Now is the time to go out and support these Rebels, especially football.

We have a lot of Rebel fans that almost take pride in the fact that they don't go to games or give the school money. I get it. It is a protest to the way things have gone, and they have not gone well. I get it.

But this is the year to break protest and try to show up.

There is a very small window that may be open, and it is still open, for UNLV to upgrade it's profile to try to get in with the big boys. The only thing holding it back is success (easier said than done) and fan support.

UNLV has put their money where there mouth is with football. They sent money on a legit SEC coach, the most in conference history to get this done. There are more reasons than ever to hope for a good year.

These conference just want to see if UNLV can hang enough to even be a bottom 3rd team, and to see if UNLV can capture enough excitement of our very good second tier market. Moderate success and decent support in some ways have been the missing piece.

Tickets can be reasonable, there are work arounds for the terrible parking, and there are a lot of winnable games on the schedule this year. Oh yeah both the offense and the defense have a chance to be pretty exciting.

In also think basketball has a chance to have a fun, relative break out year, but really football does matter a lot more. If you can only afford one, pick football


UNLV no history, the majority of its fans are basketball only. I get that. But even as a basketball fan, getting into a better conference will ultimately help basketball tremendously. Show up for football to help basketball

You may not think they deserve your support, and I do understand if you feel this way. But if you are on this site, you care, even just a little. Just one year do what you can to show up if you do care. This window may close this season or even sooner than that, we will see. This could be a make or break year, please do what you can to help.

Crowds do help BTW, home field advantages are a thing when decent, rowdy crowds.


Thanks and Go Rebels!

And we didn’t. Far from it.

But that’s credit to the team for resolve. That’s credit to the coaching staff for whatever they served up at the half.

This team may not be great, I really don’t think they are, but he took what was a large group of defeated players, added some of his own … and this team has some fkn guts. Serious balls.

Like I said, not the greatest, but they maintain focus, they don’t lose it, win or lose. They keep their eyes on the goal.

That’s a HUGE testament to the coaching and instilled philosophies. They turned perennial losers into winners and confident winners. Do you know how difficult that is? Screw slow growth, just get a hungry guy with vision.

I’m so ecstatic right now. I knew they could come back, but wasn’t feeling it because of the way AFA dominated the lines. But I’ll be damned if they didn’t bounce back forcefully. And Doug re-entered for a big play. It’s all hands on deck! I absolutely friggin LOVE IT!

Everyone contributes. Even when the breaks go against us (officiating was AWFUL! And I rarely complain against the stripes).

Short memories. Move onto the next play. Don’t get too up. Don’t get to down. Steady wins. But up when you have to.

This team has given us a lot of joy. I couldn’t be happier right now!

If we win the next 2 and Tulane losses we are in NY6 bowl.
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But perhaps the biggest injustice of the year, Marshall Nichols NOT being STPOW.

Seriously 3 punts pinned deep with zero return, and that dime he threw on the fake punt. Unreal.

Good for McDuffie. Have we had a DPOW this season?

I know that the TV schedule is set well beforehand, but it’s funny to me that the biggest Saturday game is not any TV. Funny to me that there is no option for networks to change the game they are broadcasting.

#24 in the playoff rankings.

In the past, UNLV would have folded like a cheap tent after going down by two scores. This time, they took it as a challenge and stepped up. Now, they are starting to get national attention for this change in mentality.
I fear the transfer portal is going to do a number on this team in the off-season.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-state-for-no-4-in-college-football-rankings/

23. UNLV (NR): The Runnin' Rebels had arguably the most impressive win in the Mountain West across Week 12, going to Air Force and overcoming an early deficit to win 31-27. Rankings-wise, UNLV was behind Fresno State last week and does have a head-to-head loss, but in the conference standings, its Barry Odom's squad standing alone in first place with a 6-1 record.

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Per ESPN. We are a legit top-40 team.

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Keeping its head coach for another year.

I never thought I’d see this in my life.

UNLV has more votes in the coach’s poll than ANY school in California, Utah, Colorado, Idaho. (State of Woming and New Mexico goes without saying).

CSU, WYO and AFA all in the same unbelievable season!

SJSU pulling away from SDSU.

UNM LEADING FRESNO STATE! In the 3rd..

I think a lot of people have been more worried about SJSU than AFA, and we all saw how intense the AFA game was.

I’m one of those. Was worried about AFA for sure … outside the in game officiating, a lot of things fell UNLV’s way. The injuries to AFA mainly, those were some key ones for them.

We haven’t wrapped up anything yet, not league wise. Yeah, I wish we were playing UNM or SDSU, but I really feel like we are playing in our toughest league game against SJSU. Don’t underestimate the game of Cordeiro. He’s the best QB in the MWC, legs and arm. Oh, I have confidence in the Rebels, but this game could go down to the wire.

A big part of me takes solace in that I’m sure we will be very well prepared with our game plan and any necessary adjustments - that’s not blind faith and hope, it’s been the evidence. No reason to doubt it now.

Another evidence thing that I won’t doubt … the players won’t be too up, they won’t be too down, and they’ll fight through situations with poise.

But there’s another quality team out there trying to make the very most of their season too, and they certainly have the ability to beat us. We are flying high right now …

It’s going to be crazy. I’ll be disappointed if we have less than 30k, hoping for 40k.

There's a video clip at the end with some of yesterday's highlights.

We are a 4-point dog according Circa (right now).

William Hill shows us as +3.5.

I think we end at +2.5 dogs but win by 10+.

SJSU up 14-3 over Fresno State nearing end of the first.

Point wise we have the best but not average rating. Can't wait to see this momentum leap frog us over the rest of the MWC. I do remember ODOM mentioning something about saving some rides for the off-season for key players . We should be very attractive. Hopefully we win the next 2 and NIL money comes pouring in.

Threw this together ...

Holy $HIT, we are usually the ones being out coached. It is nice to be the ones making the winning adjustments. It is no longer trying to get Bowl eligible against a UTSA type, it is now about getting into a Bowl game vs a good P5 school.

nm

If we win next week we should be ranked

#18 James Madison lost to App State.
#21 K state losing to #25 Kansas
#22 Utah lost to #17 Arizona

We need Tulane to drop a game next week vs UTSA