Wolf Pack football gets no respect

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . The Nevada Wolf Pack football team didn’t receive a whole lot of respect this week from the media at the Mountain West’s two-day media event in Las Vegas. The Pack was picked to finish fourth in the West Division. Boise State was picked to win the Mountain Division and Fresno State the West Division. Two teams that weren’t even in the league last year were picked ahead of the Pack: Utah State was picked second in the Mountain and San Jose State was picked third in the West. Just one Wolf Pack player — defensive linemen Brock Hekking — was named to the pre-season all-league teams. Maybe the Wolf Pack talent cupboard isn’t as well stocked as former coach Chris Ault said it was back in late December.