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Drummer

The in house DJ seems to get the students going at the games. But the guy drumming next to him is driving me crazy to the point I want to leave games early. Anyone else annoyed with this. I have skipped the last two games between the bad effort on the court and the ear f$&_ing from the drummer.

Line ‘em up: Predictions and Game Thread UNLV hosting Air Force

UNLV's best shot at a regular season win through the rest of the year (we host Utah and go to UNR to end things).

Guessing UNLV to be a 5 point favorite in this one. AFA hasn't beaten anybody of worth, unless you count the same sub-500 freefalling Lobos that UNLV beat.

If AFA is patient, and they usually are, it might be a tight one, especially if UNLV is just playing out the string. I'd say the Rebels are, but I feel they played relatively well and focused at Boise. So I think the difference in overall athleticism and speed will put things in the Rebels favor. The game is "not important" in that both teams will be playing on the first night (highly likely unless one of the teams wins out, not happening) of the MWCT, but it certainly can have an impact on seeding which would impact the matchup. Rebels are 8th of 11, can fall to 9th of 11, but could (highly unlikely) climb to the 6th spot by the end of the season. Any way you slice it, it's a downright ugly, disgusting and underachieving season. It was the refs, it was injuries, blah, blah, blah.

UNLV 72
AFA 67

Whaley

Nice article on our 2023 recruit. Looking forward to seeing him play and provide some interior strength, hopefully with DT feeding him. Perhaps there’s another stud on his No. 1 ranked JUCO team that he can bring with him.

RJ article on Kevin


So, were just supposed to act like these firsrt two years didn't happen and give the guy another 3 years to do the slow build we should have seen from the start? What about the part that he is simply not a good coach at this point in his career? Puzzling article to say the least.

Late post: Notes from signing day

Matt greene will most likely play dline

Irvin will be used as a wildcat QB/WR/returner

They like bringing in more DBs, WRs and RBs for special teams

Special teams will be a priority. (brought in 3 kickers)

Odom wants to build with high school players locally. He said will have a lot of 2024 commits and most of them showed up for junior day.

Zavier Carter is looked as an edge guy, but going to move him around. Starting LBs are looking like Carter, Scott and Eubank right now. Probably the most talent we’ve had at the position group in 20 years.

Odom likes having 2 main RBs (Davis and Reese will be fun to watch in this system) Sammy Green could be really interesting for 2024

Odom said there not done recruiting and will be another waive of signees in the spring.

They look for upside in recruiting, not stars.

Bo Edmunson tape looks great. Will be interesting between him and Maiva with who wins the job in two years.

Odom prefers not to play high schoolers until their 3rd year.

Brought in 4 Olineman and 3 DLine. They want to win in the trenches. Odom talked about it multiple times about developing lineman.

Bam Amina probably could have gotten a scholarship, but is coming in as preferred walk on sense he’s a local from Gorman.

Would like them to add a transfer for WR, LT and DT

They also prioritize having strong walk on classes.

Really like our top assistants. With Marion’s system should be able to manufacture a lot of yards on the ground with the buildup of Oline and misdirection plays. Sherer knows Odom’s defensive system well and has done a good job developing linebackers. Shiber seems like a steal for special teams previously coaching at the top programs in the country.

