevada mid-century. This cannon was originally fired after every touchdown, but was deemed inoperable since 1999. This is the heaviest, as well as the MOST expensive in all of college football.

The first win of this streak happened on September 17th, 2005 with Nevada over UNLV 22-14 and our last win over UNLV in Vegas on October 13, 2014, Nevada taking out UNLV 23-15.

Make sure you don’t miss this exciting game, Saturday, October 26! Chris Ault Field—University of Nevada—Reno, 3:05PST

Great Start, Bad Finish

Boise State: 34
Nevada: 17
Photo Credit: Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports

The Nevada Wolf Pack played nearly perfectly the first half of their game against Boise on Oct. 19, 2013 at Bronco Field. The Pack led the game 17-7 at half time, giving the pack and the fans high confidence for the rest of the game. Nevada had not led Boise at half-time in a game since 1997! However, the Pack was unable to hold their lead and shortly after the beginning  of the second half, fell short to the Broncos. 

Boise’s first two possession of the second half resulted in touchdowns and the Broncos sealed the deal with two more touchdowns to confirm a final score of 34-17. 

Nevada receiver Brandon Wimberly led the Pack with 121 yards for 11 catches. Bronco’s backup quarterback Grant Hedrick threw for 150 yards and ran for 115 more after starting QB Joe Southwick injured his foot the first play of the game. 

The Pack will take on UNLV in Reno for their homecoming game on October 26 at 3 pm. 

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Controversial Video Taken Down--No Saving the Savior of the Student Section

 In our first post, we highlighted a brand new video that had just been released in honor of the 2013 football season titled "Savior of the Student Section: Nevada’s J.C", made by students of University of Nevada. After hitting almost 18,000 views, and landing a feature on the popular college website www.brobible.com, it was taken down. This was allowed on the grounds that it had used the university's logo without the proper approval. There was also talk that many within the community has assumed it was created by the university itself--mostly impart because of its high-quality production, while also containing the Nevada logo at the end.

The controversial video was given such a title thanks to a portion of its content--statements said against UNLV; like the school to the south being a "waste of state funds", and a broom donning a UNLV shirt, being pushed down by J.C.

A few students we've talked to said that there was quite a bit of overreaction when regarding the message behind this video--the actual writer/director/producer himself sharing that it was all made in good fun--as with any rivalry.

In our opinion, if you look at just the basic components to the video itself you can easily see too much weight was placed on those few scenes of this video--basically blowing it all way out of context. It a guy, obviously dressed as a figurative Jesus character, taking on a role as the "savior of the student section"...how much of this video could you possibly take too seriously without looking as if you have almost no sense of humor? Just an honest question for you to ponder from your pack city girls. :)

This hasn't silenced our "savior" though--as he warns the critics this isn't the last!

Monday, October 14, 2013

University of Nevada-Reno Homecoming Week 2013!

Homecoming is always a high energy time at the University of Nevada. During this week we celebrate the history of our traditions—with many events that have taken place over the years here at Nevada. Everyone is invited to join the excitement, and help us keep the Fremont cannon blue for the 9th straight year—during the homecoming game vs. UNLV on Saturday, October 26th at Mackay Stadium!

The upcoming events during Homecoming week are as follows:

Nevadaville Judging: Where the quad at the University of Nevada is turned into a western town!
DAY: Monday, October 21st
TIME: Noon-5:00pm
LOCATION: The quad

Beat UNLV Undie Run: Show your pride for the pack by donating your clothes and running through campus!
DAY: Monday, October 21st
TIME: 9:00pm
LOCATION: In front of The Joe Crowley Student Union 

Pack Gives Back: You can watch the candidates for the titles of Homecoming king and queen compete—as well as bid on your favorite gift basket!
DAY: Tuesday, October 22nd
TIME: 7:00pm
LOCATION: Joe Crowley Student Union Milt Glick Ballrooms

Big Sean: A concert for the students—$13 in person tickets for the students at Nevada!
DAY: Wednesday, October 23rd
TIME: Doors Open at 7pm ~  Show Starts at 8pm
LOCATION: Reno Sparks Events Center
TICKETS:
Students:
$13 in person Student Presale sales at the Nevada Wolf Shop until October 22 until 7pm, 2 tickets per student ID
 $18 Student Tickets at the door
General:
$34 In person General Presale sales at the Reno Events Center 
$44 General Tickets at the door
General Tickets can be purchased online for $34 plus fees at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/17004B32B08F5F4C
  
Wolves Frolic Talent Show & BEAT UNLV Moon Off: Watch the teams for Homecoming preform a dance while lip-syncing! Then, you can stick around for a Nevada tradition—mooning to the south!
DAY: Thursday, October 24th
TIME: 9:00 pm
PLACE: The Quad

Wolf Pack March From the Arch
Friday, October 25th
7:00 p.m.    Homecoming Carnival opens, University Quad
7:30 p.m.     Homecoming Parade of Lights and Wolf Pack March from the Arch, from the Reno Arch to the University Quad.
8:00 p.m.    Homecoming Carnival complete with food trucks, games, bounce houses and more, University Quad
9:00 p.m.     Lighting of the Wolf, University Quad
9:30 p.m.     Homecoming Pep Rally with Coach Polian, University Quad
Registration information by group: 
University Club: REGISTRATION FORM 
Local Business:  Sponsorship information
University Department, Non-profits, community members, or just want to participate:  https://asun.wufoo.com/forms/community-member-homecoming-participation/
Rule for the Parade (PDF)

Wolf Trot: The 5k every year that takes you all over campus!
DAY: Saturday, October 26
TIME: 8:00 am
PLACE: All over campus
Contact Campus Recreation at 775-682-7173 for more information.