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Even now that his UNLV football career has ended, wide receiver Ryan Wolfe hasn't taken much time to reflect on his remarkable four seasons.

UNLV's Ryan Wolfe scores a touchdown against New Mexico on Oct. 24, 2009, in Albuquerque, N.M. UNLV won 34-17. 2:04 p.m. Saturday's 28-24 come-from-behind victory over San Diego State wasn't the last bit of good news for the 2009 UNLV football team.

Clayton, Payne and the defense complete comeback, as win against SDSU ends Rebels' 2009 campaign with a 5-7 mark Justin M. Bowen UNLV head coach Mike Sanford embraces Malo Taumua just after their 24-20 season-ending win against San Diego State on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.

UNLV senior defensive end and linebacker Jason Beauchamp will play his hometown team, San Diego State, on Saturday in his final game for the Rebels.

UNLV fired coach Mike Sanford on Sunday. Sanford is 15-43 in his fifth year. 'There's empathy for him and his family,' linebacker Jason Beauchamp told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'Everyone has something different to say, but ... after having gone through all the years and all the work I put in, I feel like something needed to change.' Our take: ...

UNLV head coach Mike Sanford walks off the field after his team's last second loss to Oregon State in Las Vegas Sept.

* NEXT: San Diego State at UNLV, 6 p.m. Nov. 28, The Mtn. , KWWN-AM Air Force running back Asher Clark bolts past UNLV defensive lineman Malo Taumua, right, and linebacker Starr Fuimaono on a 24-yard touchdown run in the first quarter of the Falcons' 45-17 victory Saturday.

Defense has kept Air Force in every football game this season, but the Falcons are still defined by their triple option.

Six wins likely are enough to send Air Force back to a bowl game. They're not enough to satisfy coach Troy Calhoun, and quarterback Tim Jefferson won't settle for a .500 record.

UNLV defensive lineman Malo Taumua celebrates after defeating Colorado State 35-16 Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Sam Boyd Stadium.

NEXT : Colorado State at UNLV, 7 p.m. Saturday, The Mtn. , KWWN-AM UNLV running back Channing Trotter, center, is gang-tackled by a quintet of Texas Christian defenders in the first half of the Rebels' 41-0 loss to the eighth-ranked Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday.

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Sporting the fourth-longest win streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision this week, the eighth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs settle in at Carter Stadium in Fort Worth this weekend versus the UNLV Rebels.

TCU's top competition this season will not be met on the field. Having moved into position to be a BCS buster, the eighth-ranked Horned Frogs attempt to hold off their challenger for that spot with a big game against Mountain West Conference rival UNLV on Saturday.

Ryan Greene and Christine Killimayer talk about the night that belonged to UNLV senior receiver Ryan Wolfe, who became the Mountain West's all-time leading pass-catcher as the Rebels prevailed 34-17 at New Mexico.

UNLV linebacker Starr Fuimaono takes down Sacramento State running back Terrance Dailey during the first half of the Rebels' 38-3 victory at Sam Boyd Stadium on Sept 5. Friday, Oct.

If the University of New Mexico football team's previous encounter with another team facing adversity is any indication, maybe it has a shot for its first win of the season on Saturday.

UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton throws a pass during Saturday's game against BYU at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Brigham Young quarterback Max Hall, who passed for four touchdowns in the Cougars' 42-35 win over UNLV last season, leads the Mountain West Conference this season in average yards passing per game.

In his four seasons as UNLVa s head football coach, Mike Sanford remains distressingly lacking in cannon.