Offense F
Defense B+
Special Teams B

Yours..

Benefit of finally being a good team, two conference championship games and two bowl games, it gives last years and this years freshman classes two more weeks of practice for each season.
So the sophomore class has an extra four weeks of learning the system, competing in practice which will give those guys more confidence to be ready to play next fall.

Money we will generate this season with football, but seriously, we need to make a large commitment to Odom.

It’s going to have to increase substantially, imo. Probably north of 4M.

Harper has a lot of work to do behind the scenes.

Hoops ain’t going well and if he plans on making a move, there’s a buyout and no reason to make a move if you don’t plan to improve, so there’d be an increase in the salary for a new hire.

So do you pour all interest into football just to ensure Odom stays and let hoops ride another year? I don’t know that enough total money can be raised for Odom upgrade, buyout and new hoops hire … if Harp can move mountains, I do think we will see a new hoops coach. If he can’t, we may have to bite the bullet for another year.

And this is what I was bringing up earlier, not that I’m in favor of keeping or firing, obviously he hasn’t accomplished anything of worth and it’s looking like more of the same … and if money was right, it was a “normal” time for UNLV (basketball as the money maker, football sucking and nobody caring), no doubt in my mind he’d be gone, maybe even after the end of last season ….
He’s not done near enough and he’s not saving himself, football might save him indirectly. If it was solely merit based, he’d be gone imo. I think all but a couple of us could see that writing on the wall.

Surreal, nostalgic ….

Feels sorta like Lon’s S16 …. Not like the FF’s, but still, a big deal.

Everyone at work talking it. Unprompted. Getting coffee this morning, unprompted discussion with strangers.

I love that, it’s community, it’s pride. Just feels right. I miss it.

Nearly everyone at work who did bet, bet the Rebels. I’m one of a couple that didn’t.

...but I already can't wait for next season. For once. Since I was a kid, it was always "glad it's over" and "there's always next year" with absolutely NO expectations of anything changing. But now?!? 🍆💦💦

Hajj isn’t going to do that sad, pathetic superstar thing. He will play in a bowl game. He’s not sitting out to protect his stock.

I remember my 1st 2 games at convention ctr beating Duke and Arizona in holiday classic. I remember around 4600 or something like that.
Why am I bringing this up, that was 52 yrs ago, I believe the program is worse now when vegas had 250k in valley compared to what 2 million?
If Harper will make the move and get a top notch coach like Odom hire, a quick turnaround within 2 yrs can be achieved. With football and basketball winning, drawing means millions, you can't tell me vegas doesn't have 7 million a yr for both coaches?
Maybe I been hit too many times in the head, am I just dreaming why both programs can't be top 30 every yr?

I hope UNLV puts 60 tomorrow night on Reno Turds.

I just saw a quick stat on ESPN's bottom line which I thought was a bit misleading. It said that we average more russing yards per game than any other team in the MW, which is true. THough it also said that we give up more rushing yards than any other team which is technically true I guess, but it insinuates that Jeanty will tear us up.

When the truth is that we did a better jog against Jeanty than any other team by a large margin. ONly against Portland State that he had fewer years, but he only had 11 carries in a blow out win.

Lowest Yard per carry against us
Shortest longest run, by a large margin
All of this with the 3rd most carries in all of his games.


Personally I don't think we need to do better than that. I just think we need to stop Madsen from his scrambles and to play better in passing situations from reducing the easy throws, more pressure on the QB, and of course limiting his runs on scrambles. Turnovers would be nice too. Do that and limit Jeanty in a similar fashion to game 1 and we win.

With the postseason, with the conference mumbo jumbo, with booster contributions, I don’t know where UNLV is at with money.

But they will need to come up with a significant raise for Odom and even more for basketball. I do believe both are the goal but it’s a lot of coin all at once and I don’t know if that’s feasible so they may need to pick and choose. The primary objective is to retain Odom.

Opinion here, based on some actual knowledge. I’ll be surprised if Marion is back. For multiple reasons that I don’t want to get into really. I’d just be surprised if he’s back. Also, if the money is there, KK isn’t going to make it to next season short of some drastic turnaround, a turnaround that is more impactful than what we’ve seen with football. I think we are past the point of an NIT. I think it played out, wore thin … the crowds are hammering home how little people care about hoops under the current direction. Last year’s “amazing” run to the backed in NIT faux impressed only the bought and paid for and a couple handful of fans who live in lala kumbaya land. They type that celebrate their child being potty trained at 9 years old.

That said, my belief is … UNLV won’t go cheap for hoops. Not saying they’re going to lure Coach K out of retirement with 4.25M per year … but, without any particular names in mind - I do think they will go for a known commodity, an expected impact hire.

So predictions …
Odom will be retained, much bigger salary.
Marion gone.
KK gone, impact replacement

Even with this loss, the season has been more fun that anything I've seen in basketball for over 20 years.

This has been the most exciting day for me as a sports fan since our two NC games. No pro sports team brings me this excitement. Not even close.

Thank you to Odom, all assistants, all players, and the Athletic Department!

I'll ban the first person that says they score more points. I'm looking at you @reagan21 .

Let's hear your reasons why or how the Rebs win on Friday.
I think UNLV has played better down the stretch than Boise State has vs similiar opposition.


UNLV wins if..

They do a better job protecting Hajj this game than last. Cannot give up more than 2-3 sacks.

Have got to hit 2 if not 3 chunk plays in the passing game. (25+ yards)

Force Madsen into 1 or more turnovers. If he plays a clean game I'm not sure Rebs can win.

Repeat performance or better vs Jeanty should be enough.

We all know that our stars need to play a great game for us to have a chance of winning. But which members of the supporting cast do you think need to step up?

Would love to see another WR make a few catches tonight. Casey had a 50 yard catch and Bradley had a couple of catches and a touchdown, and Irvin had a couple of catches as well. Feel like we need to see one of them make multiple grabs again to keep the defense honest. Kaleo had a touchdown grab the last meeting and he's been a great target inside the 5. That play action will probably be called again tonight.

On defense, would love to see Jarvis Ware make another huge play like last week. 0 sacks cant happen again.

One of them was my professor when I was there 20+ years ago.

A win does not undue the pain that douche caused, but it would be a nice rallying cry for the Rebel family.

#GoRebels

I’m going to get hate for this but why has QB2 been better than QB1 last season and this?

What’s in the talent evaluation early in the season? Or are promises made in order to secure commitments?

According to the fact that the MWC has the 2nd most out of conference P4 wins next to the SEC.

I was listening for a while last night. It amazed me how KK was just openly talking about how the team completely dogged it for the Mississippi State game. They just didn't show and didn't care. He didn't use those specific words, but it was close.

Mobile QBs always give BSU fits.

Idaho Statesman

UNLV - 149

Ranked better than us - Montana State, Wright State, Radford, Purdue Fort Wayne.. etc. etc.

Montana State coach making $ 190,000.

Them 82-71

COACH OF THE YEAR – SPENCER DANIELSON, BOISE STATE

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Losing their AD.

How much does Harper love LV?

Bring on Boise.

EDIT*** I read the rules wrong. The requirements are the highest ranked G5, who also won their championship.

What are the chances UNLV gets 5 Rebels drafted? I can see Ricky White, Jalen Catalon, Tiger Shanks, Jackson Woodard and possibly Jacob De Jesus names called.