Bobby Hauck

There are several reasons why Las Vegas oddsmakers set UNLV Rebels' win total at 2.5 heading into the 2011 season. They were 2-11 a year ago. Their schedule isn't as tough as it was in 2010, but it's still difficult. They're young. They have plenty of question marks.After watching the first two weeks of the Rebels' second fall camp under coach Bobby Hauck, I'm of this opinion: UNLV will be more competitive and exciting to watch in 2011 than it was in 2010, but is still about a year away from...Read Full Story

The UNLV football team's Saturday opponent is a perfect example that rebuilding a program takes time.Washington State, which won just five games from 2008 to 2010 in fielding one of the worst teams on the West Coast, is starting to show signs of winning its way out of the bottom of the Pac-12 standings. It hosts the Rebels, who are going through their own rebuilding pains, at 2 p.m. in Pullman.The Cougars closed last season by upsetting Oregon State 31-14 on the road and giving Washington...Read Full Story

Add UNLV's Bobby Hauck to the list of college football coaches nationwide who have established policies regarding their players' use of Twitter.As fall camp opened last week, UNLV players said goodbye to their Twitter accounts.The policy "gives young guys less of an opportunity to make a bad decision."UNLV players can no longer use Twitter. Hauck said players can use Facebook, citing it as a valuable communication tool.As for Twitter, Hauck saw firsthand last season just how much of a...Read Full Story

S17 — HawaiiS24 — Southern UtahO29 — Colorado StateN5 — Boise StateN26 — San Diego StateUNLV recently began its campaign to boost football season ticket sales with a promotional video, including coach Bobby Hauck preaching the importance of rallying around the team and community investment.Hauck had to deal with a brutal schedule in his first season, and UNLV went 2-10. The overall difficulty drops a tad this year, but the Rebels also have to go on the road for seven of their 12 games.The...Read Full Story

Hawaii in December would sound like the perfect destination for most people, but not UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck, below. Hauck and UNLV (2-10) finish off their season with a rare December regular season game at No. 25 Hawaii (9-3) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Hauck was blunt when asked what the positives were of playing in Hawaii at the end of the season. "I can't come up with one," Hauck said. "We've got to come back right after the game, it's finals week, our guys aren't going to be...Read Full Story