Former Assistant Coach Carlin Hartman's son visited earlier this weel. We apologize for not having this sooner. We mainly focus on football but are getting caught up with basketball connects.

Field of 68 and Jeff Goodman broke this.

Running Back Greg Burrell and Safety Kela Moore have been impressive. They've been on campus since January so they have a leg up, but they have been showing out nonetheless. The secondary room is filled right now but we wouldn't be surprised if Greg has a similar year to Jaiden or even a bigger impact by seasons end.

As we wait to see what the Pac-12 will do regarding a rebuild or merger will that name really mean that much in the future? I've been reading that the B12 is looking at selling the naming rights of the conference. Possibly to "Allstate". It could possibly happen for the right amount of money where you might have the new conference name, as mentioned in the article linked below, as the "Allstate 12 Conference". Per the article it could land the B12 an additional 30 to 50 million dollars per year. They aren't the only ones that have talked about this. The Mountain West Conference could be one of those conferences in the future to sell it's naming rights. The NYTimes has an article about G5 conferences having that discussion however I can't get behind that paywall.


Anything that will get us more money I'm all for it.

I have noticed that UNLV is a mile in front of the rest of the MWC in regards to recruiting. UNLV has 9 recruits with an average rating of 2.89 while the next closest is SJSU with 4 recruits and a 2.5 rating. BSU has 6 recruits with a 2.17 rating. I get the feeling that if UNLV can have another great season, then they will leave the rest of the conference in the dust in regards to recruiting. Number 1 priority is to keep Odom!

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I’m reading tea leaves!

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Being EXTREMELY optimistic that we may have an outside chance of being considered for a big bowl game, this is one of the schools that we would have to leap over.

This is a Menzies’ schedule if he was allowed to hand select the weakest of the weak. Their o/u is 10.5. I don’t see how you lose one, let alone two, yet that doesn’t mean that they are a good team. We and Boise, and probably countless other G5 schools, have scheduled legitimately difficult schools. If you look at “RPI” there’s no way that we don’t rank higher than them, even if we lose 4.

The 3* just took an official visit to San Jose State and had committable offers from other good schools. Fertitta is doing great work right now. Christensen and his family were all in after they visited but seemed like they didnt want to rush anything.

As we start getting closer to a new season, preseason ratings and projections will start to come out (Phil Steele, Athlon, etc).

One that I started following last year is Kelley Ford. They’ve already come out with their preseason ratings for us and the MWC:

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They have us rated as the #84 team overall with highest probability to finish the season with 6 wins and finishing 5th in conference.

I’d say our schedule heavily factors into these win totals. If you look at the other MWC teams and their schedules, you can see how many of them have easier paths to the CCG (look at Fresno’s conference schedule).

Our last X got shut down earlier today and we have no idea why. If anyone is interested in following our new X, it is @11inred

Thank you and Sko Rebs.

I’m struggling to pull the trigger on my season tickets for the upcoming season. I keep hearing that the team will compete for the MWC title and is in a strong position to make the NCAA. I struggle to see it. We had the horses last year but didn’t have the coaching to get them there, at least not in the first few months of the season. Having DJ & Whaley back is great. Hill maybe can fulfill his potential. Hicks ought to take at least a small step forward. But I struggle to see the rest of the returnees plus the newcomers making this team a contender for the Dance, not even the MWC title. Knowing DJ is likely gone after this season just makes it tougher to invest in this program yet again. Staff should been all in on getting the best talent around him and swing for the fences this year, but it just looks like a mediocre team on paper. Someone please tell me I’m wrong, that we have more going for us than I understand. Can someone convince me that this is not the year to drop my season tickets?

over the past week, ten days, I’ve been swamped by texts from people wanting to know how bad they should worry. A few threads about it here with comments, texts from people here, family, etc. Even in public, I’ve been asked by people I know.

I’m not a doctor but obviously I’m in a closely related field and have access to information regarding it.

My take is similar to what is in this claim - at this point in time - but this is a novel virus, so I’m positive thoughts will change and maybe very drastically, so keep that in mind. It can get worse if we aren't careful and I don't believe we are prepared for worse. I came across it just a few minutes ago, looks like it’s been out there for awhile, but I believe it to be succinct enough and spot on FOR RIGHT NOW. If it worsens, it could potentially be a life altering event most of us have never experienced. Viruses are nasty, nasty, nasty

If you are interested, take a look.

Like recruiting, this could change 180 degrees at the drop of a hat.

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They play tonight!!!

They play tonight. Should be lots of fun because we got the pieces in place!!

I had a good breakfast with Harvey Hyde. He thinks we’ll be in the future PAC 12. We need to get out of this crap MWC. I’m still mad about the loss at home to Utah st in hoops. The MWC is a joke.