j. spilotro said:

When you think about it, that used to be easier.

Tark could just cut the cable so they didn’t see ESPN.

Leave them with local news only. Local papers only.

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No doubt. Cell phones make that impossible!

I did pretty good pick UNLV over Houston 45-21 (24) and UNLV won 27-7 (20) with reserves in most of the second half picked UNLV to win verse Utah Tech 56-0 (56) and UNLV won 72-14 (58) in another game where the reserves cam in for the entire second half.

I think UNLV is going to win 42-24 and control the game from start to finish. I think UNLV has held back much of their playbook in the first two games, so Kansas will not be prepared for some of the trick plays from the GO GO offense, and I think the defensive secondary is much better than when the two teams met in the bowl game last season.

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Hmmm … McDuffie day to day?

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Is that what they are saying? Wow that would be best case scenario.

WYNN or Dye said:

Where do you see Oregon only a 6 point favorite over OSU?
I, want to go to that Sports book.
Oregon, is -16.5 point favorites now.

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You are correct, I misread 16 as 6 when I looked. Doesn't change the fact that I believe Oregon is way overrated based on their first two games of the season. Oregon barely beat Idaho and was only up by 3 point until the last 5.36 of the game, winning 24-14. The other game for Idaho was a close win over a really bad Wyoming team by 4 points. They also struggle with BSU in the last game, but it depends how good you think BSU is to determine if that was or wasn't a good game.

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He dropped it and rolled to his right …. Flung it perfectly.

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So he may be one of those guys who is more accurate rolling out than in the pocket Josh Allen early career comes to mind.

Doesn't matter if he gets good or bad recruits, as shown by Rice, but what is important is can the team win and get better year to year. The best bet is that they either get to the NCAA tournament or Kruger is gone after this next season. UNLV AD will not give a lot of leeway considering they got rid of Arroyo with a 5-7 record in football.

I am not going to make any predictions. But I do have a couple of observations and anecdotal comments. What struck me watching my first UNLV game last year under Odom and against Wyoming was the size of the offensive line with the addition of Jalen St. John and other transfers. Also, remember St. John out of high school was a 4 star and rated the no. 9th offensive guard in the country by Rivals. Boise's offensive line this pre-season was ranked 23rd. With Tiger Shanks and St. John, both Outland Trophy nominee's (Top 75 lineman in the country regardless of offense or defense) IMO UNLV offensive line is bigger and better than Boise, especially this year.

Before the Houston game, I checked their depth charts and their offensive line and defensive front and UNLV was just bigger. I felt there was a good chance that UNLV could control the line of scrimmage and they did. Anecdotally, one of the points raised by Cougar fans on their board during the game was the fact that UNLV's offensive line was HUGE! After their recent close loss against Oklahoma some of them also feel UNLV could be better than the Sooners.

My point is this. Unlike the past UNLV teams, Odom's Rebels matchup physically with every team on the schedule, including Kansas, Syracuse, Oregon State, Fresno and Boise. UNLV can go "mano a mano" up front with any team on the schedule and that wins football games. Also, I am very impressed with the defensive additions.

Masked_rebel said:

Liberty looks like they're going to escape vs Sanchez... blew a 9 point 4th quarter lead

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I was rooting for NMSU & Sanchez, but it seems that Sanchez hasn't been able to fix what plagued his UNLV teams...start fast, no/bad halftime adjustments, 3rd qtr stall, 4th qtr fade. But it's early still. Really hope he does well

Could be a trap game for Kansas. They play West Virginia after us.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

I think there is a legit chance UNLV could break the top 25 at some point this seasin regardless KU result. 10-2 vs this schedule would do it.

That said do I think UNLV is one of the top 25 teams in the country? Probably not. Just like Liberty wasn't last year.

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Agree. Even at 10-2 I think we are top 40. Top 50 at 9-3. (All my opinion, of course).

Still, heading in the right direction. Glad that we received some buzz this season. We never get positive national buzz, only negative.

Those are his best offers…

Holy f’n crap. Is Kevin a worse recruiter than Mahhhhvvv?

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j. spilotro said:

I was thinking 10 … the direction will be interesting.

Kinda has that at Air Force vibe to it for me. I broke my finger high fiving the wall because I didn’t want to hurt my kids ….

