UNLV can, at least on paper, get off to a very good start if they finish this month of with a bang. All four remaining November games should be "winnable" starting with NAU tonight. That doesn't mean TCU and Washington/WKU will be easy, but you have to believe UNLV has a decent shot in those contests. And then starting off your road trip against SUU is about as easy as a road game can be. A 6-1 start would go a long way in gaining some confidence. Not enough to handle the big three they face in December, but a record like 6-1 makes it a little easier to take on those three losses.
They're going to have to finish this month out strong because December non-con is TOUGH. The only "sure" win is Incarnate Word. Then your next "easiest" game is hosting S. Illinois (don't know a lot about their team, traditionally a difficult conference for games such as these)... after those two, you have at ASU and at Oregon along with the Duke and KU game. Yikes. It's easy to foresee a 1-5 or 2-4 Dec non-con record heading into conference play the last week of the month with games at Colorado State and hosting Wyoming on NYE Saturday day.
They're going to have to finish this month out strong because December non-con is TOUGH. The only "sure" win is Incarnate Word. Then your next "easiest" game is hosting S. Illinois (don't know a lot about their team, traditionally a difficult conference for games such as these)... after those two, you have at ASU and at Oregon along with the Duke and KU game. Yikes. It's easy to foresee a 1-5 or 2-4 Dec non-con record heading into conference play the last week of the month with games at Colorado State and hosting Wyoming on NYE Saturday day.
