SF Examiner: Pistol offense gives Nevada coach more firepower

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner


In football, different is dangerous. Gimmicks may get you yards, but they’re just as likely to get you fired. If it wasn’t used by Knute Rockne, Pop Warner or Clark Shaughnessy, then how could it be any good?

Chris Ault had an idea.

“I wanted to do something different,” he said.

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RealClearSports: Nevada's Kaepernick Battles Obscurity

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


SAN FRANCISCO -- One pro scouting report called him "intriguing,'' which after the numbers, fabulous, and the general lack of national recognition, irritating, is possibly the best way to describe Colin Kaepernick.

He's a quarterback as well known for running as passing. He plays in a town, Reno, as well known for its slogan -- "The Biggest Little City in the World'' -- divorces and gambling, as its sports.

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