If only UNLV's offense was as wild and headline-making as the team's bye week.

"Normally in college football a bye week tends to be an uneventful one for your football team," coach Mike Sanford said. "Such was not the case for our squad last week."

First, Sanford was informed by interim athletic director Jerry Koloskie that school president Dr. Neal Smatresk had decided to fire him after five seasons and a 15-43 record. Sanford agreed to stay on and coach the team's season finale against San Diego State on Saturday.

Sanford's firing was hardly a surprise.

But later in the week came the stunning news that senior wide receiver Ryan Wolfe, who had started 43 of the 47 games of his record-setting Rebel career, had broken his foot during a bye week practice.