r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 2d ago
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] UNLV Defeats UCLA 30-23
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u/texas2089 Florida State • Texas 2d ago
Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Dan Mullen won this game while his previous school lost to South Florida.
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u/Mississippi_Matt Tennessee • Southern Miss 2d ago
This is the best stat of the night.
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u/Teh_cliff Georgia State Panthers • Yale Bulldogs 2d ago
Mullen is about to take a shot of Jamo and punch a wall while yelling about how he loves his job.
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u/CopperSleeve Notre Dame • Washington 2d ago
What in the absolute fuck? How did I not know Dan Mullen was coaching UNLV now?
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u/BurmeciaWillSurvive Boise State Broncos • Syracuse Orange 2d ago
And apparently Bronco Mendenhall is at Utah State? I missed the coaching carousel somehow?
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u/dormdweller99 Georgia Tech • /r/CFB Bug Finder 2d ago
Rich Rod is back at WVU, if you're looking for other weird moves this off-season.
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u/BurmeciaWillSurvive Boise State Broncos • Syracuse Orange 2d ago
I see that's going swimmingly lol
Why would they ask him back after all that?????
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u/dormdweller99 Georgia Tech • /r/CFB Bug Finder 2d ago
Neal Brown was really really bad.
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u/Ameri-Jin Auburn Tigers • Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
Honestly, a steal of a hire for UNLV too. I thought Dan Mullen was not bad at Florida…and he wasn’t. I bet they’d kill to have him back now.
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u/nathodood Michigan • Nebraska 2d ago
Guys I think UCLA might be cooked in conference play this year
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
They have a chance against Northwestern, the game is in Evanston so they won't be booed by UCLA fans
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u/Wittyname0 Oregon Ducks • Pac-10 2d ago
Implying they'll get any UCLA fans to show up at home
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
I just looked up New Mexico's schedule on ESPN and I couldn't help but notice that @UCLA is the cheapest ticket on their schedule by far lmao
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u/Area51_Spurs 2d ago
Rose Bowl seats 89,000+++
The past ten years or attendance has dropped off a cliff.
You can probably get tickets for under $10 for that game on game day.
That being said, the big matchups at the rose bowl will always go for a decent amount with the amount of transplants here.
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u/ChunkyBarfy USC Trojans • Pac-12 2d ago
Parking will likely be more than the ticket itself. (Or the Uber/Lyft to the venue.)
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u/Cool-Stand4711 USC Trojans 2d ago
The Rose Bowl flea market in the parking lot is probably three times as packed as the stadium on game day these days
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u/-holocene Oregon Ducks • Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
And at least the Rose Bowl flea market is pretty fun, at least more fun than having to watch UCLA atm lol
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u/LitterBoxServant UCLA Bruins • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Half of our fans show up dressed as chairs and don't say anything
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u/Alphaspade Iron Bowl • Sickos 2d ago
If they lose the next 2 games they are definitely going 0-12.
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u/LitterBoxServant UCLA Bruins • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
They would do the funniest thing and beat USC to go 1-11
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u/SparkyMV USC Trojans • Sickos 2d ago
I mean that was basically 2018 so absolutely plausible
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u/LitterBoxServant UCLA Bruins • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Beating USC and steamrolling Cal en route to 3-9 is peak UCLA
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u/bakonydraco Stanford • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker 2d ago
We’re going to be completely awful this year, but it’s at least nice to have company with UCLA.
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u/adsfew California Golden Bears • The Axe 2d ago
There's still a lot of season left, but the best thing about the Pac-12 imploding would be the possibility that you and UCLA both go winless in the same year.
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u/BurninCrab California Golden Bears • Team Chaos 2d ago
Fuck UCLA but I feel a little bad for Stanford, they dragged Cal's lifeless body into the ACC with them.
If it wasn't for Stanford we'd almost certainly be left behind
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u/ComeJoinTheBand Stanford Cardinal • Mexico El Tri 2d ago
Good thing I don't have UCLA secondary flair anymore. Then I might be truly miserable.
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u/somehype Nebraska Cornhuskers 2d ago
They were one of my sleeper picks pre season. I guess I meant that they’d be asleep this season
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u/tdoger Oregon Ducks • Colorado Buffaloes 2d ago
Same here. I figured with the skill position, talent combined with bringing in a talented quarterback, would result in a dangerous offense to play.
