It went from accusing Haitians of eating dogs and cats to accusing them eating ducks and geese to then only admitting animal sacrifice is part of Haitian voodoo culture and we can't have that happening here to Vance now admitting “to create stories so that the … media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people” which only happened after some lady who started all these rumors came out and said she made it up and didn't expect it to get this far/bad.

Vance “This problem [Haitians in Springfield] is so bad, I had to lie about how bad it is to get people to pay attention to it. Because if I talked about the actual problem without lying, people would think it didn’t actually sound that bad. That’s how bad it is.”

And then in the same interview Vance goes on to lie some more and call the Haitians illegal immigrants even though they are here legally through some protection order that Trump himself renewed in 2017. AND Vance knows they are here legally because he was just doing another interview where he argued for why Trump renewed their status while he was president.

Then you have the Republican Governor of Ohio coming out and saying it's not happening and that's coming from direct reports and conversations with the mayor and police chief of Springfield. He also goes on to emphasize the Haitians that were brought here legally under the protection order have been a positive for the Springfield/Ohio economy... And it's not even an anti-trump thing because at the end he says despite all this he thinks Trump will be better for the US economy and wants people to vote for him.

It would be nice to put the whole dog/cat eating thing to rest and actually focus on the nuances of immigration policy and the effects policies have on places where immigrants are placed and how to address those issues (because it does create issues and strain on communities and even if Hatians have been good economically that's still a lot of change for a smaller town and problems are going to arise).

LOL. F*cking Professor Hiker.

LocoRebel said:

I love the possibility that the first ever game UNLV plays as a ranked team is a home game against a ranked ACC team. How cool is that

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I see that Syracuse dropped out the ranking during their bye week (3). Correct me if I am wrong but it looked like they got punished for having a bye week.

Meister_Rebel said:

You may be right if you see the following below. Hawaii cannot be included if I understand this. All their other sports are in the Big West which is not and FBS conference. We are down to 7 active FBS members. However, as with the Pac-2 they were given two years to get back to the minimum. The MWC should also have that two years. (side note: I want to get out of the MWC at all costs).


FBS conferences must meet a more stringent set of requirements for NCAA recognition than other conferences:

• A total of at least eight active FBS members.
• To be counted toward this total, a school must participate in conference play in at least six men's and eight women's sports, including men's and women's basketball, football, and at least two other women's team sports.
  
  • Each school may count one men's and one women's sport not sponsored by its primary conference toward the above limits, as long as that sport competes in another Division I conference. The men's and women's sports so counted need not be the same sport.

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I feel like there could be outs here for UNLV. And if there are they should 100% exploit/pursue them.

The higher UNLV gets ranked, the better for the future of UNLV athletics.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

I'm all for it to be honest.

One interesting point was is the MWC even a conference now? Hawaii is football only..

Hmm..

Could UNLV petition that the conference has already been dissolved?

Is that a potential avenue for early out?

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You may be right if you see the following below. Hawaii cannot be included if I understand this. All their other sports are in the Big West which is not and FBS conference. We are down to 7 active FBS members. However, as with the Pac-2 they were given two years to get back to the minimum. The MWC should also have that two years. (side note: I want to get out of the MWC at all costs).


FBS conferences must meet a more stringent set of requirements for NCAA recognition than other conferences:

• A total of at least eight active FBS members.
• To be counted toward this total, a school must participate in conference play in at least six men's and eight women's sports, including men's and women's basketball, football, and at least two other women's team sports.
  
  • Each school may count one men's and one women's sport not sponsored by its primary conference toward the above limits, as long as that sport competes in another Division I conference. The men's and women's sports so counted need not be the same sport.

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I think I have found the musical equivalent to this post. Even down to it cutting of mid thought

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lvhiker said:

The Kansas game was the weirdest game I ever watched. After Kansas took a 14-0 lead averaging 10 had a play, I was ready to change channels when the score reached 21-0. As the offense continued to stumble, the defense began to show signs of life. The insanity began at the end of the first half when UNLV’s offense looked like the Marx brothers trying to look like a football team as time ticked off the clock. Out of the chaos, Sluka tosses a TD pass😐

The defense plays great in the second half. Sluka

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lvhiker said:

The Kansas game was the weirdest game I ever watched. After Kansas took a 14-0 lead averaging 10 had a play, I was ready to change channels when the score reached 21-0. As the offense continued to stumble, the defense began to show signs of life. The insanity began at the end of the first half when UNLV’s offense looked like the Marx brothers trying to look like a football team as time ticked off the clock. Out of the chaos, Sluka tosses a TD pass😐

The defense plays great in the second half. Sluka

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Wow. That was like having AI with $hitty coding write observations for a game you missed.

They had 20 points to end the game and am curious which play caused them to get -1 point? New rule? 😀

LocoRebel said:

I love the possibility that the first ever game UNLV plays as a ranked team is a home game against a ranked ACC team. How cool is that

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Gotta beat Fresno first and that's going to be a tough game. Fresno is solid.

LocoRebel said:

I love the possibility that the first ever game UNLV plays as a ranked team is a home game against a ranked ACC team. How cool is that

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We play Fresno State at home first

LocoRebel said:

I love the possibility that the first ever game UNLV plays as a ranked team is a home game against a ranked ACC team. How cool is that

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Except they don't play Syracuse until after Fresno State.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

Crazy to think Rebels could actually be involved in a top 25 showdown when they face Syracuse.

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I love the possibility that the first ever game UNLV plays as a ranked team is a home game against a ranked ACC team. How cool is that

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JUST outside top 25 in AP. Went from 7 votes to 54..

Pardon my ignorance but we DONT get that sexy little number by our name because we are effectively #29 in the AP, right?

Masked_rebel said:

Right? Memphis gets credit for beating an 0-2 FSU team that's awful and all of a sudden their playoff favorites, mostly because the rest of their schedule sucks. I get it might not look good to pick a 10-2 MWC team but both ourselves and Boise went out and played schedules and probably give the playoff game a better game of it...

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Boise State is playing one Power Four Conference team and UNLV is playing three. No other team in the group of 5 has scheduled more than two. Memphis has only scheduled one if you want to call 0-3 Florida State a Power Four Conference team! Liberty has schedule zero! #21 ranked Iowa State plays at Houston in two weeks, that game could really help UNLV out if Houston wins. I just hope that the week off doesn't drop UNLV out of the top 25.

InZoneU said:

Who wants to tell him?

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That bad.

Tim Pernetti (AAC) please give our AD a call and let's get the ball rolling to save us from our sinking ship. AAC might be interested now that we are ranked. AF I'm sure is ready to go as well.

Who wants to tell him?

Rod_the_Rebel said:

Watched them play the Seminoles yesterday and we are better than both lol it’s amazing how much credit Memphis gets for beating the worst fsu team I may have ever seen

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Right? Memphis gets credit for beating an 0-2 FSU team that's awful and all of a sudden their playoff favorites, mostly because the rest of their schedule sucks. I get it might not look good to pick a 10-2 MWC team but both ourselves and Boise went out and played schedules and probably give the playoff game a better game of it...

It took a while to get the defense in sync but, when it got going they were ****ed.

Anyone know when or if we get McDuffie back?