Dan Mullen trusts coaching staff — everyone ‘needs to be better’

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Dan Mullen said this week he has great trust in his coaching staff but that everyone associated with the UNLV football program needs to be better.

That even had last week’s game — a 41-35 loss to Wyoming — ended differently with a Rebels victory, there would still be issues and problems that need to be cleaned up.

UNLV needs to do so fast.

The Rebels on Saturday play at No. 23 New Mexico, the Lobos sitting alone in first place among Mountain West teams and in the proverbial driver’s seat to host a league championship game.

“I don’t know if you changed one play in the end (against Wyoming) and we score and win the game, I would have felt much differently,” Mullen said. “I…