Bullmastiff 1 said:

Sir you need to join a Class Action Lawsuit with @Meister_Rebel and 1000s of others. It is obvious the Acme Corporation is selling faulty Sarcasm Meters. Return it to Radio Shack for a full refund.

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You're dead to me.

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j. spilotro said:

They’ll win the next four games, it’s a soft spot in the schedule. Some fans will probably start talking NCAAT seedings and extensions. How the team has turned the corner, players a, b and c are beasts.

I’m not Nostradamus. I’ve seen this movie a dozen times.

It’s a team full of chinks in the armor with a simplistic, ineffective, inflexible offense and defense is an option philosophy.

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The players are OK, but the coaching isn't.

Masked_rebel said:

I imagine the new DC will try his best to keep him, but there might be significant offers he's hearing about elsewhere so the decision to pursue might not be in our court at all.. we will see after the bowl game how many departures we get, will likely be a busy 24 hours

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Who do you think the QB targets will/should be?

LVRebel2000 said:

Oh it's well past time for that.

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It is nowhere near past the time for that. UNLV football was miles behind basketball only a few years ago.

rebel5280 said:

He should try to keep Grimes.
Take a strong run at him, let the chips fall where they may!

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I imagine the new DC will try his best to keep him, but there might be significant offers he's hearing about elsewhere so the decision to pursue might not be in our court at all.. we will see after the bowl game how many departures we get, will likely be a busy 24 hours

He should try to keep Grimes.
Take a strong run at him, let the chips fall where they may!

Bullmastiff 1 said:

Sir you need to join a Class Action Lawsuit with @Meister_Rebel and 1000s of others. It is obvious the Acme Corporation is selling faulty Sarcasm Meters. Return it to Radio Shack for a full refund.

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My sarcasm font doesnt work till after 10am...

Loyal Coug1 said:

You guys are meanies. I wake up Monday, Mateer is gone. I wake up today, our coach is gone. Probably have to cancel the Holiday Bowl as well. That'll bode well for future bids.

But go ahead and kick us while we are down. You whore-mongering gamblers have no shame or pity. I'll mourn for a day or two before posting "I told you so" a hundred times on my board about the reverse merger.

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Does WSU go internal for hire? Vigen?

Hey I know a guy! Nick Rolovich! Probably get him on the cheap. Water under the bridge, bygones be bygones and all that..

Masked_rebel said:

Nah, screw them and their stupid commissioner, lol. Being pretentious and sticking your nose up at MWC schools while you tired to single handedly blow up their conference in your favor is coming home to roost. If they had just joined up with the MWC wed be as close to the P4s and you can get. Instead they will be playing in a muddied version of the MWC with a new label and are about to experience the pain of giving Boise competitive advantages financially.

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Sir you need to join a Class Action Lawsuit with @Meister_Rebel and 1000s of others. It is obvious the Acme Corporation is selling faulty Sarcasm Meters. Return it to Radio Shack for a full refund.

SilverSpoon said:

I hope the Prez brings Harper a FAT extension and raise on Christmas Eve, rakes his yard, washes his car, reads him a Night Before Christmas, and tucks him in with a goodnight kiss on the forehead.

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Please don't forget the milk and cookies!

Loyal Coug1 said:

You guys are meanies. I wake up Monday, Mateer is gone. I wake up today, our coach is gone. Probably have to cancel the Holiday Bowl as well. That'll bode well for future bids.

But go ahead and kick us while we are down. You whore-mongering gamblers have no shame or pity. I'll mourn for a day or two before posting "I told you so" a hundred times on my board about the reverse merger.

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Actually WSU fans have been pretty cool about the entire thing. A lot more 'Hey hope you guys join, not sure why you got left out of initial conversations' etc.

Beavs fans...There may not be a more insufferable fan base...We are not a G5 school and will never be a G5 school. We're cutting the deadweight! (pot meet kettle) Poverty programs!

Boston Rebel 2 said:

Oh ok thought he had a Covid year still.

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I think that’s Mani Powell who still had a year left from covid.

Boston Rebel 2 said:

Except the PAC has to add a team to get to the minimum. We aren't required to add anyone so unless it adds to our net income we shouldn't.

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Gloria needs to think ahead. She is a phone call away from either UNLV or AFA leaving. Maybe not for next year, but the possibility is there.
Best case scenario is we leave, and they can keep it together with whats left.

To your point, the 4 fcs schools might not necessarily add to our net income, but it doesn’t mean they require a full share to move up. At partial shares, it should be a win win all around. Way more money than what they’re used to without impacting our own bottom line.

If Wazzu drops out of the Holiday Bowl they need to look at AF to fill in even at 5 wins. The pluses are their coaching staff is intact, they probably have most of their players, and they were starting to play well at the end of season.

SilverSpoon said:

I hope the Prez brings Harper a FAT extension and raise on Christmas Eve, rakes his yard, washes his car, reads him a Night Before Christmas, and tucks him in with a goodnight kiss on the forehead.

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Oh shit! I can see tomorrows headlines. @RebelScrub arrested at AD Harpers home for cuddling with the AD.

reagan21 said:

I'm sitting in my office like "I should be in L.A. right now." I'm being introduced into a new roll/promotion today. I'm not sure it's a good look to wave my hand tell my new team what we're going to do to succeed as a team in 2025 and then bounce at noon. I hate I'm working today. This team deserves UNLV fans in SoFi.

