6 sacks... I don't remember the last time we had 6 real sacks in a game and that diesnt count to 2 intentional groundings... felt like we were in their backfield all night.Here are the stats. Nothing really stood out apart except the rushing yards. I dont remember how many punts UNLV have but it was low.
UNLV 27-7 Houston (Aug 31, 2024) Game Stats - ESPN
Complete team stats and game leaders for the UNLV Rebels vs. Houston Cougars NCAAF game from August 31, 2024 on ESPN.www.espn.com
That's what happens when you choose to not throw the ball in 2nd half... a 12/21 for 150 yards and 4 TDs stat line would've looked nice, but we decided to just run out the clock I guess
Me too…man it was humid. The offense wasn’t great but also not as bad as the stats show as pointed out a missed fg, a 4th and 1 in their red zone, two big passes off holding calls. It could have looked different it needed to I don’t think their secondary was that great plus clean some things up let’s see how it goes.
That is true. And Catalon had 2 INTs in one game is redculous.
That 2nd holding call on St. John was some grade A bullsheet. The one on Shanks...maybe.
Yeah, the TV guys even called that out... ref made it "up" by throwing a holding flag on the Kick return which took Houston out of redzone and back to their 20.
I laugh when I read articles and podcast writing or talking about how the second QB came in late for Houston as was dominate because he went 7 of 8 on passing. Maybe they should look at the fact that the bench was in the game and their was no more pressure to run up the score!
Yeah, that last drive our starting defense was over laughing on the bench. Kind of was upset we didn't keep everyone in to preserve the shut out but I also understand why risk injury for pride
I was wondering about that. Two huge pass plays wiped away from holding calls felt fishy but really hard to tell from the seats when you are following the ball.
The coach was going to make sure all the players had a chance to get into the game! Long term give everybody meaningful reaps and have them ready for injuries.
Interesting, I didn't take it as a bait but instead came in to blitz, recognized what was happening and make an amazing adjustment. Regardless, it was fantastic.
Didn't Coach Odom say that after we got a decent lead he decided to use the ground game instead of passing?
I thought that would be top10 sportscenter. Then I saw that DB from Robert Morris pull that INT straight out of the matrix.
The first one I thought it was. The second one I never got to see they weren’t exactly generous with the stadium replays.
I was surprised at the cramping that the Houston players had.
I heard Houston has better strip clubs than Vegas.
I think our first scoring drives was like 7 plays, 75 yards in like 2 minutes... that'd gas you real quick especially when you're getting trucked by our QB and then smashed by a RB...and then you're offense goes 3 and out, 3 and out...
I hear you and agree. They’ll definitely get better on offense. For what it’s worth, Coach Odom said he took the air out of the ball (play call wise) after the pick six. They just wanted to run it so made it more predictable to stop.
We did have 2 big pass plays taken off from holding calls. One was 58 to white and the other was like 35 the play before. And another one early on that bradley(?) Should have caught.
Based on Sluka's running, and seeming willingness to take hits, they have to give HMW some reps with the 1s. It would be a disaster to have sluka get hurt in 6 weeks and HMW hasn't thrown to his top targets outside of pat n go and 1 on 1s or worked with his OL. Maybe it's like 20%, I don't know. But if every 5th series with the 1s was HMW, that doesn't sound like enough to, tbh.
I agree with this if we are up big next week let Hajj play the second half. Sluka is hard to bring down and not afraid to take the hits he took a big one last night but that means him going an entire season and not missing a game would be a surprise and we need someone who is ready.
The challenge for the Rebs is not to look ahead to Kansas. If we go 2-0 that’s going to be heck of a game, and lots of eyeballs on the Kansas game.
The way Sluka runs, we will need someone to be ready, agreed that Williams needs game time and reps to be prepared. He is clearly capable or the decision on who to start would have been made weeks ago!