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10 total? If u mean better overall then I agree. I mean impact players

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It’s one of those things - you hope the players stay away from everything, scores, highlights, etc … and they attack the next game as if it’s their Super Bowl.

Impossible to do, I know the staff will try to push that.

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Cliche's being what they are..

One game at a time.

Where do you see Oregon only a 6 point favorite over OSU?
I, want to go to that Sports book.
Oregon, is -16.5 point favorites now.

Rebel1986 said:

That could then be followed up with a ranked Oregon State game if they beat Oregon in a game that they could very well win against a much weaker Oregon team than the rankings show.

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Yeah.

Damn I forgot what a brutal stretch this is coming up.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

Hyperbole makes me happy..

Adam Hill local media guy tweets out after KU lost to Illinois..

'This is disastrous for UNLV'

What? Disastrous? Really?

Losing to Utah Tech would be disastrous.

Sure you'd rather beat a ranked KU team than not

But hardly 'disastrous' to have two P4 road wins.

Sure not N. Illinois beating ND at home impressive but impressive nonetheless.

And if UNLV loses to Kansas the sky isn't falling if you can rebound against Fresno..

3-1 with a possibly ranked Syracuse team coming to town is a pretty good place to be.

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That could then be followed up with a ranked Oregon State game if they beat Oregon in a game that they could very well win against a much weaker Oregon team than the rankings show.

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I’m not complaining, I like what I see.

I guess overreaction is just par for the course these days. I think we are, in general, overreacting right now. And if Kansas beats us, we will overreact to the loss.

If we beat Kansas, I’m sure we are going to be talking about a NYD bowl game against Notre Dame, oops, Georgia.

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Hyperbole makes me happy..

Adam Hill local media guy tweets out after KU lost to Illinois..

'This is disastrous for UNLV'

What? Disastrous? Really?

Losing to Utah Tech would be disastrous.

Sure you'd rather beat a ranked KU team than not

But hardly 'disastrous' to have two P4 road wins.

Sure not N. Illinois beating ND at home impressive but impressive nonetheless.

And if UNLV loses to Kansas the sky isn't falling if you can rebound against Fresno..

3-1 with a possibly ranked Syracuse team coming to town is a pretty good place to be.

There are still people that want Hajj to start?

The Koolaid stuff starter after last week, but I really have to laugh at people that thought thumping UT was going to put us into the Top 25.. I dont think NIU beating ND should've put them there either, but voters gonna vote. I agree that there is still some stuff to get worked out on the field, its tough to gauge against an opponent that let you do whatever you wanted. Our schedule helps give optimism that it is a very likely possibility if you deliver on all results to end up in the CFP, that's what good scheduling does, but you also have to win those games and beating a bad FCS program into the ground is what you're expected to do, not a shout out to the voters.
I think this weeks game is going to be a lot different than last years for both teams. It wouldn't surprise me if its a 27-24 slug fest at times because I think KU is going to feed its backs and try and limit Daniels while he's still shaking off the rust of not playing or practicing for an entire year, combined with a new play caller and new system. So can we stop the run and limit the option pitches by Daniels to Neal and Hishaw will play a bigger role than can we cover the WRs an deep streaks like the bowl game. KU's defense is really going to struggle trying to contain the rushing ability of Sluka, which should help the passing game. He is going to need to focus on finding a WR other than White, who is going to get blanketed by Bryant all night. I know the game plan was probably get it to White vs UTech but I wouldve like to see him try and really spread it around while in the game and get familiar with the other receivers.

I've been beating the drum that this is a run first oriented team.

They may get away from that some vs KU who's defensive front is pretty solid. Held a pretty physical Illinois run game to less than 4 yards per carry.

Think the Rebs may attack KU downfield early to loosen up that front seven.

Rebel_Luv said:

Not bad. IF we can keep it competitive. i still think we are a player or 2 on the offense and defensive side of the ball from being a true TOP 25.

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I think there is a legit chance UNLV could break the top 25 at some point this seasin regardless KU result. 10-2 vs this schedule would do it.

That said do I think UNLV is one of the top 25 teams in the country? Probably not. Just like Liberty wasn't last year.