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Very true.
But a spread option O line may require different type of players
That's very true as well. Our O line great this season at the run game, but towards the end the pass protection became a bit of an issue. I m not sure if that was a player type issue, or a scheme thing. Statistically, Williams got sacked way more this year than Maiava did last year. In 2023, we were sacked 26 times losing 161 yards. This year we got sacked 41 times losing 283 yards.
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Both Branch bros? Wow, that would be something. No idea as to the validity.

Also, with regards to that QB, I'm not saying he wouldn't start since I know nothing about him, but he hasn't done anything at the college level yet, so it might be risky for Mullen to put all of his trust in a QB that hasn't played much at the D1 level yet
A few of the UNLV "insiders" all thought it was a possibility when they announced they were portal bound. But they arent coming cheap.
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Im not worried. there will be thousands of players in the transfer portal looking for new homes. We have a very attractive new home with a coach who has a history of being very successful and a schedule that screams "Come win and play for a National championship" which a lot of these guys in the portal will be looking at. Turnover is kind of the name of the game these days in the portal era, especially with a competitive team. Just look at even the bad teams in conference and see how many players they are losing... Itll be key to re-recruit some of the guys entering the portal, but also there alot of players out there needing places to play and time.

CDM Era: Transfer Portal and Recruits Thread

95 South is superior to Tag Team!!

This song hit so hard back in 1993

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dude I don’t have a radio. I’m out of the loop for modern music.
Tag Team was played every time the Las Vegas Thunder scored a goal so its pretty near and dear to my heart as a former Thunder season ticket holder.

It's all G5....

Yeah the bedwetting over not being in the PAC is weird. It's like people don't realize that nobody in the midwest, south or east see a huge difference in playing Fresno or New Mexico. They don't. Like some east coast media pollster is going to dock UNLV massively for not playing in the PAC instead of the MWC. It's frankly, laughable.
SOS is SOS.
Computers can tell the difference between Austin or Laramie either.

SDSU has been a top3 MW team historically. To think that they are going to be a perpetual bottom feeders given everything they have is pretty short sighted.

When it comes for that coveted playoff spot SOS will matter. We may have to play 6 90+ teams. Thr PAC may have 1 or 2. That makes a ridiculous difference.

The AAC was hurt by their SOS this year despite their records. UNLV this season looked better in comparison

Again it is G5. But there will be a difference. In both competition and payout.

Oh money does matter. Huge gap for everyone not in the P4. But there is a difference between maybe 5 a year vs 10+.

Oh yeah say goodbye to our NCAAT credits once the legacy payouts run out.
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Well it would balance out the haves and have nots. IF i players can keep on going to school to get a degree there would be so much overflow. That even the smaller schools would be able to capitalize somewhat. There is a reason why Senior dominated teams do so well. Imagine a team full of 25 years olds. HEY this is what they wanted( recruits) so u have to allow the schools to capitalize on it also with all this craziness going on. FULL DISCLOSURE im OK with all of this. ITs America and i believe in capitalism just as long as it impartial.
All the schools with the $$ will end up with the best ones anyway. I support capitalism too but that isn't forcing schools to allow players to stay into their 30s.

CDM Era: Transfer Portal and Recruits Thread

The Corruption of the NCAA has long made that boat sail. Tarkanian's rolling mantra was that the NCAA had a double-standard for enforcement, that it picked on smaller schools but protected the sugar-daddy power programs. Per Coach Tarnanian: "The NCAA was so mad at Kentucky they gave Cleveland State two more years of probation." So when has the NCAA ever had any control over the major programs?
There is no doubt the NCAA is the cause of their own demise. I am the last person to support government oversight but in this case it would have been better to have the NCAA under government not just to establish across the board standards but because now you would have senators from smaller states speaking out if their schools weren't treated fairly. Vs the back door dealings we saw with the NCAA.
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The biggest area where rebuilds are difficult is on the O line. Its difficult to get 5 guys to gel and be a cohesive unit. But that was going to be the case no matter what with pretty much everyone being a senior. Hopefully some of those guys who got relief reps this season stick on. Keeping Jet is huge, hoping him and the transfer from Utah give our run game a chance.
Very true.
But a spread option O line may require different type of players

It's all G5....

Yeah the bedwetting over not being in the PAC is weird. It's like people don't realize that nobody in the midwest, south or east see a huge difference in playing Fresno or New Mexico. They don't. Like some east coast media pollster is going to dock UNLV massively for not playing in the PAC instead of the MWC. It's frankly, laughable.
On the MWC, it was a brilliant move to add UC Davis. If they get NIU, I think the MWC should try to add Liberty University.
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It's ridiculous really so the NCAA can't say how many years eligibility you have and what counts towards that? Why limit it to 4 why not 10 years eligibility?
Well it would balance out the haves and have nots. IF i players can keep on going to school to get a degree there would be so much overflow. That even the smaller schools would be able to capitalize somewhat. There is a reason why Senior dominated teams do so well. Imagine a team full of 25 years olds. HEY this is what they wanted( recruits) so u have to allow the schools to capitalize on it also with all this craziness going on. FULL DISCLOSURE im OK with all of this. ITs America and i believe in capitalism just as long as it impartial.

Is anyone else concerned?

It may up being a near complete rebuild from a personnel standpoint. But at least it wouldnt be from a perception standpoint.

It is easier to tunrover a roster these days but hard to be super successful right away that way. Look and Deion that first year. A lot of buzz, but they ended up being not very good that year. This year was much better.

Even before Odom left I thought we would likely take a step a back from graduation alone. A lot of things lined up to make this past season what it was.

