Facilities played a large role in Mullins decision.....

[TimothyC3]

From CDM.....

"Mullen first became impressed with UNLV while in Las Vegas in 2023 to attend former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow's College Football Hall of Fame induction. He couldn't believe the $35 million Fertitta Football Complex that opened in 2019 and knew the Rebels spent gamedays at an NFL stadium.

“This (practice) facility was so much better than anything I had when I took the Mississippi State job,” Mullen said. “I had to build the facility there. Florida had nothing like this. Not even close to this.”

Mullen: Facilities played large role in decision to join UNLV

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dan Mullen could've returned to coaching sooner, but the timing never seemed right and, regardless, he was fine remaining at ESPN giving his insights about the latest in college football. But when coach Barry Odom, fresh off taking UNLV to back-to-back appearances in the...

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[RebelinWA]

Like him or hate him, Sanford was right. I might not have agreed with his delivery, but he was 1000% right.

 

[rebel5280]

Sanford was right about the facilities situation here back then but he was the wrong guy for UNLV football!

 

[dcut03]

Interesting with some of these interviews, Meyer basically said that Mullen was the defacto OC at Bowling Green and Utah, but was too young for that title. Sanford had that title, and apparently "developed that offense with Meyer".

I wonder where the truth really is. It is possible that Meyer is talking up his buddy to some degree.

I thought Sanford's offenses were pretty good here. Defense was the issue. And the locker rooms of course

 

[Rosegreen1]

Sanford was right about the facilities situation here back then but he was the wrong guy for UNLV football!

Sanford was the best HC UNLV has had outside of JRob and Odom. Still the last coach to beat a T25 team.

 

[InZoneU]

Sanford was right about the facilities situation here back then but he was the wrong guy for UNLV football!

The lockerroom thing was a half-truth. Our facilities back then were shit, but were mostly on par with other programs in our league at the time outside of maybe Utah, BYU and TCU. Reno, Fresno etc. had no problem fielding good programs with similar shitty facilities. The locker rooms didn't keep us from winning 7-8 games/year instead of 1-2 games a year. Also, the whole FCS office thing was a total joke that has no place as part of a college football program. You want to worship the Jesus, do it on your own time separately.

 

[TimothyC3]

Sanford was the best HC UNLV has had outside of JRob and Odom. Still the last coach to beat a T25 team.

You can't forget Ron Meyers and Harvey Hyde....

 

[RebelScrub]

Sanford was the best HC UNLV has had outside of JRob and Odom. Still the last coach to beat a T25 team.

So we got Urban Meyer’s offensive Coordinator and now QB coach?

 

[Rosegreen1]

You can't forget Ron Meyers and Harvey Hyde....

Different circumstances, they weren’t in a conference battling YBU, Utah and TCU. 3 guaranteed losses, plus tough OOC schedules like Iowa State and ranked Arizona State, Oregon State. I think Sanford lost to Oregon State, #14 by 2-3 points.

 

[rebel5280]

Sanford was the best HC UNLV has had outside of JRob and Odom. Still the last coach to beat a T25 team.

He could not win here and the facilities were a reason not to be bowl eligible?

The top 25 win, what did he do with it, not a thing, no momentum at all. That win was like back when Rice beat top ranked UNC but crapped the bed come MWC time.

Losing close is still losing!

It’s called football, not horseshoes, so who cares about close losses!