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UNLV spring Day 11 recap: Jason ‘Pops’ Fao controls the middle

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Jason Fao might have a long list of people he has offended.

There could have been several instances in which someone spotted the UNLV defensive tackle at the local grocery store and tried to get his attention by shouting his first name only to be ignored.

Fao says don’t take it personally. Next time go with “Pops,” the name given to him as a child by his aunt that stuck.

“Sometimes I forget my name is Jason,” Fao said. “My auntie used to babysit me, and she called me ‘Pops.’ That name has been with me ever since.