All this sunshine actually had less to do with BYU than it did with Amin and Dvoracek trying to hype a weak matchup. They were trying to get viewers to buy that UNLV (4-5 going into the game) was on a roll because it had won two in a row. Amin told viewers there was “a buzz” about the UNLV team as we’re seeing a lot of empty seats.
And it wasn’t for any nefarious and/or money-grubbing reason. The Federal Communications Commission mandates that broadcast stations air educational programming — and in a rather tight time period — and KSTU found itself caught between that, its local news programming and the football game.