bcvegaspt2 said:

If they can pay the WNBA team with our tax dollars then couldn't they pay the state subsidized (with our tax dollars) University to further promote the brand?

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Why did you change your handle, PT? Did Bull bans you?

rebswin2 said:

So they will all go 0-12 because they have new coaches?

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This UNLV team is too experienced for most teams that have new HC. If any opponent step out onto the field with self doubts, it might be a long day. UNLV's schedule is tough this year but if you looks, it is very favourable schedule.

reblife702 said:

The offer from CU was not active and we were told he wasn't a take at another school that he wanted to commit to.

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That is alright, I'll take a kid that moves like that at that size any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

reblife702 said:

We've seen a lot of interesting takes on X lately to say the least....

It was suggested that Carmelo Anthony and Larry Johnson should be used to recruit Kiyan Anthony because Larry Johnson is a Knicks legend and Melo is a Knicks legend. That is one of the most farfetched things we've ever heard. We also saw a take that a sweet 16 appearance would be possible if Henley's 3p% was similar to his freshman year numbers. It is as simple as that.

A lot of people involved the athletic department and tied to the program see these things and laugh.

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LJ recruiting for UNLV is funny. If Tark and Grg were still on the coaching staff I could see him doing that - otherwise that is a pipedream.

a possible Sweet 16 isn't that farfetched. Their are about 100 teams in the country to where if they make the NCAA tournament - They can easily string together 2 wins and get to the sweet 16 depending if they get hot and have the right matchups. - I would think we are one of them - We have a 1-2 punch coming back With Whaley and Thomas that is pretty solid.

reblife702 said:

We are betting on it and we do have specific news. See you on signing day.

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You haven't missed yet. However, recruiting is so dynamic I never hold any insider to 100% accuracy.

QB isn't the only question mark, but it's the biggest--I think most of us can agree on that. I feel like the only rooms that definitely upgraded are WR and DB. Everything else seems like the depth is going to hold from last year or we've upgraded talent in exchange for production and experience. My gut says the RB room will be better by the end of the year as we have more raw talent, but you're losing 5 of your 6 top running backs means you need to have hit big on either Allen or James, or one of the young guys (Greene/Burrell/Jones) steps up.

My gut tells me that we go 7-5 this year. Losses @ Houston, @ Kansas, @ OSU, @ SJSU or Home against FSU, and home against BSU. Which will still put us in contention for the MWC title game with a litle luck at 5 wins. Maybe if Sluka had been on campus in the spring, or the tape I've seen on Hajj was a little more impressive I'd feel more confident. I could very easily see us winning 9 with some good luck or with some injuries or bad breaks 5-7 isn't completely out of the question.

RebelinWA said:

The director of security of the hotel I used to work at had three gold medals as a softball pitcher, 96, 2000, and 04. She is a UNLV alumni. Awesome person. She was built different.

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must be Lori Harrigan - she is a force for sure

JAGERVEGAS said:

There wasn’t a Japan 2020 Olympics in 2020, it was canceled and reschedule for 2021 back in Japan. All the merchandise and signage still displayed 2020 though. 2028 summer Olympics will be in LA, maybe they’ll clean the city up 😂

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Just like they did when that one Asian country leader arrived 1 year ago or so (?). The city was miraculously clean and safe. It was a modern miracle!

Rebel1986 said:

I did mean the Las Vegas Convention and visitors authority (LVCVA). If UNLV gets back to a national level, I wouldn't put it beyond possibility that they could get involved or other casinos if they think it could lead to an increase in tourism through playing top level teams in Las Vegas in the future.

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If they can pay the WNBA team with our tax dollars then couldn't they pay the state subsidized (with our tax dollars) University to further promote the brand?

dcut03 said:

I think these aren't unachievable goals at all. I think we at least have the horses to compete I every game this season.
But still hard to predict. I think going 6-6 is just as likely as 9-3.
Last season was great. But it was a pretty easy schedule. Didn't have great showings against the better teams. Air Force was without their QB and beat player. Boise and SJSU beat us pretty convincingly. Wyoming was probably our best win against a quality opponent. And they were a lower tier bowl level team.
Expecting to improve so much we are playoff contenders? Doable, but probably not likely.
I am suspicious of how good Boise will be. Utah State and Fresno losing coaches so close to the season has got to be tough for those teams.
Teams like Houston or Oregon State are very hard to predict. They could be kinda bad to pretty good.

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Agree. For me it really all hinges on how good the new QBs are going to be. Nobody knows. It seems like most here think Sluka is going to be the next coming of Johnny Manziel when he could turn out to be Kurt Palandech 2.0. Like Brewer mentioned in his article there is a big difference between optimistic and realistic.

j. spilotro said:

Moving down is very simple.

But it’s a good time to buy, tbh. Its a make or break year, might be a good time to find seats you want and lock them in.

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you have that much faith in CKK?? Does our squad look that promising? or maybe something else?

Boston Rebel 2 said:

I agree it can get them on a roll and really jump start ticket sales!

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I did mean the Las Vegas Convention and visitors authority (LVCVA). If UNLV gets back to a national level, I wouldn't put it beyond possibility that they could get involved or other casinos if they think it could lead to an increase in tourism through playing top level teams in Las Vegas in the future.

j. spilotro said:

Arkansas State about 6 years ago. Armani’s arm was awful, though he ran well. Ark State fans weren’t happy, they didn’t expect a battle. And the snagged they W late but you could feel it coming.

