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Bad QB play = mediocre team... we should know, that's how we've been for years.. they just have better talent on all sides of ball than we did so it's easier to cover up...
Fresno was ranked without a win against a top 50 team, including 2 wins vs the 2 worst teams in CFB... While it sounds crazy, team that start 5-1, 6-0 in G5 get credit for doing what they're supposed to do regardless of schedule strength. SOS really comes into play for top 10/CFB playoff decisions in rankings, and thats not in our cards, lol
Yeah, but winning on the road against 2 power 5 schools, before the world knew how bad they were, is the difference there.
I'm wondering the same. I'm not sure if they took it easy on us or what.
A few different ways we could take it. Their head coach wasn’t there. Did they take it easy on us due to not deemed a threat. Was that the best the 2 interim coaches could do. Or did we actually do ok against a major power.
It' didn't feel like they took it that easy. I was expecting for them to be heavy on the run and wear us down, but they were close to 50/50 run to pass, even calling designed runs for their QB(s). It felt like the interims were trying to prove themselves some.
I also see apologists right now for UNLV having a 5-1 record. I see it on this board and on twitter/online. "Oh but weve played a soft schedule, oh, look at the bad teams weve played... etc." as if thats makes us any less than 5-1. We've beaten every team we should have. That's all you can hope for. That doesn't put any asterisks next to the record or season when its all said and done. So yeah, we played Michigan, we lost but not as badly as expected, so lets rehash why they took it easy on us as if that makes the other 5 wins not what they are...
I think they played their typical game, really. Alot of their scores are similar. I don't think they let the gas off, but they don't put the foot on the pedal either. Seems that's their style. Grind it out to large wins.
My thing is this - we were what, a very easily predictable 11-1 last OOC in hoops? But it didn't tell us anything. Many extrapolated that to so much more than it actually was because they were starry eyed with the 11-1. Menzies 20 winned a season playing complete nobodies along the way in conjunction with a very weak league. It was our weakest OOC schedule since that sort of stuff has been tracked. That 20 doesn't mean we were any good at all. Sure, UNLV and any super UNLV friendly mouthpieces played it up as something significant, but it wasn't. We all (should) know that.
I am hesitant to go more than one game at a time. Things can go sideway fast if not careful. Young team and new staff. ONE GAME AT A TIME....
We are in terrific shape to win 8 games. We’ve positioned ourselves as perfectly as we can.
SDSU was 12-2 two seasons ago and won 7 games last year if Im not mistaken have gone to a bowl game 12 straight seasons, They played in the National Championship game in BB and were on track for a 2 seed in 2020.
Figurative speaking, there are more than the wheels fell of the PAC...the muffler, the transmission, the engine, the doors, the side panels...what left are just the door knobs...with a bag of money hanging on it.
You gotta love when coaches have a vision to be great, more than being just good enough.
He got the slow growth memo and wiped his arse with it, thankfully.
Sound like our AD Eric Harper is allowing him to chase his dream. This dude is going for it. Odom is chasing the National Championship? Let roll with him fellas...
Both know the only way for UNLV to be relevant in athletics is to take a massive leap. Look at all the attention they're getting. They've made winning a standard so quickly its insane to think Arroyo took 15 games to win once... having a HC that knows how to be a HC and isn't Learning on the job is huge. Didn't feel need to completely tear program apart even though he brought in his fair share of transfers. Didn't hide behind excuses. Just flat out does the job
One thing for sure, they mentioned before the game started, they had I think the OC and QB's coach or something (assistants for sure), one coached and called the first half, and another the second. They also moved the roster around a bit. They wanted to get their staff some play-calling time.
I agree, I was pretty sure we'd win, but I was def NOT at ease before the UNR game, idk why, but I was kinda nervous.
Didn't notice this till after I posted, and yeah, I'm sure this likely had some influence on covering.
Haven’t you noticed that you get more nervous when you are supposed to win than expected to lose?
3+ decades of mostly losing is a hard fear to break! After last season starting off at 4-1 followed by a total collapse makes many of us trigger shy!
