UNLV scored the only touchdown of its spring game and, as if on cue, the skies opened up Saturday afternoon at Johann Memorial Field. The heavy downpour sent the announced crowd of 2,800 scurrying for cover and the Rebels players and coaches back to their locker room at UNLV’s Lied Athletic Complex.
The scrimmage, which was scheduled for 50 minutes, was called at halftime because of lightning shortly after Kurt Palandech fired a 9-yard touchdown strike to tight end Trevor Kanteman.
“It’s funny. I tell everyone all the time, ‘There’s a storm coming. It’s called Rebels,’ ” UNLV coach Tony Sanchez said.