Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol​

Who you got?
I am thinking Beterbiev by late round KO.

I figured why not start a fresh thread for the portal focusing on non-UNLV potential inbound players! If rumors are true and they are doubling (or more?) the NIL budget, it opens up to a lot more prospects.

I know nothing about this one, or know much about this part of Football but here is a for fun one to start things off!

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I'm creating a thread for all players on twitter that I can find that UNLV has offered. I think i need some positive news today.

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.

Stumbled across this on Twitter.

Short minute long video of Michigan players going through the tunnel entering the Horseshoe for the Ohio State game. Set to the music The Beast from the movie Sicario.

If there was a category for super short films 1 minute in length at the Academy Awards this would get my vote..

Timed the music and perfectly. Final 5-10 seconds cool as hell.

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Huge loss

Seems weird there haven’t been many assistant coaches being hired/announced yet. Also, kinda concerning haven’t seen a lot of portal players announcing offers and or official visits.
I expected 3-5 coaches being hired and announced by now and 10-15 portal guys boasting about offers.

Finalist for the HC job. Not going to coach the LA Bowl; hasnt been with the team/didnt fly to LA.

Out of curiosity I looked at Boise State and their combined record in the WAC and later in the MWC over the last 24 years to see if there was an advantage in their national rankings by supposedly moving up from one lower level G5 conference in the WAC to what some might consider a higher level G5 conference in the MWC. For the 10 years Boise was a member of the WAC the conference was made up of Nevada, Hawaii, Fresno, Louisiana Tech, Idaho, New Mexico State, San Jose State and Utah State. Did the move to the MWC improve Boise State's national stature and perception? The simple answer based upon National AP rankings is NO! For the 10 years Boise State was in the WAC they were nationally ranked in the AP poll 9 times or 90% of the years. Boise was also ranked at some point as a WAC member in the AP top 10 in 4 different years. In contrast, as a member of the MWC Boise was ranked 11 times over 14 years or 78% with only 2 years with a top 10 AP ranking. Essentially, not much of a difference and that has been my point. It's all G5 and UNLV would have foolish to pay the MWC the $$$$ exit fee to join another G5 conference in the G5 PAC-2.

Football season is finally over and we can focus our attention on those Amazing Running Rebels. Kind of funny since turning our attention to bball used to happen mid-October. Times have changed!

Burning questions

Will the Rebels ever get to full strength?

Will we ever see a set 8 man rotation?

Will the Rebs win a game they aren’t supposed to?

How many head scratchers will they lose?

Will we ever pass the ball up court for a quick easy bucket?

Will CKK turn things around and return next year?

Does Harp have a list in his pocket?

Johnnie Walker's Blue Label is always butter
Macallan 18 is another
I have tasted some crazy ones from all the world. Those two seems to stood out and realistic acquisition.
Maker's Marks are good
So are JW Black label

Retire Woodard’s number.

11 wins. Man. Might be more that our Runnin’ Rebels can reach.

Seriously, why not retire Jackson Woodard’s 7? What the f**k are we waiting for? We’ve retired one damn number.

2 years Jr college and keep your whole 4 years eligibility for a 4 year school.

When are we going to see our names attached to big transfer portal guys for their final list??

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I'd take former Rocky Long disciple with MWC/SEC ties as my DC any day...

For those to lazy to read.

Zach Arnett

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The decline into G5 irrelevancy continues for them.

Amazing we won 11 games with qbs that were so bad at passing. Offense the year before was way better at consistently moving the ball. Our stats only look good cuz of the big plays we had this year.

Last years qb with this year's team? I think we would be undefeated and in Boises spot. Anyone think different?

A recruit tweeted he got offered by Purdue and tagged Vice

NIU has had an offer on the table now for a few days. I saw some Twitter chatter that a decision is imminent and NIU seems to be on the way to the MWC. Obviously nothing confirmed yet and haven't seen it from any national media yet.

If this happens I think it's a very good addition for the MWC.

It opens the doors for some other Easter or Central time zone schools to jump on board.

After looking at all the possible realistic options out there I think these could all be in play.

1- NDSU Football only. Would be an excellent addition. They actually do solid TV numbers for an FCS schools.
2- Toledo Football only. Pretty solid MAC program and gives NIU at least one travel partner. (Although for FB only not nearly as important.
3- The two Montana schools and South Dakota State would basically corner those markets. Small markets to be sure but you would have them locked down.

I do think MWC would be wise to have enough teams to play 9 conference games and 3 OOC games and have a conference title game. Committee spokesperson said the 'valued conference champions'.

UNLV
SJSU
WYO
UNM
RENO
AFA
HAWAII
UTEP
NIU -FB only
NDSU- FB only

Gives you 10.

Adding Montana schools an even 12 and a conference title game. CFP spokesperson came out last week saying they valued conference championships in their seedlings.

Thoughts, Stay at 9? 10? go to 12? I think 12 would be max..

Pretty much a Rubicon moment.

I hate this situation during a season. I feel for everyone.

Without an incredible turnaround that leads to a substantial ending, my guess is this is the last you’ll see of this era.

The part of the situation I like least is … if what I’m stating is truth … only fans want to see wins. And not all of them do want wins (which is crappy, but it happens). With “decisions made”, they don’t want to be forced to change course and delay the inevitable. They just hope it peters out and goes silently in the night without a whimper. It gets much worse for them when there’s a chance to turn things around. By chance, I mean legitimate, not far fetched Cinderella stuff. If there is a legitimate chance, it can get ugly (we’ve seen that before, hamstringing a program in various ways for the greater good of an immediate goal achievement). This team isn’t good, the motivation and effort has been painfully low. If/when they catch wind, it’s either roll over and die or fight. I don’t see fight in this team.

It’s stupid to think Harper isn’t prepared and isn’t checking out options.