He reminds me a lot of Greg Anthony, both as a player and a person. We're extremely lucky to have him.

And, best of all, wasn't he UNRANKED as a player coming out of high school??

Always love it when a kid who is not top 150 in H.S. comes into the college game and outplays so many kids who were!!

Gotta give Kruger credit for his inbounds plays. We've been consistently good at scoring on inbounds for the past three years.

Rob, whatever happened to Victor Rudd? Where did he end up?

Okay, it's inflated, but the point is well made that by most teams standards, we've played well against a pretty tough non-conference schedule.

Smart move by Kruger scheduling Pitt State which didn't count against our RPI, and then following up with two quality opponents we matched up well with.

The higher we can keep that RPI, the better, even if it's early in the season.

You can tell from the comments that, assuming Franchione and Koetter really are legitimate candidates for the job, it won't be an easy decision.

And that is BEFORE we even know what these guys are asking for in terms of contract terms, compensation, etc.

And we don't even officially have in place the person who will be making this decision.

But Kosloskie expects it all to be worked out in THREE WEEKS OR LESS??

Wow. And people wonder why Rebel athletics has had so many problems for the past twenty years.

Somebody over there on Maryland Pkwy needs to take a deep breathe and relax. Take some time. Think it over. Consider the choice carefully.

We've had these 'rush to hire' situations before and they never worked out for us.

# 10 had me rolling on the floor! Nice work, K!

You make valid points, Ron, but the bottom line on Sanford is this:

All the stubborn goat had to do was finish 6-6 two seasons in a row to become the most successful head coach UNLV had seen since Regan's second term in office.

That is probably the LOWEST bar defining "success" at any program in the country right now.

And it's not like we play an SEC or Big 12 schedule either.

SDSU, Wyoming, UNM, CSU, Reno and least one patsy or two every season, should be good for 5-6 wins per season right there.

The media and fans were very loud and public in advising Sanford to dump his DC last season and hire Rocky Long, but Sanford had too much ego to let one of "his" hires go and hire someone who could improve his defense and help him win games.

If Sanford had made any off-season changes, even just one change, it might have been enough to post two wins over Wyoming and OSU this year, and he would be UNLV's head coach going into next season.

Sanford's little pity poor me party yesterday makes it sound like the gulf between UNLV and football success is miles wide.

Actually, maybe it could have been bridged by simply hiring a better DC!

You have the cart BEFORE the horse, my friend.

There is no way TCU's football budget has been 2.5 times that of UNLV for the past 25 years, which is how long UNLV football has stunk.

TCU, BYU, Utah didn't suddenly increase their spending in order to become successful football programs.

It is precisely BECAUSE they are successful football programs that they HAVE more money to spend on football.

Our football budget is what it is not because of a 'lack of commitment' or unwillingness to commit another $10 million a year.

It's a low budget because football LOSES $3 million a year. And it loses that money because it spends $225,000 buying out a coach who could and should have been fired years ago instead of spending that money to pave its parking lot.

You could give Sanford the entire TARP fund to spend on Rebel football and the results would not have changed one bit.

Likewise, you could have cut Utah's football budget to $3 million a year when Urban Meyer was coaching and he would still take that school to a bowl game every year.

Whittingham and Mendenhall were both unemployed and available in 2004 when, instead of interviewing either of them, the Hammy settled on Sanford instead.

THAT is the reason why football has failed at UNLV. Unqualified individuals making reckless and poorly thought out selections of underqualified individuals to lead the football program.

And with a rushed and hurried selection process to hire the new AD in one month or less so he can select a new football coach in one month or less, the formula for failure is repeating itself.

They never learn over there on Maryland Pkwy, do they?

Wow! What a refreshing change from past Presidents and their attitude toward basketball!! His enthusiasm for sports bodes well for the future of the department!

I hope they win out and if they do, absolutely they deserve to go. The kids have played their hearts out on the field, for the most part, and deserve to be rewarded for it.

The dysfunction of their coaching staff and administration isn't the kids' responsibility or their fault. If they get invited, UNLV should play, even if it's a money losing proposition for the school.

Seems like wishful thinking though. AFA is overrated, no doubt, but seems more than good enough to handle a UNLV team that has been playing better the past few weeks than it did in October.