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LAS VEGAS – When Wolf Pack football coach Jay Norvell packed his bag for this week's Mountain West Media Summit at the Cosmopolitan, he made sure to bring several bottles of barbecue sauce.
That isn't a usual accompaniment on a one-day trip to Las Vegas, but Norvell had a specific reason to bring some sauce. It was a gift to the rest of the coaches in the conference.
Prior to last season, Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich, formerly the offensive coordinator at Nevada, sent an email to all of the league's coaches asking them to bring an inexpensive and locally created gift for the rest of the coaches.