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2-2 OOC would be a nice start...
Off top. of my head...
UNR - HOME
NEW MEXICO HOME
AIR FORCE HOME
UTAH STATE ROAD
SDSU ROAD
FRESNO HOME
SJSU ROAD
HAWAII ROAD
Best path to bowl in my opinion...
2-2 OOC
With 4 conference wins..
Best chances.
Hawaii (a lot of turmoil)
Reno (Same as Hawaii..)
UNM
Fresno (Lot of turnover)
I’d love to get to 5-2 with a chance at a bowl so even if we stumble, we get it.
But that’s not likely, so just keep it alive as a hope going into the last two games so the fans have a vested interest instead of “I hope we win, let’s see if they improve and hang tough and it’s something to build on for next season”. We’ve had the latter for too many seasons in a row and football and basketball have been doing just that in step with each other. Can’t dash hopes for both early in the season and expect people to show up.
I just want to be watching meaningful football in November and not posting about next year 5 to 6 games into the season.
This was an odd season. Really only 3 bad losses..
6 one score games. You flip even two of those and there's a fair amount more energy/momentum heading into the upcoming season..
Agreed. I have more energy heading into next season than any other couple win season. I mean, it’s UNLV football so expect the worst, but I thought we tightened up a lot of spots last season and we weren’t losing because of bonehead penalties plays, poor clock management, just playing out the string, etc - you know, the typical bugaboos that usually plague the team. It seemed a little different, more palatable.
Agreed...
I'm not sold on Arroyo..Not as down about his coaching as others.
Has to get something done this year...
And that's with me giving him a year one pass...
I think the schedule is more favorable than last year based on opponents and home away.
Ok we get crushed by Notre Dame.
But..
Cal is not great. North Texas and Idaho State are games we could win.
Reno in turmoil with losing players to portal, graduation and losing Norvell.
Hawaii is on the road but they have a ton of issues.
I like UNM's coach Danny Gonzales, but along with UNLV and SJSU that's a really tough gig...That games at home. Another winnable game.
Played Fresno within a score at their place. Get them here. Again lots of losses to portal and graduation..
If he can't get it done (bowl game) or at least get to 5 wins this year, I'm not sure he's the guy..
As the season progressed I saw improvement on the defensive side of the ball.
Yes, you read that right. I’m optimistic about the defense moving forward.
Let’s say that Arroyo isn’t the guy and the team doesn’t win 4 or so games. A defensive coach that can overcome all the bs rules nowadays is a very hot commodity, much like a QB “guru.”
My question, if the defense does well and we don’t win, do we promote from within for our next HC? I know that the popular opinion is always to clean house, but what if we have a solid option in house?
I don’t want to look up his dad’s name in case it’s Lon and won’t check to see if Hansen’s middle name is Kevin.
Yes, you read that right. I’m optimistic about the defense moving forward.
Let’s say that Arroyo isn’t the guy and the team doesn’t win 4 or so games. A defensive coach that can overcome all the bs rules nowadays is a very hot commodity, much like a QB “guru.”
My question, if the defense does well and we don’t win, do we promote from within for our next HC? I know that the popular opinion is always to clean house, but what if we have a solid option in house?
I don’t want to look up his dad’s name in case it’s Lon and won’t check to see if Hansen’s middle name is Kevin.
Interesting your take on Hansen.
Defensively they are getting better. This was his second season as a DC so he seems to be growing with the job.
Was talking to my brother about this the other day (promoting from within).
Only 8?
How long was the drought before that? I can't remember.
Maybe even more sad...
Only once (Sanchez year 3) were we even contending for a bowl bid the last week of the season...
It's not easy to follow this team...
Actually it's been pretty painful..
We've only been to 4 bowls in the entire history of the program. Totally pathetic.
If there were more bowls back in the day Robinson probably goes to one his other 6-6 year.
Sanford's year 4 team...Should have made one if not for a complete collapse against a bad SDSU team to finish the season...
Yeah...
It's been bad...
That was probably my favorite thing that happened while I worked at UNLV. I can’t believe it’s been eight years. I root for Coach Hauck and Sanchez at there schools these days. It’s hard when we fire the Coach every five years.
