5 takeaways from UNLV’s loss to UNR

UNLV’s football team has talked countless times this season about its “24-hour rule,” which gives players and coaches exactly one day to either celebrate a win or stew over a loss. That rule has surely already been broken by all the Rebels involved in Saturday’s embarrassing, season-ending 45-10 defeat to rival UNR at Sam Boyd Stadium.

UNLV’s most lopsided loss of the season and one of its worst defeats ever to the Wolf Pack will linger at least until next season for coach Tony Sanchez, his staff and returning players. And it might linger for a lifetime for the 16 players who put on their Rebels uniforms for the final time Saturday.

On paper, UNLV improved in its second season under Sanchez,…