reblife702 said:

What is your opinion on Matt Sluka and how he will fare?

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Who knows. He could be the next best thing since Randall Cunningham. Or, he could end up be like a previous QB who emphasized tuck and duck.

I for one have high hopes. We need him to be at his best. He needs to be at his best if he wants a future at the professional level.

Overall, I'm somehow believing that we will be a better team with him and he will be a better QB with the players in front of him.

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rebneck said:

CBSSN - Can't Be Seen Sports Network - is always on a more expensive tier and I decided a couple years ago to stop paying extra for it.

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Good one! 🤣

Or Only seen after a Women's Overtime game or a Men's game blowout after the clock goes to 0:00! SMH

ckfitz said:

I'm curious about everybody's feelings on our new quarterbacks for this coming football season. I know that Sluka's stats from Holy Cross are very impressive. But is he exactly what our football team needs next year? And how do you think that he'll do against the Mountain West's competition?

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What is your opinion on Matt Sluka and how he will fare?

RebelScrub said:

Can’t wait to see the 3rd stringer that’s been lost in the shuffle.

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We've seen him already. He gets the yips anytime hes asked to make a read since his freshman season. no thanks.

As for the OP question... Thats the G5 Invitee million dollar question. If Sluka can manage to lead the offense with anywhere near the same efficiency or better than Maiava did then we will be in a position to be playing for a National Championship in the playoff... Our defense is going to be better and the offense around the QB is going to be better, and the conference outside the top 3 is mediocre to really bad. We get to play the entire slate of bottom half MWC teams while avoiding traveling to Fresno and Boise and completely avoiding AFA, CSU, and Wyoming... So yeah, I think Sluka will benefit with the talent around him and fits into things the G-Go might want to do that just didnt work with Maiava's inexperience or skill set.

Can’t wait to see the 3rd stringer that’s been lost in the shuffle.

SilverSpoon said:

I'd like to see Reno ranked 6th... in the MAC.

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I'd like to see them ranked 13th in our conference.

Rebel1986 said:

Holy Cross lost 17-14 to Army. Sluka had 37 carries for 171 yards & 16-23 for 156 yards (Army destroyed AF 23-3). Army finished the season 6-6

Holy Cross lost 31-28 to Boston College. Sluka had 18 carries for 135 yards & 10-15 for 130 yards (Boston College beat 22 ranked SMU in the bowl game 23-14). Boston college also beat Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Army Virginia, etc.). Boston College finished the season 7-6.

Based on the above games, he showed he can be competitive with mid level programs at the upper level that are similar to the MWC teams without the skilled players to back him up that will be available at UNLV.

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He was meh in that BC game I happened to be at that one. When will our first look at him be in camp?

Knight Rebel702 said:

Yessir!, UNLV to play 10 "Nationally-Televised" games in 2024

5 on CBSN
3 on FS1
1 on ESPN
1 on CW

2024 Football Schedule - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

The official 2024 Football schedule for the University of Nevada Las Vegas Rebels

unlvrebels.com

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CBSSN - Can't Be Seen Sports Network - is always on a more expensive tier and I decided a couple years ago to stop paying extra for it.

dcut03 said:

I'm guessing the Utah Tech game is our only game not on a regular network?

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You are correct it's on Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network. Which might be carried by YouTube TV in Vegas or Channel 5.

Rebel1986 said:

It is interesting that UNLV, Boise State and Hawaii are the only teams not playing on the TNT network. Says a lot about the popularity of UNLV football this coming year!

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Yessir!, UNLV to play 10 "Nationally-Televised" games in 2024

5 on CBSN
3 on FS1
1 on ESPN
1 on CW

RebelinWA said:

Speaking of boxing brawlers; I would have loved to have seen prime Rios and Provodnikov fight. Both those guys used to eat shovels to the face. All that would have mattered is who could stay standing longer.

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Yeah they don’t make boxers like they used to.

Erik morales vs Marcos Maidana was an excellent fight. I wish I saw it earlier.

I see that the yawner boxer and I totally respect the hit and not hit philosophy..

Shakur Stevensen is a free agent..Sign with Eddie Hearn or sign with Floyd.

Holy Cross lost 17-14 to Army. Sluka had 37 carries for 171 yards & 16-23 for 156 yards (Army destroyed AF 23-3). Army finished the season 6-6

Holy Cross lost 31-28 to Boston College. Sluka had 18 carries for 135 yards & 10-15 for 130 yards (Boston College beat 22 ranked SMU in the bowl game 23-14). Boston college also beat Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Army Virginia, etc.). Boston College finished the season 7-6.

Based on the above games, he showed he can be competitive with mid level programs at the upper level that are similar to the MWC teams without the skilled players to back him up that will be available at UNLV.

1Tripoda said:

Oh so sweetness Reno is last!

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I'd like to see Reno ranked 6th... in the MAC.

Oh so sweetness Reno is last!

