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UNLV playoff chances & discussion

LVRebel2000
Next important thing, assuming UNLV gets in would be the seeding. Per the CFP rules, the four highest ranked conference champions would get a first round bye. It seems very unlikely that UNLV would be able to jump over the American conference and the Big 12 teams, unless this weekend is just a bloodbath of upsets in the Big 12. Would be nice to consider, but I doubt it happens.
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WarthogRebel said:
Is there some kind of war going on with ESPN 11:00 and UNLV.

I listened to the ENTIRE 3 hours this A.M. for a discussion on our upcoming game, our possible playoff game and our potential CFP possibilities.

NOTHING. ZERO. NADA.

I thought we would get a 15 minute segment somewhere in there. I really expected a short interview with any coach. Or any player. Or possibly a past player. I expected some discussion on when the game is Saturday. Ticket availability. Perhaps a ticket giveaway from the university.

NOTHING.

I fully understand UNLV ranks down the list on Sports priorities - but it isn't non existent.

There has to be a reason for complete exclusion of our football program from any discussion.

This isn't a small thing. If I was coach I would use this as part of my calculation on whether I could rise the program up to where I want it to be.
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I noticed that too. I think last week as I started to notice it, there was no coverage of UNLVFB by the morning show. Cofield and Co did cover UNLV lBast week
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UNLV playoff chances & discussion

LVRebel2000
So now that UNLV is back on track to play in the MW championship game against Boise, I'm starting to look more into the chances that UNLV has for getting into the College Football Playoff (CFP).

From the CFP website, here are some of the criteria that they give for determining the 12 teams to make it:

Key #1 - the 5 highest ranked (by CFP selection committee) conference champions get an automatic bid. Right now, obviously the Big10, SEC, and ACC have teams ranked in the top 10, so they would be likely to take 3 of the 5 bids. After that, it will be between the MW, Big 12, and American conference to get the other 2 bids.

-Big 12 has 9 teams that are within 1 game of first place. I don't know the criteria on who would have tiebreakers and everything, but the best Big 12 teams by record are ASU, BYU, and Iowa State, with Colorado coming in with 1 more loss overall.

-American conference has two teams tied at 7-0 in conference. Army is 9-1 and was ranked #19 last week prior to losing to Notre Dame, so they should be dropping. Tulane is 9-2 and was ranked #20 in the CFP rankings last week, but didn't play. Ideally, UNLV can jump Tulane, but I don't see it happening just by us beating UNR.

So if UNLV wins out including beating Boise, we would be 11-2 with a marquee win over Boise State.
Army has 2 more games and could end up 11-1, and will play Tulane in the championship game.
Tulane has 1 more game and will end up playing Army in the championship game.

So I think the big question is, would UNLV be ranked higher than either
1. The Big 12 champion, or
2. The American conference champion.

Assuming that any of the 2 loss Big 12 teams end up winning the Big 12 championship, I have a hard time believing that UNLV could end up ranked higher than them, so that leaves us matching up against the American conference champion.

When the new polls come out tomorrow, I'm assuming that UNLV will pass Army in the rankings (mostly due to them having a really weak schedule and getting blown out by Notre Dame), but we'll likely still be ranked lower than Tulane. If Tulane wins this week and beats Army in the championship game, they may be hard for UNLV to jump in the CFP rankings. We might be better off if Army beats Tulane in the championship game, but I'm not sure.

At a glance, Tulane's schedule doesn't look very tough, but for some reason the computers like them. In the ESPN power index, Tulane is #17, while Boise is #27, UNLV is #43 and Army is #54.
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lvhiker said:
We moved here a week ago so there will be at least one UNLV fan in Santa Fe rooting for the rebels. The fact that UNLV must
Beat UNR to hopefully make it the conference championship game is very cool. I love the idea of playing BSU again. I am really curious
to which team makes the best adjustments based on the first game.

But keeping on point, beating our sister institution from the north is the job at hand. Go Rebels!
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I'll be there sometime in the Spring. In Santa Fe not that Northern shithole .
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Hello from Santa Fe, NM

lvhiker
We moved here a week ago so there will be at least one UNLV fan in Santa Fe rooting for the rebels. The fact that UNLV must
Beat UNR to hopefully make it the conference championship game is very cool. I love the idea of playing BSU again. I am really curious
to which team makes the best adjustments based on the first game.

But keeping on point, beating our sister institution from the north is the job at hand. Go Rebels!
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Boston Rebel 2 said:
Tulane has absolutely no business being ranked ahead of us they beat absolutely nobody.
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The Boise State style of losing close to a major program, but in the case of BSU they played the #1 team close, while I believe both teams Tulane played are no longer ranked? UNLV has played and beat much better teams, and the two loses by UNLV by 4 and in OT are to much better programs!
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dcut03 said:
Considering college football is the second most watched sport in this country, and the Raiders suck, you'd think they would talk about the Rebels a little more.

I live in Houston, to be fair the main sportstalk show I listen to talks about the Texans, then the Astros, then the Rockets. They almost never talk about the Cougars, even with their basketball team. There are other stations that cover those more, as they have the rights to broadcast those games. Does ESPN 1100 broadcast the UNLV games?
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Yes!
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WarthogRebel said:
Is there some kind of war going on with ESPN 11:00 and UNLV.

I listened to the ENTIRE 3 hours this A.M. for a discussion on our upcoming game, our possible playoff game and our potential CFP possibilities.

NOTHING. ZERO. NADA.

I thought we would get a 15 minute segment somewhere in there. I really expected a short interview with any coach. Or any player. Or possibly a past player. I expected some discussion on when the game is Saturday. Ticket availability. Perhaps a ticket giveaway from the university.

NOTHING.

I fully understand UNLV ranks down the list on Sports priorities - but it isn't non existent.

There has to be a reason for complete exclusion of our football program from any discussion.

This isn't a small thing. If I was coach I would use this as part of my calculation on whether I could rise the program up to where I want it to be.
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Considering college football is the second most watched sport in this country, and the Raiders suck, you'd think they would talk about the Rebels a little more.

I live in Houston, to be fair the main sportstalk show I listen to talks about the Texans, then the Astros, then the Rockets. They almost never talk about the Cougars, even with their basketball team. There are other stations that cover those more, as they have the rights to broadcast those games. Does ESPN 1100 broadcast the UNLV games?
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WarthogRebel
bcvegaspt2 said:
Thank you all for the responses.

@Masked_rebel I agree. It's not like we got blown out. We showed that we belong.

While we may not beat Ohio State, Texas, or Oregon this year, we wouldn't get embarrassed as we would have just 2 years ago.
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To win we would need a couple of pick sixes and a couple of opportune fumble recoveries. But it's not like this stuff hasn't happened before. I think we should definitely show up and give it a shot.
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