UNLV updated recruiting class 2023: Total 33 commits

QB- Bo Emundson 3* consensus Originally committed Mich st. Over 15 offers
Athlete- DeAngelo Irvin over Army, AF, & Navy
RB- Vincent Davis 3* transfer from Pitt
RB- Gary Quarles 3* transfer from Bama A&M
RB- Darrien Jones 3* by 247
RB- Jai’Den Thomas 2* rivals
WR- Rashawn Jackson 2* rivals
WR- Jacob DeJesus 2*
WR- Corey Thompson NR
Move TE- Charlie Williams 2* rivals
Y TE- Christian Earls 2* rivals over New Mexico
OL- Ed Haynes 3* consensus over OR st.+ AZ st.
OL- Jalen St. John 4* rivals transfer from Arkansas
OL- Jack Hasz Center transfer from Buffalo
OL- Austin Boyd 3* 247 over Army + NM st.
OL- Jayden Aboah preferred walk on
DL/OL- Matthew Greene 2* rivals
DE- Lucas Conti 3* consensus over multiple PAC 12 schools (Zona, AZ st, Colorado, Wash st, Minn)
DT- Maxwell Peterson 2* rivals
LB- Jackson Woodard transfer from Arkansas
LB- Bam Amina 3* transfer from Colorado st.
LB- Blesyng Alualu-Tuiolemotu 3* over Reno
LB- JT Odom preferred walk on
CB- Jett Elad juco over Colorado st.
CB- Quentin Moten JC previously offered by BYU
CB Cam Jenkins 3* consensus over 20 offers
Safety- Jalen Frazier 3* transfer from NC st.
Safety - Jacob Turned transfer from Arizona
DB- Mekhi Mercer preferred walk on
K- Andre Meono transfer from Fresno St.
K- Jose Pezano transfer Missouri St.
k- Ramon Villela 5* kicker?

BYU vs UNLV flashback.

This was one of the biggest BS delays i have ever witnessed in person. We had them on the ropes and they allowed Emery to like take what seemed like a eternity to find his contact and put it back in. Never saw anything like it. U pull the player and get him back in in the next time out. It gave them motivation because of the BOOs and allowed their 2nd best player to stay in the game. Login to view embedded media

Harkless

He is a really nice player who could get serious minutes almost anywhere in the country.

But it's got to wear on any player to know that he needs to score at least 20 pts. to win. It has to be a mental weight to know that all an opposing team needs to do is limit your production and you'll lose. That there really is no alternative but you.

Bad for Harkless, but it demonstrates how bad our recruiting has become. Back in the day there were always three or four players that could step up on any night. If only two were playing well we would win. If all were on, it would be a blowout.

But now we are down to one guy. Sucks.

Give Me Offense

A good defensive player may slow down a good offensive player but in the end the offense is gonna score. I understand that CKK wants to put a good defensive team on the floor but it breaks down completely when you have 2 guys that routinely score less than 5 points. Would you rather have Parquet hold a 17 pt per game scorer under his average to 14 pts and score 0 pts himself or have Hall play and let that guy score 22 but Hall gives you 17pts? Harkless gave you -14 in production and Hall gives you -5 its in production. Give me the offense.

No matter what philosophy you come up with you have to outscore the other team to win the game. Impossible to do that when you consistently have 3-4 guys you cannot count on to put points on the board. Going forward I would love to see 8-9 offensive guys on the team and CKK just has to tell them that the guys that play the best D will see the floor the most. Defense is a matter of pride and desire and anyone that is talented offensively can achieve a level of proficiency on that end of the floor especially if playing time is attached to it.

Recruiting 101, don't recruit anybody that isn't a scorer and can't make free throws. The only exception being a power forward or center that can consistently grab 12- 20 rebounds. One more time now, if you want to win games you have to score more points than the other team and if you only have 1 or 2 guys you can count on it is soooo much easier for the other team to come up with a scheme to slow them down and win the game.

Give me more points!

Pay attention CKK

San Jose St vs UNLV Valentines game

The Rebels are in a huge tailspin. After a monumental Shellacking against the Aztecs, we have a chance to either stop the bleeding or nosedive into MWC postseason.

I’m not sure what is going on but did the players stop responding to Kevin Kruger? Did they quit?

This is a tough game. It is f’n FREEZING outside. Yes, I know the game is indoors but it’s so cold out there, that will make any travel to the game much worse.

I expect it to be a masoleum. If you take a date with you to the game..major kudos to you.

I want to go but you have to really bundle up.

Back to the game. Rebels win an ugly one 60-57z

  • Poll
Here’s the game UNLV vs Boise St 2023

Will the Rebels lay down against the Broncos

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 42.9%
  • No

    Votes: 3 42.9%
  • I don’t care anymore

    Votes: 1 14.3%

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