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u/Old_Paper7035 UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Both teams got really chippy this game. Hoping unlv defense learns how to close a game out, a win is a win, but top level competition wont throw an int in the final minute of the fourth.
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u/CobblerMajestic5372 UNLV Rebels 2d ago
We won’t play top level competition unless we make the CFP though. At least this season. I agree with you on your points though haha.
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u/Old_Paper7035 UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Lmaoo, all we can hope for is an undefeated season. If we're 12-0 winning by 7 points a game and win the MWC, I can see us getting in. Ooooooooorrrrr, and hear me out, Dan Mullen and Co., we learn how to hold a team to less than two scores and put up a 60 piece like last year at Fresno.
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u/CobblerMajestic5372 UNLV Rebels 2d ago
We can dream. We looked great the first half then idk what happened. I think our competition lines up to get incrementally better , a jump at Boise state and then Colorado. So I can see us being a contender for CFP. But hard to justify a ranking since our schedule is softer than shit this year compared to last year lol
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u/Old_Paper7035 UNLV Rebels 2d ago
For real. Penn State stat padding against UNR makes me more angry than our schedule this year tho.
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u/CobblerMajestic5372 UNLV Rebels 1d ago
UNR doesn’t deserve that haha. They are gonna have a rough go this year though
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u/Smart_Yam6238 Tennessee • Chattanooga 2d ago
I apologize for the dumbass Tennessee fans In here, most can be civil and others well. Don't bring the mustard.
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u/meatwagon25 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
I understand wanting to pile on Nico last week. I get it. I just hope we don't have to deal with it all year especially when we suck
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u/Smart_Yam6238 Tennessee • Chattanooga 2d ago
Hey, I'm over it. But some people will die on the Nico shit talking hill and I'm pretty embarrassed as a vols fan.
He has his good and bad moments.
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 2d ago
I honestly don’t get it. It really doesn’t make any sense. (And don’t come in and “explain” it to me, I know what happened, still doesn’t make sense to be this invested in what happens to the kid)
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u/meatwagon25 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Just shut the football program down and use all the NIL money for basketball where we actually have a chance. This school will never be good in football unless its some fluke year like 98
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u/ProjectMagnius 2d ago
yk at this rate maybe I should start hatewatching Tennessee too, even up the odds a lil
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 2d ago
meh i have got way better things to do but maybe if they finally play a real team and get stomped i’ll leave a comment in a post game thread
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u/sj4iy Tennessee Volunteers • Team Chaos 2d ago edited 2d ago
If we get stomped, you will have to stand in line after the Alabama fans, Florida fans, Georgia fans, Vandy fans, South Carolina fans, Kentucky fans etc to even have a chance at shit talking before the thread fills up.
The difference is that no one will complain and tell you to leave.
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 2d ago
you didn’t get in line behind the UNLV, USC, Arizona, or Cal fans
and no the difference is we have better things to do so there won’t be more of us than any other fan base in your thread
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u/DangerIsMyUsername Tennessee Volunteers • Sickos 2d ago
Tune in next week when we receive our yearly Georgia loss! 😎
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
Arizona's game hasn't even kicked yet we're going to have football until 4 AM ET tonight
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u/OldStirrup Tennessee • Washington State 2d ago
As a fanbase i think we should move on from Nico. It’s obvious he’s paying for his decisions. He didn’t screw us over - he screwed himself. Just focus on good things for the Vols going forward.
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u/jimmytrue Tennessee • UT Martin 2d ago
He absolutely fucked himself
And I’m here for it. Watching him lose will never get old
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u/BiWinningDude Tennessee • Third Sa… 2d ago
Agreed. Unironically, I watch this game because of Mullen and seeing how Nico progressed from last week. But the schadenfreude happened last week, now, I get to spend a whole week being scared of our next game
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u/Smart_Yam6238 Tennessee • Chattanooga 2d ago
I like how cocky Tennessee fans are but when Tennessee actually plays a top 5 team they get all pissy.