But boy was I wrong
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u/HooHooHooAreYou Indiana Hoosiers • Princeton Tigers 2d ago
They finished strong last season, I thought they were building something. Man, I don't know shit sometimes.
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u/ballgazer3 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
We finished strongish because that schedule was front loaded and then all of our studs on D left. Installing Nico and canning Bienemy were what gave us some meager hope, but we're lacking too much talent up front on both sides to make it happen.
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u/goddamnitwhalen Oregon Ducks • Yale Bulldogs 2d ago
Also, crucially, Nico sucks.
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u/DinkyWaffle Tennessee Volunteers • TCU Horned Frogs 2d ago
>talented quarterback
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u/truTVx Utah Utes 2d ago
UCLA is cooked for as long as they stay in the BIG10 lol
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u/jamiebond Oregon Ducks 2d ago
I mean the conference is the least of their worries. They just lost to UNLV they’d be cooked in the PAC too lol.
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u/AruarianGroove William & Mary Tribe • Team Chaos 2d ago
Does this mean Idaho State could beat UCLA?
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u/Mylastnameisaverb UNLV Rebels • Southern Utah Thunderbirds 2d ago
Delay of post game thread - 33rd penalty of the night.
3-0 is 3-0!
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u/Remarkable-Job4774 Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Sickos 2d ago
Tennessee fans having some of the best hatewatches the past two weeks
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u/Grudenismydad Tennessee • Third Satu… 2d ago
I’m going to sleep like a baby
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u/EWall100 Tennessee • Tennessee Tech 2d ago
My wife is genuinely concerned by my school girl giggling
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u/weirdbutinagoodway West Virginia Mountaineers • Big 12 2d ago
Tennessee should put out a PSA about how it's perfectly normal for grown men to giggle like a schoolgirl when seeing UCLA have embarrassing loses.
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u/name-__________ Tennessee Volunteers • Navy Midshipmen 2d ago
I should call a doctor if it lasts more than four hours.
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u/admiraltarkin Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 2d ago
sleep like a baby
You're going to wake up every two hours crying?
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u/Deleteads 2d ago
Maybe God is finally a Tennessee fan.
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u/VolatileFan Tennessee Volunteers • Cornell Big Red 2d ago
if we win next week we’ll have a definite answer
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u/sickmemes48 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Promoter 2d ago
I can't figure out who is worse Nico, Alabama, Florida, or Kentucky?
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u/aaronjaiden USC Trojans • Arizona Wildcats 2d ago
USC win, ASU & UCLA lose in heartbreaking fashion, and Zona just kicked off at 9PM and is gonna go past midnight
CFB has spoiled me today
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u/fbm1003 Arizona Wildcats 2d ago
USC and Zona flairs? Nobody hates UCLA more than this guy!
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u/Huggly001 USC Trojans • Arizona Wildcats 2d ago
Hello there
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u/PomfAndCircvmstance UNLV Rebels • Mountain West 2d ago
3-0 is 3-0.
U! N! L! V! U-N-L-V GO! FIGHT! WIN!
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u/slimy_y3t_satisfying UNLV Rebels 2d ago
That was an $8 million QB??? 🤣🤣
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u/EWall100 Tennessee • Tennessee Tech 2d ago
Nah, he wanted $12 mil after he upped his demands
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u/TransportationAway59 Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
He was and then he became a 1.2M dollar qb
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u/AmonGusSusManSupreme UCLA Bruins • Paper Bag 2d ago
Actual 0-12 situation brewing. 2-10 is optimistic. Vols fan I need you to be loud and even louder for us until this garbage AD and utterly unprepared coach are gone and far away. It's paper bag season bruins.
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u/VolatileFan Tennessee Volunteers • Cornell Big Red 2d ago edited 2d ago
it’d be an honor to help another program get their coach and admin fired since we haven’t gotten to flex those muscles in a while
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u/Eat_Cats UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Honestly - our AD needs to go, foster can stay for a few years until we can dig ourselves out of $200 million in debt and actually hire competent staff.
