http://bleacherreport.com/ Bleacher Report - The open source sports network en-us 30 Chris Golightly Approximately 600 years ago, Pocahontas and Sacajawea sat down with Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln for a delicious turkey dinner, and Thanksgiving was born. Each year, on a Thursday (Sacajawea’s favorite day) millions of Americans gather in their homes and collectively stuff themselves with poultry, potatoes, and pumpkin pie before slumping over for a festive nap. Turkey naps are terrific, but there’s more to thanksgiving than food and football and family and 4:00 am sales. The essence of Thanksgiving is gratitude. For this reason, it seems prudent to take a moment to count blessings and reflect on good fortune in generally unstable times. College basketball is well underway, and cause for gratitude abounds. With a tip of the cap to Chris Columbus and Lon Kruger, please enjoy 10 reasons for Rebel fans to rejoice and give thanks this holiday season. <p><a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296700-10-turkey-tastic-reasons-for-unlv-fans-to-give-thanks">Begin Slideshow</a></p> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:21 -0500 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296700-10-turkey-tastic-reasons-for-unlv-fans-to-give-thanks http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296700-10-turkey-tastic-reasons-for-unlv-fans-to-give-thanks http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296700-10-turkey-tastic-reasons-for-unlv-fans-to-give-thanks NCAA College Basketball Mountain West Basketball UNLV Basketball Lon Kruger Rankings/List