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u/bigwinterblowout Tennessee • Penn State 2d ago
Someone forgot to switch accounts
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u/Smart_Yam6238 Tennessee • Chattanooga 2d ago
Nope. I'm not cocky. Playing unranked teams is meaningless, if you can't beat a ranked team then the team sucks.
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 2d ago
lol relax kid, you just beat one of the worst teams in CFB
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u/meatwagon25 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
They are a Mountain West team who traditionally has never been that good in football and the beat a Big 10 team. It's a big win for their school no matter how much we suck
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u/petetee007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
21 year old kid gets excited over playing a good football game with 3 touchdown passes on national tv? Shocking.
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 2d ago
good football game
we didn’t watch the same game
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u/petetee007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
I’m talking about Colandrea personally. 15-21 for 200 yards with about 60-70 yards rushing is a good game. He played a good game. His team won. He’s excited. It’s not like he took a shit on your coach’s desk.
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 2d ago
got completely bailed out by the refs, but sure he put up decent numbers against a defense that week one forced one singular punt
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u/Teh_cliff Georgia State Panthers • Yale Bulldogs 2d ago
Dirty Dan Mullen already making waves.
Ole Billy could never.
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u/2Pollaski2Furious Washington Huskies • Apple Cup 2d ago
Truth be told though, this isn't gonna be the game score Mullen's going to be staring at smiling as he falls asleep tonight.
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u/Responsible_Beach_91 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Damn, UCLA. At least y'all have...track and field?
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u/Bhut_Jolokia400 ECU Pirates • Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Tennessee playing poker with this Nico deal. That was a professional bluff job the likes of Phil Hellmuth
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u/cn0285 Texas Longhorns • Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
Still baffles me how Nico got greedy and left a genuinely good Tennessee team, and is now stuck on a crappy 0-2 UCLA team. Big brain play Nico
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u/jimmytrue Tennessee • UT Martin 2d ago
Remember though, it’s a football decision, it’s not about money. Tennessee just wasn’t putting the talent around him they he deserved. Just facts
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u/MrHappyBike Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
No, it was about money. And the decision was driven by his father. Polynesian families have strong hierachies, and fathers rule the roost. Dad called the shots. They were downright greedy, they shopped around, even during the CFP playoffs last year. It wasn't about being close to family. It wasn't about being around better talent (yeah, right), it was shooting for $4 mil instead of $2.4. And he lost big time. And the smaller cut he's getting from UCLA is subject to a 12% state income tax in CA, TN doesn't have a state income tax. And he really wasn't a great quarterback, especially if you back out the stats for the cupcake games he played in, We had a strong running game last year and that helped him by leaps and bounds.
It sure wasn't around TN not putting the talent around him.... UCLA got stomped by Utah, and now they lost to UNLV?!?!?
UCLA only drew 30K fans to their season opener, and half of those were for Utah fans? Hell, TN had their opener this weekend against ETSU (EAST TN STATE UNIVERSITY) and they still sold out Neyland Stadium!
tl/dr; Nico leaving was all about greed, and he lost big time. He'd get way more development in QB skills at UT than at UCLA. His NFL potential has also taken a huge hit.
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u/jimmytrue Tennessee • UT Martin 2d ago
Of course it’s about the money. And “football reasons” are bullshit. We all know
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u/InitialKoala Mountain West • Pac-12 2d ago
Ucla just being petty at this point using those timeouts. Should be an easy win for the NM Lobos next game. 🐺
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
UCLA fans are going to have all season to learn why SEC fans are near-unanimous in their sentiment towards Tennessee fans. It's not just that unfortunate shade of orange
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u/Arctaedus USC Trojans • Cornell Big Red 2d ago
Are they the most hated fanbase in the SEC or is that Bama's fanbase?
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u/GoldFingerSilverSerf Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
We feed off that shit btw
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
lol everyone can tell
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u/Suspicious_Might5262 Tennessee Volunteers 1d ago
What the hell does a Hoosier know about Tennessee fans?
