UNLV players and fans celebrate after the teams 23-17 defeat over UNR at Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nev. on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
They were lining up the NASCAR trucks for Saturday's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when a guy wearing a Route 66 shirt in the media center noticed one of the TVs had been switched. Instead of the race broadcast, it was showing the Arizona State-UCLA football game.
"Why are we watching football?" he said to nobody in particular.
Those of us in the media center not from the Southern states — i.