UNLV is presumably eager to build on its best football season in history—but in true Las Vegas fashion, the Rebels will need cash to cover their latest gamble. The school can only cover the first two years of the five-year contract it handed to new coach Dan Mullen on Dec.

UNLV athletic director Erick Harper told the school's Board of Regents last week that his department does not have enough funds to cover the final three years of football coach Dan Mullen's contract,

UNLV is sitting in a giant financial hole and just inked Mullen to a $17.5 million contract they're not sure how they're going to pay for.