I think we will be good next season, I think we will be a bowl team and still probably be in the mix for the MW championship game. I just don't think we will be winning double digit games


We do need to try to talk some players back and of course hit some doubles, triples, and least a solo home run or 2 in the portal.
The biggest area where rebuilds are difficult is on the O line. Its difficult to get 5 guys to gel and be a cohesive unit. But that was going to be the case no matter what with pretty much everyone being a senior. Hopefully some of those guys who got relief reps this season stick on. Keeping Jet is huge, hoping him and the transfer from Utah give our run game a chance.

CDM Era: Transfer Portal and Recruits Thread

Both Branch bros? Wow, that would be something. No idea as to the validity.

Also, with regards to that QB, I'm not saying he wouldn't start since I know nothing about him, but he hasn't done anything at the college level yet, so it might be risky for Mullen to put all of his trust in a QB that hasn't played much at the D1 level yet
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It's ridiculous really so the NCAA can't say how many years eligibility you have and what counts towards that? Why limit it to 4 why not 10 years eligibility?
The Corruption of the NCAA has long made that boat sail. Tarkanian's rolling mantra was that the NCAA had a double-standard for enforcement, that it picked on smaller schools but protected the sugar-daddy power programs. Per Coach Tarnanian: "The NCAA was so mad at Kentucky they gave Cleveland State two more years of probation." So when has the NCAA ever had any control over the major programs?

Is anyone else concerned?

We had 29 seniors and 20 plus transfers so far. A complete overhaul and the commitments we've had so far have been underwhelming. A lot of the better talent is already committing to other schools at a rapid pace.
Looking at some of our portal offers has me concerned because I look and see the other offers are James Madison, Toledo and the equivalent and a SC QB who looks like a backup. But it is early hopefully that improves.

It's all G5....

The only “known” year in and year out is Boise State… and their off season hasn’t even started yet. I suspect that they’ll find a way, because they always seem to, but fortunes can change quickly.

Everyone else in the conference has “potential” to be decent in any given season, but not by that much more.

If you look at the last 4 years of conference play it’s been reasonably dominant performances by the defector 5 compared to the remaining members… they’ve won roughly 61% of their games compared to 42% (thanks UNR and New Mexico). But over the last 2 years the gap has closed… they’ve won roughly defectors have averaged 4 wins and the remaining members have averaged 3.5 wins. CSU is the only one of them to have improved their win totals over the last two years, Boise has stayed the same, and the other three have declined.

As far as how OSU and WSU go? Who knows, but I would suspect them to usually be in the upper half at least initially.

Still better than the MW for sure, but aside from Boise there’s not a lot that you can count on.

And when they add whatever turd they have to add they’re gonna take a hit AND they’re barely going to be a conference. The AAC will have WAY more opportunities to bring back quality wins and East coast media bias is going to play a HUGE role in how those teams are perceived.
Yeah the bedwetting over not being in the PAC is weird. It's like people don't realize that nobody in the midwest, south or east see a huge difference in playing Fresno or New Mexico. They don't. Like some east coast media pollster is going to dock UNLV massively for not playing in the PAC instead of the MWC. It's frankly, laughable.

Camac has gone portaling

The big difference in what Prime did and what we will have to do is CU was in a P4 and playing against P4 competition, we will not be playing many of those types of games. If Mullen brings in the SEC types many of you think, we should be good going forward on talent alone against MWC competition. Now we may have to bring in 40, 50 or more new faces due to attrition but the last time I checked, we have 1 P4 game in UCLA next year, everyone else is a G5 level team and we should be the more talented team in those games. Mullen ain’t Prime and very few are when it comes to recruiting but if we get SEC type transfers like many of you think, we should be good for 10 or more wins next season based off of the talent that will be here.

I will believe it when I see it, as far as the so-called SEC talent comes flowing in but if he does get those types here, we should be fine and Mullen will be moving on in 2 years like Barry due to the success he will have here!
At this point, he's not going to have much choice but to have a huge portal class this season, unless he can get a bunch of the current guys to change their minds and leave the portal to stay with UNLV. You're right though that it should be much easier for UNLV to succeed in the MW, than it was for CO to succeed in the B12 when Deion came in

It's all G5....

All they have to do is throw a million at the judge and then they’ll get their way, they’ll be happy, judge will be happy, judge will get caught … slap on the wrist … being corrupt is fashionable and fully acceptable now.
The PAC whatever is not the SEC. They will be challenged to throw a few bucks at the cafeteria inside the court. I have no insider knowledge. It was rumored than San Diego State declined the Big 12 due to a proposed reduced payout. Short sighted move. Meanwhile, UNLV remained in a weaker conference to stabilize its finances and receive a get out of jail free card for the Big 12. The following schools have the potential to move to a P4 conference: UNLV, Memphis, Tulane, UTSA, Boise, SDSU, Fresno, CSU, USF, UConn, WSU, OrSU. I am not a gambler, but UNLV is probably the
best bet for a current school able to be selected to join the Big12 and financially afford a reduced Big 12 payout. Will it work?Who knows! However, I would have made the same decision as UNLV. They bet on themselves and doubled down.

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There is a huge difference between what Deion walked into and what Mullen is walking into. Deion took over a 1-11 program while Mullen will take over a 11-3 program.
Yes. But what could be the same is the complete roster turnover.

SJSU actually did a really good job. They lost nearly everyone and came back pretty strong all things considered.

I think the general perception of the program does matter. Harder to build from scratch. I think Deion being Deion helps transcend some of that. But he did struggle that first year
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