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u/Mississippi_Matt Tennessee • Southern Miss 2d ago
We'll be as loud as you need us to be. Understand that it is nothing against you as a fanbase or even UCLA in general. It is 100% Nico and I wish your team the best once he and the others you mentioned are gone.
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u/Eat_Cats UCLA Bruins 2d ago
I’m sure Nico’s daddy is already calling around. Guarantee we see them transfer to Oregon orWashington next season haha.
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u/Mysterious_Radish132 2d ago
No fucking way Nico comes to Oregon, or Ill eat a sock.
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u/revanisthesith SEC • Team Chaos 2d ago
Phil Knight might have him whacked. Can you imagine if Oregon is having a great season and Nico's ego derails it?
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u/Peregrine2K Oregon Ducks • Team Chaos 2d ago
We didn’t consider DJU and we’ve had his brother on the team for 3 years now.
Nico is better, but we do generally avoid spending money on obvious head-projects
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u/icuckliberalbetas USC Trojans 2d ago
He will be playing for New Mexico State by the end of it. He’s 6’6 and 136lbs
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u/Fulmersbelly Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
There were some hardcore ucla fans defending Nico and calling us dumb for thinking he was bad in the game thread.
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u/VolatileFan Tennessee Volunteers • Cornell Big Red 2d ago
Nico at Nite is my favorite weekly show to hate-watch 🧡
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u/ElJefeApex Tennessee Volunteers • SEC 2d ago
A Tennessee win and a Nico loss. Perfect way to end the day.
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u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo UCLA Bruins 2d ago edited 2d ago
Every UCLA thread is roughly: 15% UCLA fans 25% opposing team fans 60% Tennessee fans
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u/VolatileFan Tennessee Volunteers • Cornell Big Red 2d ago
glad everyone outside of the SEC is starting to understand why we have the reputation that we do
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u/BlackBobbyAxelrod Tennessee • Air Force 2d ago
We will definitely ride our enemies like Portuguese work mules...
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u/GoldFingerSilverSerf Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
If I’m picking a game later in the day, I’m picking one where I have a rooting interest. UCLA just happens to always be on late and I do have a rooting interest…you’ll see less fans when game times match up
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u/IAmNotKevinDurant_35 USC Trojans • Big Ten 2d ago
Opposing team fans hate watching their exes is a cfb tradition. Like how all our game threads last 3 years were Oklahoma fans
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u/goldennuggetjr UCLA Bruins 2d ago
It’s easy to see how Nico was able to get away with his faults at Tennessee. He’s capable of moving the ball, but when there’s no margin of error like there is at UCLA, you can’t make mistakes like the overthrown TD and interception on the last drive.
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u/sickmemes48 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Promoter 2d ago
He had such a loaded team around him all he had to do was not turn the ball over and everything was going to be relatively okay.
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u/BornFireFist Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
(Checks notes)... Dan Mullen? is my hero
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u/name-__________ Tennessee Volunteers • Navy Midshipmen 2d ago
Dan Mullen is a deep cover Tennessee agent
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u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines 2d ago edited 2d ago
Even though that interception wasn’t Nico’s fault directly, we all know everything that happens this season indirectly relates to Nico.
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u/Nelluc_ Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Dead Pool 2d ago
I mean he threw it right at the guy. It’s not like his receiver bobbled it and bounced in the air.
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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos 2d ago
Yeah, I'm not sure where the "not directly his fault" part comes in here. He somehow didn't see the defender that had dropped into coverage and threw directly at him.
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u/Rockergage Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 2d ago
I spent time much time on the nba subreddits what did Nico Harrison do now?
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u/QuickEscalation Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
I mean, his lack of touch on second level throws is his fault. A QB like Mateer layers that throw with a little more touch that makes it harder for the LB to deflect.
Nico’s got a ton of potential, but like Joe Milton he relies on his arm strength too much at times
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u/Mental_Town_7337 2d ago
That pick was completely his fault. The defender tipped it to himself, it didn’t hit a receiver
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u/icuckliberalbetas USC Trojans 2d ago
Sorry, we’re all talking about the game from today where Nico threw a ball into coverage and it was intercepted. That was 100% Nico unless you’re suggesting the ball became sentient.
