Rebels 38 UT 3

Would we be looking at 30,000 rebel fans and 15,000 opponents fans for a total of around 45,000 a game?

Once again it is great to be part of the discussion! Also, positive east coast pub is a good thing.

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Sorry, a little long …

I’m sure many here knew Rich. He and I have known each other for a long time, we bonded during baseball. Early in life, I hated playing against him because he was so competitive. A really good guy, as kind as a person could be, but very competitive and always coached by his father, Elton. The apple didn’t fall far from the three because Elton scared the shit out of me. So intense.

I remember as a young kid having a game against them, I played centerfield at the time. I made a great catch for the final out with runners on in a tight game. Elton beelined for me. I thought it was going to be a Woody Hayes situation. The look in his eyes, I thought he was going to deck me. He shook my hand, gave me a hug and said great catch kid, you won the game. Of course, that changed the way I viewed him a little bit.

He drafted me the following year. I was previously (this is little league) an All Star center fielder, remember, as kids, we took baseball very seriously. Ate it, drank it, slept it. Elton was so pissed when I told him I wanted to play second base. He specifically wanted me for centerfield. But the last game of the season before, our coach (go figure, Whitaker, who’s sons I played with and went on to coach at Silverado) let the older players choose a position. I chose second base and we turned two double plays very smoothly and it felt very natural to me. So I wanted to continue at second.

Elton gave me a shot, put me through the wringer, later admitted he made it tough so I’d fail and go back to centerfield. We had an assistant who played low level minors judging my footwork, I remember that specifically. But I was flawless. It felt so natural. So he gave me my shot.

Richard was the shortstop. Second base and short go together like pitcher and catcher, like QB and WR. When the chemistry is right it’s powerful. Rich and I had that. Simple glimpses or glove turns or whatever else, we knew what each other was going to do in the field. Got to the point where no words had to be spoken, we were same page. It was really awesome. We turned so many double plays. Rich was flamboyant, I was fundamentally sound. Fire and ice. I led off slap hitter, never struck out, high OBP, Rich batted second (or third) and it was the same thing with batter/baserunner. We could read each other. We had a green light most times to do what we needed to do, we both knew the game and knew coach Ebarb wanted. A lot of steals, a lot of hit and runs, Rich always led the league in RBIs and me with runs scored.

Hard to explain the chemistry unless you’ve been through the same.

As a teammate, Rich was always one of the best players … didn’t matter if you were good or sucked, made a great play or screwed up, he was always uplifting everybody. Wasn’t a blamer and didn’t waste time mulling over mistakes, it was forge ahead. And socially, he was just fun. Loud and fun. Everyone liked Rich. He was just that everyone’s All American type of kid. Kept everything fun even though he was intense.

Unfortunately, it was a huge rift between my parents and I, I was forced to go to Gorman. My heart was set on Valley with Roger Fairless, Richard, and everybody else I grew up playing ball with, traveling with. Second base was easily mine. It was a real blow to me but i understand why my parents did that.

Richard and I remained in contact throughout the years, texting, phoning, we’d hang out publically …

In around 1998-99, he asked me to be an assistant to him when he took over the Chaparral program. I was just a couple years in being a tech, had some time on my hands, no kids at that time, I seriously contemplated it. At the same time, the internet was in its infancy … and a company named rivalsnet offered me work. I wrestled with the decision. Obviously, you know what I chose. I’ve always wondered whether I made the right decision. I don’t have regrets in that regard, but it certainly was a crossroads moment, when the decision is made, your life is on a unique path. In terms of what I should be doing, I really think I made the wrong choice … I love coaching, I love teaching, I love and know baseball. But it wasn’t going to pay the bills the way I wanted (not that I’m rich).

I’m really going to miss Rich and I have nothing but great memories with him. Every memory is good, there was no bad. What a great guy. I’ll miss him.

Ah, you can cue in the Al Bundy and Polk High stuff when you want.



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Syracuse not looking real impressive so far. Ohio running the ball almost at will and has almost 100 yds rushing with 2 mins left in the 1st qtr.

These should go heavy into rotation.

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Hopefully we can exceed expectations.

This sound like our very best QB after this year. I am sad that it is NOT Friel. But this kid looks legit. I agree with what the confidential board have said. Of course, they have seen him more than any of us outside the state. More info will be brought up as people who know and have witnessed say otherwise. My pick is Hayden Anderson, the carrot top kid with wicked speed and heights. Love his demeanours too.

Having trouble getter twitter post over. Great deal for students for the unr game, if they show up at the game Saturday!

