Interception/safety/penalty we should be up like Hawaii we are taking points off our board and putting them on for them.
Line ‘em up: Predictions and Game Thread UNLV at SJSU FOOTBALL
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Seemed like everything went wrong for the Rebels, didn’t play well offensively, defense was stout as hell.
I didn’t like the vibe until we put it away. The things that plagued the Rebels in losses, bad breaks, untimely penalties … were in this game as well, so it felt familiar.
Good team win.
I didn’t like the vibe until we put it away. The things that plagued the Rebels in losses, bad breaks, untimely penalties … were in this game as well, so it felt familiar.
Good team win.
Glad they turned it around and won this game. Kept SJSU scoreless in the 2nd half. Took a couple years off my life. Glad UNLV has put something to get me emotionally involved like i use to be with basketball.
We've had costly Penalties they have cost us touchdowns in several games. Is some warranted some not.
Good second half much cleaner. Now I hope the Rams get a case of team syphilis tomorrow.
Seriously guys, there are a ton of negative Nancy’s who give up too easily amongst us. 1st half was ugly but look at the freaking weather. Ya’ll gotta have more faith in this team!
Well, well. Would you look at that. They finally learned a pass defense. Completely shut the pass and the best receiver in the country down. I like our chances in the week's ahead much better now.
It started out very ugly, with the suspect play calling and the Hajj pick six but I was wrong when I said they would crap the bed by the looks of things at the time. I’m glad they improved enough to put them away anbut theywas wrong, goodnight
And your keys that spell “m, e, n, z, i, e, s” are too!
They suffer from battered fan syndrome I mean I get it no fan base has been abused quite like ours over the decades but it should be clear by now this isn’t the same staff as Jim Strong or Wayne Nunelly or Jeff Horton or Mike Sanford or Bobby Arroyo.
That’s your first post in the history of Rebel Net that has less than 3 exclamation points!
For about three quarters, it was following very closely to the types of losses/struggles we had. It looked eerily similar to our losses. Felt that way most of the game, then the overturned fumble, a couple of lame penalties to extend critical drives (that stalled). I was uneasy the entire game.
I can find plenty of posts without it. We can’t find any aside from that previous post of yours without an exclamation point. Doesn’t matter the topic.
After that first half some of you probably were thinking seppuku.
It was rough but the staff figured things out and we got rolling again the second half. Great to win and great to go two weeks in a row being ranked.
It was rough but the staff figured things out and we got rolling again the second half. Great to win and great to go two weeks in a row being ranked.
SJSU had zero yards in the fourth quarter, and only around 40 for the entire second half. Now that is a defense!
I liked the running game in the rain in the 2nd half..
I don’t miss that weather at all when I lived in Northern California.
I don’t miss that weather at all when I lived in Northern California.
I have no issue with not passing. SJSU is one of the top passing teams in the country, and they got very few yards in the air. A torrential downpour changes the game of football! The UNLV offense did exactly what they needed to do minus a couple of bad plays on both sides of the ball.
Nailed it...
But really, defense did an excellent job holding them to 112 yards, holding Nash to 1 catch, etc...
Really did an excellent job. I was worried we might see a defender or two lose footing and contain on a WR and give up a big play.
Defense did a good job in coverage and never letting QB get into any rhythm. Got just enough pressure on QB to unsettle him.
When you get weather like that you just never know.
Camac was really disruptive tonight.
Punter and kicker are players of the game. Taking that saftey was High IQ. Plus hitting a 52 yard Fg won us the game.
9-2, I have never seen these numbers defined UNLV football. This is historical.
Elements played a big role.
OL took over that game in the second half.
Under Sanchez or Arroyo this was the type of game that typically slipped away where we dug too big of a hole and came up short or just got buried.
Marion adjusted the run game some and the OLine started to just lean on SJSU.
Hajj hit just enough big plays to keep drives alive and prevent SJSU from selling out against the run completely.
Honestly as bad as Rebs played in the first half, I never got that 'here we go again' feeling.
You can take that commie propaganda somewhere else pal!
1984 was the last time so only 40 years!
