Bullmastiff 1 said:

Not to be Debbie downer but I think it would take us 10 wins..

I think 9 will be really tough.

Syracuse/Boise/Oregon State/KU are all going to be tough games.

Fresno won't be easy either.

But man if we got into the CFP I'd have Odom's baby.

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Before looking at the Rebel's defense, it was only a dream. Now, at least, we have hope. GO REBELS!

Also depend upon how the top 10 shake up or shake out. #10 Florida State just lost twice in 8 days, for an example

Give it up to the kid for working the NIL portal like a champ. Not going pro, get that scrilla while you can. FSU got worked lmao.

LINEBACKER_U said:

Dju sucked last year also. Seems like a bad evaluation

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I saw him play once but stats wise he had a good year and the team had a lot of success.

dcut03 said:

Absolutely no freaking way. That would mean UNLV would work it's way up to the top 10 in both polls likely including the CFP rankings.
we could go undefeated, including beating Boise Twice after Boise beats Oregon this week. Still ain't happening

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Extremely unlikely but if we went undefeated with two wins over BSU, win over FSU, OSU, KU, Houston, Syracuse we would be top 10. Liberty, JMU, Tulane got up to 17 without beating anyone.

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1Tripoda said:

With UNLV's schedule, #12 seed is not the ceiling. Goes 3-0 by beating KU will get UNLV ranked. Winning the MWC with one loss might move UNLV to a higher seed. Maybe...

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Absolutely no freaking way. That would mean UNLV would work it's way up to the top 10 in both polls likely including the CFP rankings.
we could go undefeated, including beating Boise Twice after Boise beats Oregon this week. Still ain't happening

I think it is as simple as they can't afford to pay us a million dollars every game next season.
The article I saw mentioned that thr "two sides were too far apart". Now considering the context, I think they are referring to the current agreement that pays the MW a cool mill per game.
I do think that also seems to be the case with some sort of merger. That our the PAC truly just wants to rebuild or hope they get picked up by another conference. I think conceding to the payouts that a MW merger will bring is too much for them.

Boston Rebel 2 said:

Would love nothing more than to see a bunch of high end teams have their entire seasons ruined by hitching their cart to the wrong transfer portal horse as it is apparent FSU has.

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This.

Personally, I'd love to play ND or Penn St in the CFP because both seem to fall flat in BCS/CFP eras when they reach that portion of the season...

1Tripoda said:

I think WSU and OSU still have a power trip. MWC doesn't need them, they need the MWC.

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This... Waiting for our Cougar fan to come in and share opinion, but they're likely shopping themselves around to which ever conference will give them best $$ deal and we're like, nah, you're either joining us or you're not getting our conference coalition

Bullmastiff 1 said:

Not to be Debbie downer but I think it would take us 10 wins..

I think 9 will be really tough.

Syracuse/Boise/Oregon State/KU are all going to be tough games.

Fresno won't be easy either.

But man if we got into the CFP I'd have Odom's baby.

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Sorry, but I think Odom is already taken!

Companies like Circle K that tie to him are now going to look like real losers to both the customers and the stock holders of the company! I wonder how much they pay him?

Not to be Debbie downer but I think it would take us 10 wins..

I think 9 will be really tough.

Syracuse/Boise/Oregon State/KU are all going to be tough games.

Fresno won't be easy either.

But man if we got into the CFP I'd have Odom's baby.

Boston Rebel 2 said:

Would love nothing more than to see a bunch of high end teams have their entire seasons ruined by hitching their cart to the wrong transfer portal horse as it is apparent FSU has.

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DJ was ass at Clemson, FSU is finding out the hard way what Clemson already knew. They blew all that NIL money on a bum.

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Boston Rebel 2 said:

Would love nothing more than to see a bunch of high end teams have their entire seasons ruined by hitching their cart to the wrong transfer portal horse as it is apparent FSU has.

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Dju sucked last year also. Seems like a bad evaluation

Boston Rebel 2 said:

I agree though why take them off the schedule? Especially since they will likely be replaced with lesser teams.

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It's bigger than just taking them off the schedule. Those two teams plus the mountain West are in negotiations. They probably wanted a disproportionate amount of TV revenue or something like that. I'm sure it boils down to money as always

1Tripoda said:

I think WSU and OSU still have a power trip. MWC doesn't need them, they need the MWC.

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Exactly. Those two programs have no leverage and haven't had any since the pac-12 blew up

Would love nothing more than to see a bunch of high end teams have their entire seasons ruined by hitching their cart to the wrong transfer portal horse as it is apparent FSU has.

bcvegaspt2 said:

Hopefully the other players he handles turn out good but Maiva and his own son are not living up to the hype.

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His son Mateo is a beast.

Rebel1986 said:

We know are ultimate goal is to get out of the MWC which still plays up to BSU. UNLV should continue to play these teams for now since it can only help our overall strength. Who knows, maybe in a few years they will be down to the level of Utah Tech if they stand Indy, and then they can replace that game against UNLV! 😁

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I am not in agreement with UNLV's ultimate goal assumption...

With UNLV's schedule, #12 seed is not the ceiling. Goes 3-0 by beating KU will get UNLV ranked. Winning the MWC with one loss might move UNLV to a higher seed. Maybe...

Boston Rebel 2 said:

I would be happy to play anyone anytime anyplace. Just happy to be there? Yep!

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Considering two seasons ago we couldn't even sniff a bowl game, this would be beyond huge! Sign me up!