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- ↑ LOU HOLTZ DENIES ALLEGATIONS [ permanent dead link ], Deseret News, July 10, 1988, Accessed December 17, 2008.
- ↑ A Leader for Rebels, Associated Press, December 23, 1989, Accessed December 17, 2008.
- ↑ Robert Reihold, Campus Put on the Map by a Team, The New York Times, April 4, 1990, Accessed December 17, 2008.
- ↑ Joe Hawk, Absence of 6-8 Estandia leaves UNLV football team with big what-if, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 28, 2004, Accessed December 17, 2008.
- ↑ Mark Anderson, Is there any solution for UNLV football?, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 4, 2008, Accessed December 17, 2008.