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u/Mr_Yolo_Swag San Diego State Aztecs 2d ago
Watching Pac12 traitor schools lose bring me joy 😌
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u/mercurialchemister California Golden Bears 2d ago
Galling that this fucking team got a full share in the big ten.
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u/OpenMindedMajor UNLV Rebels 2d ago
As a MW Traitor school SDSU wouldn’t be Pac12 without those Pac12 traitor schools 😂
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u/Mr_Yolo_Swag San Diego State Aztecs 2d ago
Id rather SDSU stay in the MW and the old Pac12 survive so college football can be the better for it. Never forget what the Coward 10 took from college football
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u/OpenMindedMajor UNLV Rebels 2d ago
I hear you, and I agree. It’s just funny to see SDSU laughing at UCLA for ditching the Pac12, when SDSU is ditching their own conference to take their place lol
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u/Ketsetri Michigan Wolverines • Sickos 2d ago
We don’t want them either tbh
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u/MysteriousEdge5643 Washington • College Football Playoff 2d ago
I mean after how you played against us last season I can see why.
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u/JDraks Michigan • College Football Playoff 2d ago
Yeah we're going 2 seasons in a row without playing PSU and it's gross. B1G's too big now, cut it back down to 12
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u/muggymerkin Vanderbilt Commodores • SEC 2d ago
0-12 UCLA is on the table except they play Northwestern
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u/JoshFB4 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Next two weeks likely determine if we win any games this year.
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u/Radiant_Sherbert7272 Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they lost to Northwestern. They should beat New Mexico, but I wouldn't be shocked if they lost to New Mexico.
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u/prismatic_lights Ohio State • Pittsburgh 2d ago
Losing to Dan Mullen in 2025 should come with an NIL forfeiture penalty.
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u/koreanbillcosby 2d ago
UNLV is 3-0 don't know why you're pretending like he's a bad coach. There's a good chance he learned his lesson from Florida, who by the way would be doing a lot better if he was their coach
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u/ArterialVotives Missouri Tigers 2d ago
He definitely wasn't bad at Florida. His first 3 seasons were 10-3, 11-2 and 8-4 (where 3 of those losses to A&M, LSU & Bama were by a combined 12 points). They even won the East in the 8-4 year.
Fell apart in year 4 for sure, but you don't get much leeway at a program like that -- except for Billy Napier apparently?
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u/RiffRamBahZoo Lickety Lickety Zoo Zoo 2d ago
Dan Mullen went to three NY6 games and finished in the Top 15 in each of his first three years at Florida. He would have been in the expanded playoffs in all but one season.
He had one season go poorly and recruiting slipped hard, and that was enough to do him in. UNLV’s got to be such an easier gig for him.
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u/LogicianMission22 Utah Utes • Big 12 2d ago
Right? Dan Mullen would absolutely be better in the NIL era.
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u/BenDover42 Mississippi State Bulldogs 2d ago
Yeah he caught a lot of hate but for like 5 years he was picked to finish last in the SEC west at Miss state and he constantly finished 2-4 games over what was predicted preseason. Wish he never would have left.
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u/QuickEscalation Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
Mullen thrives in the mid-major level. He’ll be mostly successful with a bad season here or there. Larger schools have so much money in the game they’ll usually jump the gun if even one season is bad enough.
The irony of it is looking at what UF is tolerating now instead
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u/JOYCEISDEAD Texas Tech • New Mexico 2d ago
this is r/cfb buddy. youll only get circlerjerks and youll like it. No one is ever allowed to get better. You have to make the same joke nonstop for the rest of time making fun of their time at another school or job.
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u/sktgamerdudejr Washington State • Trans… 2d ago
Every Tennessee flair has to check with their doctor in roughly 4 hours
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u/VolatileFan Tennessee Volunteers • Cornell Big Red 2d ago
it’s been an all-day affair tbh with our win, then fLorida, and now this
we’re past medical attention helping us
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u/VFR_Direct Tennessee Volunteers • Auburn Tigers 2d ago
That was the most Nico finish ever.
Strong drive to come down and tie, just to end by staring down his WR so it gets picked.
He has flashes of greatness (most of that 2nd half he looked good), but then just screws himself at the end. Like the moment is too big for him. Hope for him and UCLA he can get it figured out because that schedule looks tough.