Just like the arguments for hiring Stacy or Ryan Miller when Dave Rice got fired.
Promoting from within when you fire a HC for poor performance is a very rare thing, if it has happened ever before.
It's one thing if a guy leaves for a better job, or retires.
Now I do like Hansen, and if you fire Arroyo I think that you do what you can to retain him, as long as it works with the new coach. But that is tough, coaches should hire their own guys. Unless there is some sort of previous connection that would be hard to bank on. You don't want to force a coach on to someone that doesn't want him.
Coach C was retained a couple of times. But as a position coach and recruiter he was a consistent bright spot and easier to retain than a coordinator.
As for firing Arroyo, I think that our hands are somewhat tied. With his buyout, I don't think we could afford to fire him next year, even if they really wanted to. Unless we get someone ready to pay up to hire someone new and payoff Arroyo.
Maybe the following year, or some sort of scandal. But I think we are stuck with him.
I am hopeful. The defense has been been the best maybe since J Rob? Or maybe Hauck's bowl team.
That isn't saying much, but since we are still building on both sides of the ball, there is reason for hope that it contineus to get better.
Now on the other side of the ball, it is hard to establish a groove and identity with QB roulette. Especially the way that they want to play. Some of that is CA"s fault, but injuries were probably the biggest factor. Pass protection is obviously the biggest problem there. Pass protection has to get better right? How has recruiting been for the O line? I haven't been following that much.
Maybe the following year, or some sort of scandal. But I think we are stuck with him.
I am hopeful. The defense has been been the best maybe since J Rob? Or maybe Hauck's bowl team.
That isn't saying much, but since we are still building on both sides of the ball, there is reason for hope that it contineus to get better.
Now on the other side of the ball, it is hard to establish a groove and identity with QB roulette. Especially the way that they want to play. Some of that is CA"s fault, but injuries were probably the biggest factor. Pass protection is obviously the biggest problem there. Pass protection has to get better right? How has recruiting been for the O line? I haven't been following that much.
Hauck's defense in the bowl years was bad...But opportunistic..Seemed to come up with a big play when they needed it.
2022 conference opponents are the same as this year, just flip flop the Home/Away teams.
As far as the outlook goes, I’m cautiously optimistic for improvement, though I’ve been there before. Only for sure loss is Notre Dame. Couple of difficult games in Cal and maybe @ SDSU (depending on who comes back). The rest, however, are winnable. Need a minimum of 5 wins and beat Reno for the excitement to continue into 2023.
As far as the outlook goes, I’m cautiously optimistic for improvement, though I’ve been there before. Only for sure loss is Notre Dame. Couple of difficult games in Cal and maybe @ SDSU (depending on who comes back). The rest, however, are winnable. Need a minimum of 5 wins and beat Reno for the excitement to continue into 2023.
It would be nice, but winning 5 or more games would show recruits that the program is turning around, of course going to a bowl game would be even better.
Let's not forget also how awesome Ced was as a dude. Staff and players loved that guy. He's a credit to HBU as a person. I just wish they were better (0-11 in 2021).
Agree btw on Hansen. *If* Arroyo gets the boot at some point, he's actually a guy i wouldn't be outright angry about if they boosted him. Dont know that I would advocate for it, but he has the chops as a DC, imo.
Yeah, I couldn't remember the defense on those teams that well. I remember Caleb being good for us offensively, and I remember us shutting down Air Force in the snow, right? I figured the defense wasn't too terrible since we won as many games as we did.
We couldn't stop UNT in the bowl game that I attended, I remember that very well.
No snow coming down during the AFA game, but boy was it cold. Well below 0 at kickoff.
It was the first and only time I can remember seeing UNLV force its will upon a team so greatly that the opponent gave up. Fact that it was against Air Force was crazy.
The ground was basically rock hard and every tackle must have felt like it was straight onto concrete.
220 yards for 4 touchdowns. ESPN.com briefly had an error that cause the numbers to doubles so it showed him as having 440 yards and 8 touchdowns. The UNLV Rebels Football Wikipedia page shows those as records 😂
