BUFFALO, NY -- Sophomore year. Big rivalry game. First play of the second half in a tight contest.
Former Nevada coach Chris Ault knew Colin Kaepernick, 20 years old at the time, was an excellent athlete. But the play that began the third quarter at UNLV in 2008 revealed to him that the quarterback was so much more.
At the time Ault and Nevada were just starting to perfect the Pistol offense that would run roughshod over the Mountain West Conference in coming years. The play was to the short side of the field. Ault was on the opposite sideline, 150 feet away.