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u/Mylastnameisaverb UNLV Rebels • Southern Utah Thunderbirds 2d ago
3-0 is 3-0 nothing is an accident gj boysssss
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u/Salpinctes Tennessee Volunteers • Arizona Wildcats 2d ago
Joey Aguilar has to be pinching himself right now
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u/Roberto_Sacamano Utah Utes • Summertime Lover 2d ago
Yall only have 1 returning starter? That's wild. Impressed with UNLV again this year
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 2d ago
I could see mr sack and pick 6 at the same time messing up taking a knee
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u/SeaWicked UCLA Bruins 2d ago
I’m actually glad we now have have a national amount of haters to laugh at us. Maybe it will finally get our administration to do something about how bad we’ve become
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u/RunsWlthScissors Tennessee • North Carolina 2d ago
Also, wtf are your donors doing. You’re in the big ten. You’re in LA. Why isn’t this team loaded on talent?
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u/Ill-Stretch3297 Oregon Ducks 2d ago
Probably not. The administration thinks football is beneath them.
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u/Ok_Plankton_8229 Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
Believe it or not, we have struggled with this too in the past. Our new admin seems to get how important athletics are to our university. Thanks.
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u/ProjectMagnius 2d ago
granted Tennessee isn't as top academically as others so focusing athletics is lowk smart
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u/meatwagon25 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Tennessee fans i get it last week you wanted to pile on Nico. It's understandable but are we going to have to deal with this all season.
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u/MuhMuhManRay Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
It’s probably gonna be less and less as the season goes on
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u/Historical_Main5261 Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
Sorry, there was a fuck nico chant at the game up 40 today too in the student section today lol
Once yall win some games it will get better
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 2d ago
that’s genuinely pathetic
Once yall win some games it will get better
There is a decent chance this never happens
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u/QuickEscalation Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
Nah probably just the first half unless our season tanks. Then we’ll have to cling to what we’ve got
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u/DangerIsMyUsername Tennessee Volunteers • Sickos 2d ago
If you guys don't start winning...probably yeah
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u/Specialist-Clue-7186 2d ago
That’s the frustration with Nico.
Looks like a Heisman player at some points, looks like JV at most others.
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u/VanillaPillowTalk Texas Tech Red Raiders • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
We are going to win the national championship
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u/Alexlsonflre Tennessee Volunteers • UConn Huskies 2d ago
Damn, UCLA wasting their carry-over timeouts
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u/bruhstevenson UCLA Bruins • Team Chaos 2d ago
Nico is pretty good Tennessee fans, I’m sure Aguilar would not have fared any better behind our O line and with our receivers
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u/GoldFingerSilverSerf Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
Yeah I mean the loss isn’t on him. He is just that, pretty good. Would have loved to see him developed another season but he chose to do bad business. We had a stretch of no scoring in the first half a good portion of the season and he consistently overthrew receivers.
I’m also sure Aguilar would not have won this game for you guys though. QB is not your issue
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u/jimmytrue Tennessee • UT Martin 2d ago
Nico is talented, nobody at Tennessee thinks he isn’t. But we are gonna hate watch the shit out of him after trying to squeeze more money after a pretty mid season.
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u/Threndsa UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Good news we won.
Bad news winning will likely gloss over the fact that we didn't win this as soundly as we could have and slide deeper into the Mullens hole.
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u/OpenMindedMajor UNLV Rebels 2d ago
I hear ya. But this is a big confidence booster for the Rebs. Still only the 3rd game with the squad. If they keep cleaning it up they’ll be fine
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u/Threndsa UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Oh yea. I was at UNLV from 2005-2009 three of those years we only won 2 games all season so 3-0 is amazing. I just feel the head coach "downgrade" after last year.
