Why wouldn't UNLV's collective find $100,000 to keep starting quarterback Matthew Sluka happy amid the program's first 3-0 start since 1984? Hajj-Malik Williams provided the answer on Saturday. In UNLV's first game since an NIL dispute made it the talk of college football,

Hajj-Malik Williams threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, Ricky White III returned a blocked punt for a score and caught two touchdown passes, and Jai’Den Thomas returned a kickoff 90 yard

Fresno State and UNLV face off in a Mountain West showdown, with key players poised to make an impact on both sides of the ball.

The UNLV football team beat Fresno State 59-14 in its Mountain West opener Saturday at Allegiant Stadium. It was sixth-year Campbell transfer Hajj-Malik Williams’ first game in the starting quarterback position in the wake of Matthew Sluka’s abrupt exit from the team.

Barry Odom opened his post-game press conference on Saturday by reading a prepared statement, explaining in the tersest of terms that he wasn’t going to answer any questions about Matthew Sluka’s departure from the team over an NIL dispute

The whole country was asking, how will UNLV’s offense be without Matthew Sluka and with Hajj-Malik Williams. We now know the answer, UNLV will be fine without Sluka and they are arguably better with Williams at the helm.

Playing its first game after losing former staring QB Matthew Sluka mid-week to an NIL dispute, UNLV played -- easily -- its best game of the season thus far.