There may have been a thread about this earlier, but oh well. There's nothing else going on around here until the SUU game. What are your predictions?
vs. SUU: WIN (1-0)
vs. Arkansas State: WIN (2-0)
@ Northwestern: LOSS (2-1)
BYE
@ Wyoming: WIN (3-1)
vs. Boise State: LOSS (3-2)
@ Vanderbilt: WIN (4-2)
@ Fresno State (Fri.): LOSS (4-3)
vs. San Diego State: LOSS (4-4)
@ Colorado State: LOSS (4-5)
BYE
vs. Hawaii:WIN (5-5)
vs. San Jose State: WIN (6-5)
@ Reno: WIN (7-5) (I will never predict a loss against Reno)
UNLV under Tony Sanchez has always had a notable upset road win against a bowl team or better: @Reno, @Hawaii, @Fresno State (10-4), and @ SDSU. I think this year that surprise road win comes from the non-conference schedule against Vanderbilt.
I think the CSU game is one where we'll get our hopes up, hoping to bounce back from losses against Boise and SDSU, but the Rebs will fall flat and lose 3 in a row.
It's been said before, but this really shapes up as a tough schedule. From Northwestern through Colorado State (7 games), there are no games where it is super easy to pencil in a win. Wyoming and CSU aren't world-beaters, but they are conference road games. The only home games, where you would hope to get some momentum back, are against Boise and San Diego. I've got us going 2-5 down that stretch. While that's nothing great it might be good enough to get us to that magic number for bowl eligibility. Anything less than getting 2 wins out of those 7 games and we are almost certainly on the outside looking in come bowl season.
vs. SUU: WIN (1-0)
vs. Arkansas State: WIN (2-0)
@ Northwestern: LOSS (2-1)
BYE
@ Wyoming: WIN (3-1)
vs. Boise State: LOSS (3-2)
@ Vanderbilt: WIN (4-2)
@ Fresno State (Fri.): LOSS (4-3)
vs. San Diego State: LOSS (4-4)
@ Colorado State: LOSS (4-5)
BYE
vs. Hawaii:WIN (5-5)
vs. San Jose State: WIN (6-5)
@ Reno: WIN (7-5) (I will never predict a loss against Reno)
UNLV under Tony Sanchez has always had a notable upset road win against a bowl team or better: @Reno, @Hawaii, @Fresno State (10-4), and @ SDSU. I think this year that surprise road win comes from the non-conference schedule against Vanderbilt.
I think the CSU game is one where we'll get our hopes up, hoping to bounce back from losses against Boise and SDSU, but the Rebs will fall flat and lose 3 in a row.
It's been said before, but this really shapes up as a tough schedule. From Northwestern through Colorado State (7 games), there are no games where it is super easy to pencil in a win. Wyoming and CSU aren't world-beaters, but they are conference road games. The only home games, where you would hope to get some momentum back, are against Boise and San Diego. I've got us going 2-5 down that stretch. While that's nothing great it might be good enough to get us to that magic number for bowl eligibility. Anything less than getting 2 wins out of those 7 games and we are almost certainly on the outside looking in come bowl season.