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Definitely. If we can beat Kansas or keep it to a 1 score game, and then follow that up by beating Fresno and Syracuse, I think were probably getting top 25 votes and the hype train will still be there. Its fun to talk about after week 1, but its a lot like the "Bracketology" stuff in November. fun, but useless.
Similar win totals yes, but strength of schedule in UNLV's favor
Unless a team pulls off Marquee win.
Wit all the decades of losing, it is about time that UNLV football gets some good Karma as payback, and we are due a lot of payback!
Odom is the real deal and will keep our guys focused. If anything it's us Rebel fans that are in uncharted waters. I mean when I look at our defense I can't believe it. It's usually after the first game I'm mother f'king someone. Now I've got to find some new words.
Same mother f'king as before, but now it is in regards to what Jackson Woodard did to the offense! 😁
Why is this even a real question... the P4 is the only way to go period. There is no in future in G5. Eventually the P4s close rank and become their own league/association and if you're not in that group, you're not going to have financial viability.
Seems absolute, Masked. Are you sure? What happens if the MWC make their own Power conference? The missives like Boise UNLV, SDSU, SJSU, Fresno made a pitch to the power be like Amazon or ESPN or TNT? You see now?
Do you think any MWC still need the Big12 or any other conference affiliation ? If the MWC get a contract with TNT. Man, that is huge....
There is absolutely no reason for the markets that would be in whatever new media deal to expect more than the 31.7 million dollars Big 12 teams are getting paid, which is also likely to increase after next deal negotiation.. so yeah, there won't be another Power conference, it's a fallacy we try and convince ourselves will happen because it's more likely we remain in the best of the leftovers and we'll take the crumbs that we can get. Why would those networks pay slightly more than what we're currently getting.. where's the interest coming from that'll draw the eyes and advertisers? Outside Vegas and San Diego, there are no premier cities and we don't have the historic alliances of Big 12/Big 10/SEC/ACC with their name recognitions...that's why
I agree that those schools were left out for a reason, but i wouldn't say that it is obvious that UNLV would be a better option than the Pac 2 for Big 12 expansion.
The B12 isn't going to add anyone right now. Any money they give to new schools come from their media bucket of money. The other schools aren't going to take less just to give a new school an opportunity. Not OSU, WSU, SDSU, nor UNLV unless the media companies see some value there. I'm not seeing it myself. As much as I would love to go to P4 we need to fix our basketball program to offer them something they might want.
I was rooting for NMSU & Sanchez, but it seems that Sanchez hasn't been able to fix what plagued his UNLV teams...start fast, no/bad halftime adjustments, 3rd qtr stall, 4th qtr fade. But it's early still. Really hope he does well
Improving basketball will help when it comes to the Big 12, since they do care about that.
