While watching UNLV’s thrilling overtime loss to Syracuse on Friday night, it was hard not to think of Matthew Sluka. Was he watching the game? Was he reading the comments on social media? Was he miserable? Was he rooting for his former teammates to be successful? A combination of all of those emotions? This isn’t to pour it on after what has had to have been a rough time for the former UNLV quarterback. But had he not opted out of this season a few weeks ago as a result of an NIL dispute with the program, it’s hard to imagine these Rebels would be one of America’s Sweethearts. A fun story, su…
