LAS VEGAS — With its Mountain West championship hopes hanging in the balance, Wyoming got one final defensive stop Saturday night. Tyson Shamsid-Deen intercepted a pass in the end zone with 1:50 remaining to preserve a 41-35 victory over UNLV at Allegiant Stadium.
The interception was Shamsid-Deen’s second of the game. Playing with a club on his injured hand, he came up with the biggest play of the night as the Rebels threatened to complete a second-half comeback.
“We made a great play in the end zone,” a relieved Jay Sawvel told CBS Sports moments after the biggest win of his tenure as head coach. “A guy with a cast made two interceptions today. We had some things go against us a little bit, but we gutted through it.”…