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First-year UNLV coach Sanchez won't accept moral victories

UNLV Rebels head coach Tony Sanchez, right, talks with Northern Illinois Huskies head coach Rod Carey after their NCAA Football game at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Ill. Saterday, Sept. 05, 2015. NIU defeated UNLV 38-30. Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal

DEKALB, Ill. — This is what winners say: That moral victories are for the birds. That while it might be something you can build on — going on the road as a three-touchdown underdog and driving in a one-score game with under three minutes remaining — you can't in any way accept such a conclusion.

Tony Sanchez has won forever.