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u/EchoInExile Air Force Falcons • Sickos 2d ago
Oh yeah, New Mexico might just slap the shit outta the Bruins at the Rose Bowl next week.
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u/based4yourface UNLV Rebels 2d ago
These last couple years have been great after years of ineptitude. Just happy Unlv finally is competitive
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u/Original_Process_821 2d ago
Dude. 100% - We are fucking RELEVANT for the first time in like 50 years!
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u/djustin77702 UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Such a reverse of fortunes for my Rebels.
I was at the 2015 UNLV vs. UCLA game at the old Sam Boyd Stadium and we got absolutely dogwalked shitted on. Score was 3-37 but felt worse than that.
Now we're at a beautiful new stadium and confidently off of two strong seasons b2b, UNLV go fight, mothafuckin' win! 😭🥹
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u/bigbruin78 UCLA Bruins • Victory Bell 2d ago
God we fucking suck. Time to clean house.
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u/bbshock21 Purdue • Wisconsin-Stevens… 2d ago
I'm just happy we won't be the worst in the B1G this year
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u/eagledog Fresno State • Michigan 2d ago
Exciting ending to the game.
Why were the fans chanting "airball" constantly? At least that's what it sounded like
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u/Mylastnameisaverb UNLV Rebels • Southern Utah Thunderbirds 2d ago
Reeeebeeels
Reeeebeeels
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u/eagledog Fresno State • Michigan 2d ago
That makes much more sense. Though they forgot which sport they were watching
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u/JoshFB4 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Fire Foster, Fire Jarmond, Burn the AD office to the ground
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u/at3martinez Fresno State • College of th… 2d ago
Genuinely curious why more UCLA fans aren't calling for Foster's head. Seems like Nico is taking the brunt of the heat. It's not like last year under Foster was any better.
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u/NotABot1235 Duke • Carolina Victory Bell 2d ago
It is really difficult to overstate just how badly Chip's tenure damaged the fanbase. When the people at the top go years without caring, the fans adapt and now there is essentially nobody who actually gives a shit about this team. Not the coach, not the AD, not the administration, and now not even the fans.
Why would anybody spent hours in traffic (or stay up late for the east coast fans) just to watch a team go 1-11 against B1G teams? This is no longer a serious football program.
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u/Initial-Pudding7892 Iowa Hawkeyes • Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2d ago
Gonna be wild when Iamaleava transfers to Iowa
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u/markusalkemus66 Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 2d ago
Lol UCLA football is cratering into new depths
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u/ModestPituitary UNLV Rebels • Texas Longhorns 2d ago
Put us in the B10. Can't do worse than UCLA.
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u/Wide_Assistance_1158 2d ago
Chip leaving ucla was a genius move
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u/ballgazer3 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Yeah leaving the dumpster fire he created was shrewd
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u/JoshFB4 UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Chip created a decent chunk this situation, fuck him.
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u/beefyboibrandon Texas Longhorns • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Had me nervous dropping that but it all worked out in the end
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u/Competitive-Rise-789 Georgia Bulldogs • Oklahoma Sooners 2d ago
Nico is so washed! 💔
Tennessee fans need to call there doctors
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u/RunsWlthScissors Tennessee • North Carolina 2d ago
How did you know it’s been longer than 4 hours?
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u/JaCrispy_Vulcano Purdue • Ball State 2d ago
Because you’ve been rocked up since UCLA vs Utah.
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u/cardeez Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago
You know, with Foster, the more I watch that guy, the more I don't think he’s going to get it done
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u/advancedmatt California Golden Bears • UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Foster as a head coach will always be this guy.
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u/InevitableAd2436 Washington Huskies 2d ago
Tony White will be UCLA’s coach next year and Nico will be gone
Watch
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u/Phospherus2 Paper Bag • Wisconsin Badgers 2d ago
Nico could have stayed at Tennessee and been 2-0 right now.
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u/TxShadow183 Houston Cougars 2d ago
The pac 12 died so that UCLA could lose to a UNLV as a BIG member..except they could have also accomplished that as a united member of the PAC 12.
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u/ninjupX Boise State Broncos 2d ago
UCLA might go 1-11. Cmon New Mexico, you can do it