Thirty minutes after UNLV football practice ended Wednesday morning, offensive coordinator Barney Cotton was the only person remaining at Rebel Park. Cotton was peacefully walking laps around the field where earlier he’d ripped into the offense during a red-zone scrimmage dominated by the defense.
Cotton became upset when Kurt Palandech threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown by Troy Hawthorne and, on the very next play, Robert Jackson tackled Lexington Thomas for a loss in the backfield after a screen pass.
“When you get in the red zone and green zone, you’ve really got four things.