From @SuperSportsWest X account

9.2M—USC-LSU, ABC
4.8M—NDSU-Colorado, ESPN
2.6M—Fresno St-Michigan, NBC
1.84M—CSU-Texas, ESPN
1.13M—UCLA-Hawai'l, CBS
953K—New Mexico-Arizona, ESPN
425K—Idaho-Oregon, BTN
381K—Idaho St-Ore St, The CW
306K—Weber St-Washington, BTN
253K—Wyoming-ASU, FS1
223K—Portland St-WSU, The CW
172K—UNLV-Houston, FS1

Hey, it’s way early. But it sure is nice to be part of the discussion.

The Buzzin’ Dozen​

How The Dash would seed the playoff if today were Selection Sunday. (As usual, this is based on actual results to date, not preseason rankings or conjecture. If you played an FCS opponent in Week 1, you’re not up for consideration here.)

• No. 1 seed: Georgia (SEC champion)
• No. 2 seed: Penn State (Big Ten champion)
• No. 3 seed: Miami (ACC champion)
• No. 4 seed: TCU (Big 12 champion)
• No. 5 seed: Notre Dame (at-large selection)
• No. 6 seed: USC (at-large selection)
• No. 7 seed: Georgia Tech (at-large selection)
• No. 8 seed: Vanderbilt (at-large selection)
• No. 9 seed: Ohio State (at-large selection)
• No. 10 seed: Texas (at-large selection)
• No. 11 seed: LSU (at-large selection)
• No. 12 seed: UNLV (Group of 5 champion)

First-round matchups: UNLV at Notre Dame; LSU at USC; Texas at Georgia Tech; Ohio State at Vanderbilt.
First-round byes: Georgia, Penn State, Miami, TCU.



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Lost 31-7 to Montana State over the weekend in St. George. From the local media:


“The Utah Tech football season opener was a tough watch for the home crowd.

The Trailblazers took on the Montana State Bobcats, the No. 4 team in the FCS, and battled to a 31-7 loss on Saturday night.

It was the Trailblazers' first game with head coach Lance Anderson at the helm, and the Bobcats spoiled his debut. Montana State controlled the ball for 45 minutes, chewing up the clock with their 56 rushing attempts.

Utah Tech hoped to limit the Bobcats' run game, but gave up 329 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. Scottre Humphrey led the charge with 107 yards on the ground, and quarterback Tommy Mellott contributed 80 of his own, along with two touchdowns.

Mellott also had 147 passing yards despite throwing the ball less than a third of the time.

In what little time the Trailblazers had, the Utah Tech offense collected a total of six first downs. Quarterback Deacon Hill threw for 107 yards, with Eni Falayi being his favorite target. Falayi had 64 yards on five receptions to lead the team.

The Bobcats scored all 31 of their points — four touchdowns and a field goal — before the Trailblazers could ruin the shutout. In fact, Utah Tech did not even earn a first down until the fourth quarter. Their sole score came from Hill, as all 258 pounds of him chugged down the sideline for a 24-yard touchdown run. It was the team's longest run of the game and made Hill the Trailblazers' leading rusher.

Defensively, Utah Tech had a few bright spots. They excited the crowd by blocking a field goal attempt in the second quarter, and had a few tackles for loss, including a sack by Laytan Tanuvasa that took 9 yards from the Bobcats.

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Looks like they hit a snag.

Good to see this exposure, but it's SO early in the season. I'm interested to see how Houston plays against Oklahoma - try and get a better picture of how things stack up. I know we have a game in front of us to win first, and by a large margin, but I'm really excited for the Kansas game. That will be the true test to see how much we've improved.

Pre-game chat and info, in game discussion.

Add as you please.

So pumped. Haven’t stopped thinking about it all week.

Should be battle of the sunken basketball programs. Stakes are gonna be high.

The Cougar Football Forum shows a huge amount more interest than our board. For instance they currently have 1,800 posts on the UNLV game week thread. We have 261 on our game thread. ( This isn't an absolute comparison in that we have more of our posts spread over several related topics and their "Game Week" posts and more concentrated in one place. But adding all our posts concerning Houston we aren't even close to 1/3 the Houston board )

Not sure what this means. I know the city and surrounding area of Houston has double the population of Las Vegas and surrounding area. ( Houston being the 5th largest Metro area in the U.S. Plus, when you go out to 100 miles the difference gets even more drastic.) But, I have always used Houston as my example of a school that has similar issues to Las Vegas for entering a Power Conference. ( Urban school with pro sports competition). Up until last year when they entered the B12 their attendance had been down for the previous 5/6 years. But there was a time when 35,000 to 40,000 was the norm when they were regularly ranked and had near annual bowl appearances.

I think the interest in UNLV ( as demonstrated by the meager forum activity, minimal newspaper coverage and weak attendance) needs to increase drastically for us to think about getting an invite to a power conference. I'm hoping more success will drive it.