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Ex-Nevada football twins on brink of Super Bowl title with New England Patriots

RGJ sports writers Chris Murray, Jim Krajewski and Duke Ritenhouse talk about what a successful season for Nevada basketball looks like, plus the NIAA's late change on realignment, Super Bowl predictions and more. Chris Murray/RGJ

Twins Jacob and Cody Hollister arrived at Nevada in 2012 as two of the dozen walk-ons who joined the team that fall. The brothers from Bend, Ore., each stood 6-foot-3 and weighed around 210 pounds. They dreamed of one day earning a college scholarship and becoming key players for the Wolf Pack.

That hope was never fulfilled as the Hollisters spent just one season in Reno before a coaching change from Chris Ault to Brian Polian pushed them out of the program.