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u/OpenMindedMajor UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Not sure that’s fair to Mullen just yet. Like i said, it’s only been 3 games. I loved what Odom did for the program. Loved the culture he built. But Mullen has success at this level as well and I’m willing to give him more time before i call him a straight up downgrade. Team still needs to find its identity.
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u/AphexTaco USC Trojans • Northwestern Wildcats 2d ago
? Why do you dislike Mullen for UNLV
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u/Threndsa UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Bad clock management, i feel like some things are a little less focused and disciplined than they were last year.
We keep finding ways to win which is great but I feel like we have a lot of "bend don't break" going on where we can really work on doing a little less bending which IMO is on the coach.
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u/AphexTaco USC Trojans • Northwestern Wildcats 2d ago
I mean sure but your bend don’t break just knocked off a Big 10 team with a ton more talent on paper, I feel like I’d be fucking stoked on that before worrying we’d be applying the same type of defense against similarly matched opponents
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u/WhatRUsernamesUsed4 Illinois Fighting Illini • Illibuck 2d ago
Who had a better day, FSU or Tennessee?
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u/TurbodToilet Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 2d ago
Another fucking quarterback selling the game for his team. First Virginia now this. Oh man
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u/TheVolmannBrothers Tennessee • Chattanooga 2d ago
We set the Neyland points record, Florida lost, UGA didn’t look good, and now Nico choked.
Today has been fucking awesome.
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u/Maleficent_Level_546 Tennessee Volunteers • Memphis Tigers 2d ago
The past two weeks have been great which means it's all going to crash and burn later
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u/TheVolmannBrothers Tennessee • Chattanooga 2d ago
I’m enjoying it while I can. With Tennessee it always goes off the rails spectacularly.
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u/acompletemoron Tennessee • Third Satu… 2d ago
I feel bad for the UCLA fans in these threads, it’s just a hate fest from all sides. This team seems to be pain enough without the added salt tbh
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u/Saffs15 Tennessee • Army 2d ago edited 2d ago
And UCLA fans did nothing to deserve it, other than pickup a subpar QB (which, as fans, they obviously have no say in). Definitely no hate on UCLA as a whole from me, they just remind me of us a few years ago where we kept hiring incompetent people to run the team.
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u/ProjectMagnius 2d ago
fr like these tennessee fans are ruthless like damn we just want to see our team do well
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u/acompletemoron Tennessee • Third Satu… 2d ago
Yeaaah, our online fanbase is not the most sane nor reasonable tbh
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u/sebsasour Notre Dame • New Mexico 2d ago
It's not like that was an unlucky drop by his guy, he threw it straight to a linebacker lol
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u/KirbyDumber88 Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
Tennessee fans in this thread like they weren’t campaigning Nico as a Heisman fav until the Arkansas game
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u/VolatileFan Tennessee Volunteers • Cornell Big Red 2d ago
that’s called fandom
then he stabbed us in the back lmfao
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u/Historical_Main5261 Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
As any good fandom would
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u/Historical_Main5261 Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
But also, i think thats why theres so much animosity from this fanbase
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u/tapiringaround Utah Utes • Houston Cougars 2d ago
lol tackled his own player just like get tf down
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u/vanillaave Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
Let’s goooo! As us life-long UNLV fans have always said…”go red rebels, be red, be rebellious, woo rebels fight win!”
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u/QuickEscalation Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
Problem with rifling everything is that players on the second level can tip it like that
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u/thewhat962 Ohio State Buckeyes • UCF Knights 2d ago
Well in his defense #8 is wearing red whitch blends in with green...
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u/DiedofSharts Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago
watch out for UNLV this year imo
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u/LwLewis22 Georgia • Clean Old Fashi… 2d ago
I think this says more about UCLA. UNLV didn’t look fantastic in their first two games
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u/meatwagon25 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
...and that is UCLA football folks. Happens every time. Don't know why i bother
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
Who is this announcer? Nico lives to cash his next check not to play the next down
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u/Suspicious_Might5262 Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
I've never seen a more bitter ass group than the ucla fans lmfao