Upon further review … Robinson was really No. 2

Put this one in the “Oops” category.

I originally reported in this blog last week that John Robinson was the first player or coach with UNLV ties to be selected to the College Football Hall of Fame, a major milestone for the still young program.

Got a note today from another Hall of Famer, former Review-Journal sports writing legend Royce Feour, a member of the Southern Nevada Hall of Fame, that Robinson was actually No. 2 in that regard.

Care to guess who No. 1 was Rebel fans? Make sure you aren’t eating anything before reading on.

The answer is UNR head coach Chris Ault, easily public enemy No. 1 for most UNLV football fans and a fellow who makes no secret of his dislike for Rebel red.

Talk about your ironies, huh?

Ault, who was enshrined in the College Hall of Fame in 2002, was a UNLV assistant in 1973-74 for Ron Meyer.

I emailed UNLV associate sports information director Mark Wallington with Royce’s news and he said the error was a simple case of omitting a single word. Robinson is the first player or HEAD coach from UNLV to be selected to the Hall of Fame.

As for Ault, the school currently doesn’t acknowledge him as a UNLV person in the Hall of Fame.

Got to love that Fremont Cannon rivalry, huh? This year’s Oct. 3 meeting in Reno can’t come soon enough for me.