Better know a Mountain West opponent: the University of Nevada Wolf Pack

The School: The University of Nevada

Record: 1-0 (0-0 in the Mountain West). Nevada was 3-9 in 2017, when they also lost to a 4-7 Idaho State team. Rather than deal with the challenge of a below-average FCS team this fall, they scheduled their season opener against a Portland State team that hasn’t won a game since November 2016. That worked out pretty well.

Ranking: Unranked in the AP Top 25 and Coaches’ Poll. The formulas have Nevada rated 78th in the Real Time RPI (Vanderbilt is 61st).

Mascot: The Wolf Pack. This was a better idea in pre-The Hangover days. One of my first real weddings as an adult was a daytime wedding in New Hampshire. The best man — the groom’s older brother, who only had…