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There should be no reason why we cant get through conference schedule with 1 loss... The rest of the conference is trash and we need to split Fresno/Boise to make the championship game. The 5 of the bottom 6 all changed coaches and I'm not exactly sure that was an upgrade for most of them outside UNM getting Mendenhall. CSU probably gets more credit because of the Horton/Fowler combo... but still, 1 loss doesnt seem out of the realistic possibility when you look at how bad the bottom half of the conference is and the fact that we get Fresno and Boise at home along with avoiding a trip to CSU, Wyoming or Air Force.

j. spilotro said:

Love when there aren’t built in excuses for failure, when slow build isn’t in the vocabulary. Get down to business from day one and do all you can … respect.


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To me, it is wild the drop off after 1-4. I think it's a decent fall off from 3 to 4, but in my opinion CSU is so far from 3rd in conference this season, they aren't even in the conversation.

I have seen people are thag everyone in the 8-10 spots will win the conference or at minimum be in the title game. I find that laughable for all 3. Wyoming landing at 6 makes sense given everyone behind them is so abysmal. But man the middle of this conference ain't good.

I think everything on this thread is true. He may have gotten a little too much flak on these boards given he was a freshman who wasn't expected to start. That being said, he did make some big mistakes over and over, and he wasn't a perfect fit for this offense.
I think he would do better with more success on traditional run plays where we struggled. A more true option at QB would have helped, but doesn't automatically fix some of our run game struggles on early downs.
I agree with his return we would be more in the conversation as a MW contender. Being Freshman of the Year and second team all conference and all. Though he did feast early and struggled down the stretch.
Hr is going to perhaps the best QB developer on the country. And their staff liked his game enough to pay to bring him over. Though I agree, he will gave to improve greatly not to be relegated to 3rd string for thr foreseeable future.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

I definitely think he has upside and would have been more comfortable with him staying vs Sluka and Taj. If for no other reason than known commodity. Although I think Sluka should he win the job fits the offense better because he puts pressure on the defense with his legs. LBs are going to have to stay home more vs dropping into coverage. That could open passing lanes...That's my hope at least.

My biggest concern with Maiava was the mistakes he got away with vs lesser competition, he got punished for vs SJSU/Boise/Kansas. And he kept making them. Some of that is opponents scheming and having tape on him. But it is also fair to say he was...Stubborn? Not absorbing coaching? I don't know.

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A freshman...one thing I was encouraged by was as bad as he was in that first half of KU he did improve dramatically in the second. I think this year we would have seen a lot of those mistakes decrease.

Masked_rebel said:

Guess we will see... I'd feel we'd be in that Top 25/Top G5 conversation that we're just outside of if he's coming back under center with all the talent that is around the QB...that's basically why Fresno is getting talked about more than is and I think Fresno is over rated

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I definitely think he has upside and would have been more comfortable with him staying vs Sluka and Taj. If for no other reason than known commodity. Although I think Sluka should he win the job fits the offense better because he puts pressure on the defense with his legs. LBs are going to have to stay home more vs dropping into coverage. That could open passing lanes...That's my hope at least.

My biggest concern with Maiava was the mistakes he got away with vs lesser competition, he got punished for vs SJSU/Boise/Kansas. And he kept making them. Some of that is opponents scheming and having tape on him. But it is also fair to say he was...Stubborn? Not absorbing coaching? I don't know.

Guess we will see... I'd feel we'd be in that Top 25/Top G5 conversation that we're just outside of if he's coming back under center with all the talent that is around the QB...that's basically why Fresno is getting talked about more than is and I think Fresno is over rated

reblife702 said:

What is the general consensus on here re: Maiava; he is not a good QB, he isnt good enough to play at USC regardless of who he is competing with, or Miller Moss is straight up better than him?

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He was very good by UNLV standards and there is/was some upside for sure.

Downside he puts the ball in danger a lot. He made some really bad reads particularly in the bowl game.

Early in the season Marion was very 'fatherly' with him on the sidelines after a mistake. 'Hey it happens' shake it off.

By end of year you could almost see it switch to, 'Dude we've talked about this $#!+....

Couple examples.

In Utep game he threw a really bad pass when Rebs were up I think 14 late in the 2nd qtr. Defender flat out dropped it. If he catches it, he was taking it to the house and suddenly it's a close game and UTEP has life.

In Kansas game there was a 4th and one play and Maiava tried to go over the top to White. It fell incomplete. These boards went nuts (myself included) wondering what the Hell kind of play call was that. Reality is Maiava made that decision. He had the ability to check down or check out of that. There were 3-4 other guys running routes.

There was a lot of good as well. Not crapping on the guy he was a freshman. But if he doesn't start making better decisions with the ball he won't be starting for USC.

Masked_rebel said:

Honestly I don't follow USC so I don't care, but I heard there's a possibility coming out of spring... so much so you could even bet on him for Heisman supposedly

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Should be interesting!