Arroyo and Rebels struggle in debut, routed by Aztecs 34-6

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The old saying goes “you only have one chance to make a first impression.” In his first game as head coach for UNLV, Marcus Arroyo did not make a great first impression in his head coaching debut against San Diego State, as the Rebels were rocked by the Aztecs 34-6.

“We didn’t get what we wanted tonight,” Arroyo said after the game, “but I think we’re going to learn from it, I think there’s a lot of things that our culture organically will learn from. There’s a lot of things we need to clean up.”

UNLV got out of the gate slow and found themselves in a deficit they could not overcome. Even with a new coach and new system, it was the same story as last year…