It was the morning of December 6, 2021.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football team was nine days fresh off a 42-point victory over the Colorado State Rams, preparing for the Quick Lane Bowl against Western Michigan, which was scheduled for three weeks later on Dec. 27.
Early that Monday, a bombshell rippled across the Mountain West — Nevada head coach Jay Norvell is headed to....Colorado State? The team they just beat by 42 — 52-10 — mere days prior? Not even to a Power 5 school, but a program with hardly any recent success in the same conference?