TOP 40 to 20.
That’s a different game for the Rebs. That’s not UNLV’s game.
But that’s a credit to the D. How many 3 and outs for SJSU? 7? Allowed only 3 third down conversions…
We definitely wore them down and had some time chewing drives.
Passing was awful. Hajj wasn’t close. Ricky with a couple of straight drops. But as bad as ours was, SJSU’s was worse.
It was at this point that I knew we were going to win. Nostradamus strikes again.
They have done well running Burrell end of games fresh legs wearing them down.
Weather played an outsized role in the game overall, but especially the first half. All things being equal, if you take away the two really bad plays, the Rebels had a very effective game plan and basically destroyed SJSU.
SJSU had to burn several TOs on Defense because they were either getting steamrolled or were ill prepared, and ultimately had to resort to “injury” TOs to slow things down in the second half.
Giving up 9 points on turnovers in a game you’re only favored by 7, on the road no less, would usually be the death knell… but the plan was solid and wore SJSU out.
SJSU had to burn several TOs on Defense because they were either getting steamrolled or were ill prepared, and ultimately had to resort to “injury” TOs to slow things down in the second half.
Giving up 9 points on turnovers in a game you’re only favored by 7, on the road no less, would usually be the death knell… but the plan was solid and wore SJSU out.
Rebs turned another corner after being ranked (again) and going on the road to gut out a huge win. They could have easily made excuses about the weather and let this one get away but that’s not the make up of this program anymore. I’m the biggest Fresno fan tonight. Please please give us another shot at Boise. I like our chances on the road where seem to play with a different mentality.
Our first ever win as a ranked team in the AP.
It was a grind it out, good win for the Rebels. It sure as shit didn’t feel that way as the game unfolded, I really thought it was going to be one of those “kick me in the gut, our own worst enemy” types of losses. Until Jet started getting some chunks and it was noticeable SJSU was wearing down, it became - steady; just steady, no turnovers.
I’m ecstatic to be honest. I just wanted to escape there with a win.
That's been a big plus for us all the running we do , and we hardly ever fumble.
Nah, once they start to establish a new normal, they’ve gotta be consistent with it before I have faith.
The normal always prevails to me until it’s uprooted. I sometimes wish I did have it, but blind faith has never been easy for me.
Nobody would have looked good passing with that rain storm!
I’m not going to lie, wasn’t too excited at halftime. But, this team has proven to be super solid all year long, even in the two losses. Best thing for us was that the weather never let up. Really took the passing game out of SJSU’s hands, which is their only strength.
Just went through this thread. I’m reminded why I don’t read game threads in real time.
Hajj made a really bad read and a long through with a huge head wind. We gave up a safety after trying to get a dry ball. Talk about irony. Other than that. We game up 3 big plays.
The weather was atrocious. 30 mph winds and a downpour. Playing in that would have been difficult for any team. I’m happy we stayed with the game plan of just pounding the rock. It was going to start working at some point. There was no panic by anyone. Run run run. The Spartans were dead tired.
We held the SJSU offense to 7 points. Like 120 yard and Eget was 4/22 and 95% of his passing yards came on 3 plays. If Woodard had read that TE cross instead of trying to leave his feet, I don’t think they would have scored on that drive. Hajj had to play in that same crap storm had had an ok day with some pretty great throws.
Being on Reno.
Hajj made a really bad read and a long through with a huge head wind. We gave up a safety after trying to get a dry ball. Talk about irony. Other than that. We game up 3 big plays.
The weather was atrocious. 30 mph winds and a downpour. Playing in that would have been difficult for any team. I’m happy we stayed with the game plan of just pounding the rock. It was going to start working at some point. There was no panic by anyone. Run run run. The Spartans were dead tired.
We held the SJSU offense to 7 points. Like 120 yard and Eget was 4/22 and 95% of his passing yards came on 3 plays. If Woodard had read that TE cross instead of trying to leave his feet, I don’t think they would have scored on that drive. Hajj had to play in that same crap storm had had an ok day with some pretty great throws.
Being on Reno.
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