Boston Rebel 2 said:

As Parcells said you are what your record says you are and at this point Boise is a better team. I know what you mean that if we don’t kill ourselves with mistakes we win both games, but false start and holding penalties in the red zone not once but twice is why their O line is better than ours. Killing ourselves with penalties makes them better because they do not.

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…and those penalties occur in part bc our OL is trying to get an advantage over their better DL.

Rosegreen1 said:

Last night was an extremely tough pill to swallow. Very tough loss and going 0-3 vs Boise over the last year makes it worse.

We couldn’t beat Boise and likely would have gotten creamed in the CFP. This team wasn’t ready for that stage but a 10 win season and a likely spot in the LA Bowl is still a great season. Though it’s amazing that I’m somewhat disappointed with a 10 win season.


At some point we got to start winning some hardware. Where ever the bowl game is, UNLV has to win that one. We need to start filling up the football facility with hardware. That’s the last hurdle for this program, and remains to be seen if Odom will be the guy to get there.

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I’m confident in CBO and his staff (although Marion still needs some growth). We have the right foundation and staff on place. We need to improve at (1) QB and (2) OL at a minimum.

jeff6382 said:

Not sure if i agree with them being "better". For 3 straight games against them we haven't been able to play to our ability without getting in our own way and just playing stupid. So we won't know for sure if they really are "better".
I agree that the offensive play calling needs to seriously be overhauled with emphasis on red zone conversion. Still a ton of work to do.

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As Parcells said you are what your record says you are and at this point Boise is a better team. I know what you mean that if we don’t kill ourselves with mistakes we win both games, but false start and holding penalties in the red zone not once but twice is why their O line is better than ours. Killing ourselves with penalties makes them better because they do not.

unlove said:

Sounds like a demotion

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Yes. A big one. L.A. hasn't revealed their payout. The Arizona Bowl pays $ 412,000 while the Idaho Potato Bowl ( Fresno) get $950,000 and the Hawaii bowl ( SJSU) pays $ 1 million.

lvrebalum2012 said:

If Marion leaves, so does Ochoa. IMO

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I could see that. Depending on where Marion goes and who replaces him at unlv

unlove said:

Sounds like a demotion

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It is, the justification will be we had 2 losses in conference vs 1 for CSU...stupidity

Sounds like a demotion

I sense red flags all over this kid

If Marion leaves, so does Ochoa. IMO

Masked_rebel said:

And affordable and then you could stack the team with players around him...

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Yeah I wouldn't be doing cartwheels (I prefer to not end up in an ER) but I'd take that guy and feel ok about the position. You brought up Fifita I'd make a run at him. FCS I'd maybe look at Vidak out of Stephen F. Austin.

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Sounds like he is staying

lvrebalum2012 said:

According to who?

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Current CBS bowl projections.

Meister_Rebel said:

Harper and Whitfield kept us in this crap conference. They are on the hook to make sure we are the most competitive team if not the best team in the MWC. Barry Odom is important to keeping us going. If they can't get the money to pay him then we are ****ed. If they fail at this then they need to get the hell out of the city.

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"Harper and Whitfield kept us in this crap conference."

I don't believe this. Until proven otherwise I believe SDSU blackballed us as undeserving.

WarthogRebel said:

LA bowl now projected to Colorado State.

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According to who?

Rosegreen1 said:

Last night was an extremely tough pill to swallow. Very tough loss and going 0-3 vs Boise over the last year makes it worse.

We couldn’t beat Boise and likely would have gotten creamed in the CFP. This team wasn’t ready for that stage but a 10 win season and a likely spot in the LA Bowl is still a great season. Though it’s amazing that I’m somewhat disappointed with a 10 win season.


At some point we got to start winning some hardware. Where ever the bowl game is, UNLV has to win that one. We need to start filling up the football facility with hardware. That’s the last hurdle for this program, and remains to be seen if Odom will be the guy to get there.

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LA bowl now projected to Colorado State.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

He was a pretty lean dude. Kinda like Doug. Needed to fill out a bit. Plus with Sluka, Hajj and Friel never thought he would be needed.

I don't think he was quite as polished a passer as Maiva was, at same point.

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Ochoa has put on some pounds, not a lot but in the scrimmage game he looked different than a HS kid. So he’s got a shot.

But it’s hard to project any kind of lineup with this climate of uncertainty in the offseason. Odom is currently being pursued by middling P5 programs and Marion is being looked at as well. These guys have families and they want to be able to take care of them the best way they can, as anyone would.

The question for me is whether UNLV will play ball and actually up the ante. What is the point of a 30-40 million dollar facility if you are just going to pay a peanuts for someone to lead the program. Makes no sense and it’s the same thing that killed the BBall program. Harper NEEDS to solidify the staff NOW.

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Because who doesn’t go to 5 different colleges in 6 years…

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Lol!
The question is, should we be the next and the answer is I would take him over Moss!

Last night was an extremely tough pill to swallow. Very tough loss and going 0-3 vs Boise over the last year makes it worse.

We couldn’t beat Boise and likely would have gotten creamed in the CFP. This team wasn’t ready for that stage but a 10 win season and a likely spot in the LA Bowl is still a great season. Though it’s amazing that I’m somewhat disappointed with a 10 win season.


At some point we got to start winning some hardware. Where ever the bowl game is, UNLV has to win that one. We need to start filling up the football facility with hardware. That’s the last hurdle for this program, and remains to be seen if Odom will be the guy to get there.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

Im saying this as a joke kinda..

But mobile accurate athletic QB s don't play at G5s. And if they do it's not for long. Like Dampier at UNM.

Kidding aside a bunch of experienced (some a little flawed) QBs have entered the portal.

No I do not want this guy but, would it be the worst thing to land Mikey Keene from Fresno? Again not top of my list by any means but an experienced guy with decent production.

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And affordable and then you could stack the team with players around him...

unlove said:

Will need to replace much of our OL and have them gel like a seasoned unit. More concerned about that than finding another mobile QB with an ok arm. Would love a mobile QB with an accurate arm. Heard good things about our younger guys but they’ll still be young with less experience. Everything depends on the portal acquisitions but I would guess a slight dip next year, maybe 9-3 or 8-4 but still bowling.

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Im saying this as a joke kinda..

But mobile accurate athletic QB s don't play at G5s. And if they do it's not for long. Like Dampier at UNM.

Kidding aside a bunch of experienced (some a little flawed) QBs have entered the portal.

No I do not want this guy but, would it be the worst thing to land Mikey Keene from Fresno? Again not top of my list by any means but an experienced guy with decent production.

If SMU loses Boise is likely the three seed. If not, and they play ASU, they’re gonna have their hands full. Playing very well last half of the season.

TheMatrix31 said:

I think this playoff situation isn’t going to last… already a ton of pissed off people from the ACC and the BIG12 crying about the BIG10 and SEC bias along with the lone G5 entry. It’s hilarious to me how we finally have a somewhat fair playoff system and some people want the BCS back!

Just watched the former Bucks owner say universities will “sell” a percentage of their teams to billionaires and this thing will be set up like the NFL basically 30-40 teams and everyone else will be left out.

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I'd be done with college football at that point.