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This team definitely deserves support not just on the year they had but a lot of these guys are playing including White who has a draft to worry about. Would love to White, Woodard etc get the cheers they deserve.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

Wait why would Dickert leave? It's a lateral move from one P4 conference to another? 😁

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Meister_Rebel said:

**** them. They didn't want us in the original four. They tried to **** over the MWC. Now they don't want to pay our scheduling agreement withdrawal fees. Excuse me if I don't shed a tear.

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You guys are meanies. I wake up Monday, Mateer is gone. I wake up today, our coach is gone. Probably have to cancel the Holiday Bowl as well. That'll bode well for future bids.

But go ahead and kick us while we are down. You whore-mongering gamblers have no shame or pity. I'll mourn for a day or two before posting "I told you so" a hundred times on my board about the reverse merger.

RebelinWA said:

Crazy how quickly that program is falling apart. Pac fans were telling me 2 years ago that we'd never beat OSU or WSU. Now I can't imagine either of those teams beating us.

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Agreed it feels like it happened overnight for them just a few months ago they were ranked and now it's hard to see how they come back from this without a major rebuild.

reagan21 said:

I'm sitting in my office like "I should be in L.A. right now." I'm being introduced into a new roll/promotion today. I'm not sure it's a good look to wave my hand tell my new team what we're going to do to succeed as a team in 2025 and then bounce at noon. I hate I'm working today. This team deserves UNLV fans in SoFi.

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Congrats on your promotion.

dcut03 said:

So should have Boise joined the MW or not? You bring up a good point us joining the PAC has some similarities to Boise joining the MW back in the day, if they were better off in the smaller conference?

End of the day the PAC will make more money per year baseline, they will make much more money in NCAA credits. conference SOS in football and basketball will be better easily.

These things can be overcome, but it does handicap the MW schools. IF there is a 1 loss or undefeated team in each conference, the PAC will get the nod in football. Easy. Unless the MW team has multiple upsets in the P4 that year.

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Yes, Boise should have joined the MW when they did. Things were much different then than they are now, and the situation almost completely different.

No CFP at the time and no indication that it was coming anytime soon. More revenue and better competition to enhance your status as a top 25 program. From what I’ve found the cost to leave the WAC was $5million. Getting out of the WAC for $5mil was probably worth it.

Boise was also walking into a league where they knew they’d be competitive, if not dominant on day one, which has proved out.

Comparing that decision to UNLVs is apples to oranges. Sure, if UNLV could’ve gone to the PAC under similar circumstances they would be silly not to, but that’s not the case.

It would have cost UNLV on the low side (winning in the courts) $10-$12 million, i.e. exit fees getting negotiated down from $18 million, to upwards of $25 million on the high side with the incentives given to stay.

And by all measures UNLV could not afford that. Forget resigning Odom even if Purdue hadn’t come calling, forget $3.5 million for Mullen, forget it all. We’d have had to mortgage everything just to be one of the worst teams with the fewest resources in the PAC.

The PAC isn’t and never will be a power conference. They won’t even be the clear premier G5 conference. Will they, along with the AAC be better than the MW? Yes, in the long term, absolutely yes. In the long term however more things are going to change, and the next two to three years probably matters more.

In the short term UNLV will have more resources to pursue a better long term outcome.

LVRebel2000 said:

WSU has been gutted the last 2 weeks. It's going to be tough sledding for them. They need a new coach right away to hope to retain what they have left. They've already lost their star QB.

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They have at least 20 players in the transfer portal. Coach should take a look.

SilverSpoon said:

I hope the Prez brings Harper a FAT extension and raise on Christmas Eve, rakes his yard, washes his car, reads him a Night Before Christmas, and tucks him in with a goodnight kiss on the forehead.

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Nothing says Merry Christmas better than a nice fat check...

Boston Rebel 2 said:

I read that Appalachian State was unable to match our salary offer. Not sure of the $$ just that it is lucrative. Not that they are a powerhouse but it is still unusual to actually read the words "they were unable to match UNLV's offer" in any sentence much less for an assistant coach. Harper is rising on my Christmas list.

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I hope the Prez brings Harper a FAT extension and raise on Christmas Eve, rakes his yard, washes his car, reads him a Night Before Christmas, and tucks him in with a goodnight kiss on the forehead.

I'm sitting in my office like "I should be in L.A. right now." I'm being introduced into a new roll/promotion today. I'm not sure it's a good look to wave my hand tell my new team what we're going to do to succeed as a team in 2025 and then bounce at noon. I hate I'm working today. This team deserves UNLV fans in SoFi.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

My heart really goes out to them. I can't imagine what it's been like watching your conference get decimated and all the uncertainty surrounding your program that comes with it.

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Nah, screw them and their stupid commissioner, lol. Being pretentious and sticking your nose up at MWC schools while you tired to single handedly blow up their conference in your favor is coming home to roost. If they had just joined up with the MWC wed be as close to the P4s and you can get. Instead they will be playing in a muddied version of the MWC with a new label and are about to experience the pain of giving Boise competitive advantages financially.