How good is BSU?
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Their true freshman QB is very good.
Marshall was a let down game after big win over FSU.
Yes it was a big game for Boise, because it was a game against a P5 school.
On the road.
FSU's results afterward have no bearing.
At the time it was a big game.
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Marshall and UL Monroe are both respectable opponents, #68 and #90 respectively in the FPI ranking, which would put them with the upper half of MWC teams.
Marshall is a good team. They were 9-4 last year, including a 38-20 win over USF in the Gasparilla Bowl (one of my favorite bowl names!), and returned just about everybody. They opened this year against an overmatched VMI, so they could afford to look ahead to the Broncos. BSU's first week has been well documented.
BSU has an interesting mix going into this season. They only have one defensive coach on staff who was in the same position last year. The others are either in different positions or new to the team, including DC Schmedding. That said, the defense has shown the ability to adjust (dominant second halves in both games). It is a pretty experienced group, with CB Walker and LB Noa the outliers.
Everyone knows about true frosh QB Bachmeier, but RB Holani - also a true freshman - was the first rusher since 2017 to break 100yds vs Marshall. Their leading receiver in that game was true soph Shakir. Their WR group is deep and talented. The OL is a strength, with all starters back from last year. They are struggling in the red zone, plagued by turnovers/mistakes and having to settle for FG's.
Their kicker was 5-5 vs FSU, but 0-1 vs Marshall. Their punter is inconsistent, having shanked a couple so far.
What does all this mean? It means that they have some cleaning up to do. They are fortunate to be 2-0, but they're only going to get better as chemistry improves. This weekend vs Portland St should be a blowout. If it isn't then their problems run deeper.
BSU has an interesting mix going into this season. They only have one defensive coach on staff who was in the same position last year. The others are either in different positions or new to the team, including DC Schmedding. That said, the defense has shown the ability to adjust (dominant second halves in both games). It is a pretty experienced group, with CB Walker and LB Noa the outliers.
Everyone knows about true frosh QB Bachmeier, but RB Holani - also a true freshman - was the first rusher since 2017 to break 100yds vs Marshall. Their leading receiver in that game was true soph Shakir. Their WR group is deep and talented. The OL is a strength, with all starters back from last year. They are struggling in the red zone, plagued by turnovers/mistakes and having to settle for FG's.
Their kicker was 5-5 vs FSU, but 0-1 vs Marshall. Their punter is inconsistent, having shanked a couple so far.
What does all this mean? It means that they have some cleaning up to do. They are fortunate to be 2-0, but they're only going to get better as chemistry improves. This weekend vs Portland St should be a blowout. If it isn't then their problems run deeper.
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I would love for UNLV to have 2 non conference wins over the Pac 12 in the same season no less, like UH has this season!
Has UNLV ever done that?
Has UNLV ever done that?
I think they will be a tough out for anybody in the MWC because of the offense.
They will also keep every opponent in games because of their defense.
That travel schedule tends to wear them down a bit as the season goes on.
I think they make a bowl..
But they will likely have a head scratching loss or two...
Two P5 wins in a season?
Yes they beat at the time #16 ASU and the following week beat Iowa State. Under Sanford.
They are known to some as the Phillip Payne games.
The Bows may drops 70 on UNLV at the going rate. This offense with Armani is hard to watch when they blitz
The guy would have trouble hitting a 747 with a football from 15 feet away when he has time. He hasn't had a lot of time at all, the offensive line has been terrible in pass protection.
I still think he will have a couple of pretty good games, a couple like last game and most in between those... which won't equate to enough wins. He is what he is...
Didnt we lose to Iowa state? In embarrassing fashion no less? Sanford wouldn't leave the field because he was having a hissy fit?
Two of the best weeks of my UNLV fan life.
Just looked back at that season, that team was really close to have 7 maybe 8 wins...
Lost two or three last possession games...
We failed in “winnin’ time!”
And we lost one to the very best 3 win team in the nation.
He’d have done better, but UNLV fans hit him with a tirade of Nazi epithets saying he looked like Hitler.
(I don’t recall when he shaved that moustache).