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I forgot about that game didn’t JT have a similar game against Arkansas? Wow AR State that must have been a small town.

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Whoops it was Bootz Enis last week.

Tonight is Jake Paul vs Mike Perry. More circus fights for Jake Paul.

Have never heard of Mike Perry. Here he is acting like a gigantic baby beating up old men in at a restaurant 4 years ago.

Well its supposed to be Mike Tyson but glad that circus fight was cancelled.

dcut03 said:

I think these aren't unachievable goals at all. I think we at least have the horses to compete I every game this season.
But still hard to predict. I think going 6-6 is just as likely as 9-3.
Last season was great. But it was a pretty easy schedule. Didn't have great showings against the better teams. Air Force was without their QB and beat player. Boise and SJSU beat us pretty convincingly. Wyoming was probably our best win against a quality opponent. And they were a lower tier bowl level team.
Expecting to improve so much we are playoff contenders? Doable, but probably not likely.
I am suspicious of how good Boise will be. Utah State and Fresno losing coaches so close to the season has got to be tough for those teams.
Teams like Houston or Oregon State are very hard to predict. They could be kinda bad to pretty good.

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I would say highly unlikely anyway. Not having a single down game? Not one all season? Tough chore. Usually you can survive a down game by out talenting the opposition but we aren’t THAT good. If we go the same record as last year I will consider it an excellent season especially with the better competition.

j. spilotro said:

I went on one I expected to win but our QB decided to throw for 20 yards, 5 completions and 3 interceptions in a 7 point road loss.

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lol sounds like he had a great game which one was that? Was that Arkansas? I remember JT had a game like that before we lost it on a punt.

Rebel1986 said:

I think a win at Houston could bring enough excitement to open up the next level for ticket sales in some games. It already looks like the Syracuse game is bringing in a big crowd from out of town and will easily sell out the lower section with wins in the games prior to Syracuse.

The bigger the crowds and the more fans that visit from other schools, the more the value in the program will be seen by the LVAC!

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I agree it can get them on a roll and really jump start ticket sales!

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dcut03 said:

I think these aren't unachievable goals at all. I think we at least have the horses to compete I every game this season.
But still hard to predict. I think going 6-6 is just as likely as 9-3.
Last season was great. But it was a pretty easy schedule. Didn't have great showings against the better teams. Air Force was without their QB and beat player. Boise and SJSU beat us pretty convincingly. Wyoming was probably our best win against a quality opponent. And they were a lower tier bowl level team.
Expecting to improve so much we are playoff contenders? Doable, but probably not likely.
I am suspicious of how good Boise will be. Utah State and Fresno losing coaches so close to the season has got to be tough for those teams.
Teams like Houston or Oregon State are very hard to predict. They could be kinda bad to pretty good.

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No doubt Boise won easily, but SJSU was a six point loss where the main difference was a key turnover. UNLV put themselves in a hole in the first quarter and was down 17-0 which was a problem in numerous games where UNLV offense had a slow start much of the time due to bad calls by Maiava. While he did help bring the team back, I felt like he put them in the hole in the first place. From the 2nd quarter on UNLV outscored SJSU 24-20, but only scoring 10 points in the first half ended up being too much to overcome. Watching Maiava in the last four games of the season I really felt like he took a step backwards but was lucky enough to come back verse AF. The last 3 games put UNLV in deep holes in the first half that they could come back from, so hopefully we have a QB this time around that is more consistent.

reblife702 said:

We are betting on it and we do have specific news. See you on signing day.

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If you have specific news, then you have specific news. Not denying anything that you know, since I am on the outside looking in regarding recruits.

Rebel1986 said:

I don't believe Odom has goals any lower than winning the MWC conference championship and going to the national championship playoffs. I also believe he truly sees this as obtainable. Meeting these goals would be beyond massive for the program!

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I think these aren't unachievable goals at all. I think we at least have the horses to compete I every game this season.
But still hard to predict. I think going 6-6 is just as likely as 9-3.
Last season was great. But it was a pretty easy schedule. Didn't have great showings against the better teams. Air Force was without their QB and beat player. Boise and SJSU beat us pretty convincingly. Wyoming was probably our best win against a quality opponent. And they were a lower tier bowl level team.
Expecting to improve so much we are playoff contenders? Doable, but probably not likely.
I am suspicious of how good Boise will be. Utah State and Fresno losing coaches so close to the season has got to be tough for those teams.
Teams like Houston or Oregon State are very hard to predict. They could be kinda bad to pretty good.

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j. spilotro said:

I went on one I expected to win but our QB decided to throw for 20 yards, 5 completions and 3 interceptions in a 7 point road loss.

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That was a wet one!!!

Rebel1986 said:

Don't bet on it unless you have specific news. Coach Odom has been able to hold onto some really good recruits and existing players due to the strength of their coaching staff. Ricky White III stayed at UNLV instead of moving on for a 6 figure payday because he has a better chance to go to the pros out of UNLV then he would transferring to another school. As long as UNLV can hold onto the current coach and staff, they appear to have a really good chance at having a great recruiting class in 2025.

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We are betting on it and we do have specific news. See you on signing day.