It's not often a college football team gets potentially season-changing news in July. That's typically one of the quietest month of the season on the college football calendar, the calm before the storm before fall camps kick off in August. Nevada did get that major breaking news, on July 4 of all days, as the team's reigning MVP, running back James Butler, claimed his independence from the Wolf Pack by transferring to Iowa. That topic, and more, are addressed in the weekly Murray Monday Mailbag. Here are this week's inquiries.
I addressed the putrid outside expectations for the Nevada football team to open my mailbag last week (the Vegas total for wins in 2017 is 3.