[Game Thread] UNLV @ Hawai'i (10:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	UNLVUNLV @ Hawai'iHawai'i
Location	Hawai'i Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex
Time	10:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: The CW
	Flair ¦ Discord

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[u/No-Awareness-8518]

Late game for east coast folks but staying up for this one, UNLV offense been fun to watch

[u/straightpipedhose]

So what’s up with Alex orji what is his role on the team? I see in the box score he has 1 rush for 2 yards and nothing else.

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance → u/straightpipedhose]

Hes a backup and not much else. Arnold is a better runner and thrower.

[u/lol_smart]

Almost everyone left. I can get online now. 😂

[u/Muffinnnnnnn]

Nice of UNLV to not let the Memphis game beat them twice. Pickem correct.

[u/Kitchen-Ad2687]

What is he talking about we haven’t played navy in like 15 years 😂

[u/RollCareless1252 → u/[deleted]]

Bruv, eat a snickers if you think Reno is even keeping it within 7

[u/petetee007 → u/[deleted]]

I’d like to guarantee UNLV will be favored to beat UNR when they play, but okay. Lol.

[u/petetee007 → u/[deleted]]

Apologize for what? Reno hasn’t beaten UNLV in years. UNLV will be double digit favorites. If you’re so confident, go place a bet on UNR in the money line.

[u/Fit_Cycle_2809]

Hawaii needs ashlock and Barfield back quick

[u/barak181 → u/Fit_Cycle_2809]

More than that.

[u/barak181]

Why even throw that pass?

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance → u/barak181]

Desperation. Trying to make something happen. 🙁

[u/Kontos_Stelio]

What a horrible start to the season for Alejado

[u/akahoopii2]

Damn, I was really hopeful for this season too

[u/barak181 → u/akahoopii2]

Coaches and the media had quite the PR campaign this offseason. It's obvious they were full of shit.

[u/akahoopii2 → u/barak181]

Guess so. Back to rooting for the Hawaii Qb’s, hoping JKS keeps balling out

[u/Scottsid]

That quarterback better focus on his degree. All I can say is

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Fuck yeah defense! 🥳

[u/nice_Nisei]

We suck again

[u/Muffinnnnnnn → u/nice_Nisei]

I mean it's a pretty tough start to the season. You'll get some wins

[u/eagledog]

That should just about do it

[u/Hot_Comment583]

Side note hawaiis helmets looks dope

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

Well I’m turning to UCLA vs Cal

[u/CarioGod]

joke of a team lol

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

JET "FUCKING" THOMAS!!!

Just hand him the damn ball!

[u/Scottsid]

Looked like a madden run with so many dives missed

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

Well there’s goes the game

[u/Kontos_Stelio]

Hawaii deserves that one for all of the missed opportunities

[u/MDXHawaii]

We’re playing like absolute dogshit

[u/ID_Poobaru]

Hawaii looks like a FCS team right now

the hell happened from last season?

[u/barak181 → u/ID_Poobaru]

Graduation and transfer portal.

[u/ID_Poobaru → u/barak181]

Transfer portal is always brutal

[u/Highly_Regarded_AF]

Oof that's game

[u/Zloggt]

Woof…and to think I thought Hawaii was on the upswing after last year…

[u/barak181]

It's because our O line sucks

[u/JerryGoDeep]

Yeah that’s probably game

[u/Jah-Eazy]

Finally tuned in. Was reading the forums this whole time and wow yeah we look terrible

[u/Highly_Regarded_AF]

I mean Hawaii should still get the ball back with like 4 mins at the rate of UNLVs offense

[u/Sebcannon → u/Highly_Regarded_AF]

Got it back with 4 minutes...

[u/Highly_Regarded_AF → u/Sebcannon]

Actually 5 lmfao

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

Plenty of time left and theyre looking 30+ yards downfield. Just need 10 yards at a time man, especially on 3rd down. Crazy playcalling

[u/Scottsid]

Play of game here.

[u/soonerman32]

I think the backup is better than Alejado

[u/Hot_Comment583 → u/soonerman32]

He’s having a very bad game. Wide open throws missed all game.

[u/TheIntercepticons → u/Hot_Comment583]

That usually happens when you have an offensive line this bad.

[u/SlamDunkly]

Throw the gd ball

[u/xXx_tainttickler_xXx]

Okay this time Hawaii is actually going to punish UNLV for its terrible offense. I've already nailed it once today

[u/SlamDunkly]

“Look what you can do with Gemini!”

And it’s just buying shit

[u/dlorkp]

This was always going to be a 14-12 loss after a failed 2 pt conversion

[u/SlamDunkly]

Alright, America’s team with one more drive…

[u/Sebcannon]

Both offenses are happy to be here.

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Fix your fucking offense Dan. 🤬

[u/LewTangClan → u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Offense is almost unrecognizable compared to the past 2 years. We can’t score for shit.

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance → u/LewTangClan]

I don't know if Arnold is the worst QB ever or what but the playcalling is atrocious.

[u/xXx_tainttickler_xXx]

D-Lineman Magoo ova here

[u/SlamDunkly]

Hey that’s the crazy ball power up from Backyard Baseball

[u/SlamDunkly]

If Hawaii could hold on to its own guys man…

[u/barak181]

Seriously, all UNLV needs to do is throw to the TE and run the QB. Game over.

[u/barak181]

Well, here's looking to next year

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

This CW scorebug needs revamped.

[u/soonerman32 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Yeah, the down and distance needs to be easier to read

[u/CarioGod]

OLine hasn't been able to hold the pass rush and Timmy thinks a rush up the gut when they stack everyone into a literal wall is the solution

[u/Highly_Regarded_AF]

Damn so do we think UNLV can get any offense going here or will Hawaii have once more shot to blow it in the red zone

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Holy shit the UNLV defense is actually legit this season. 😍

[u/Vaynes_Ass]

Losing my mind right now with all these failed drives in the red zone

[u/VoiceOfRiesens]

Hawai’i football: Ref microphones that don’t work, absolutely awful calls by the refs, and 4th quarter heartbreak. All we are missing are commercials for Pasha Hawai’i

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

The CW needs to buy some UFL games.

[u/barak181]

They're loading up the box and we run it anyway...

[u/akahoopii2 → u/barak181]

Thought the exact same thing, a swing pass or something but nope. Right up the middle

[u/suckmesideways14]

Jesus Christ just slow down ran right into the defender with a guy blocking him lol

[u/Kontos_Stelio]

Shotgun on 4th and 1 never gets old

[u/soonerman32]

UNLV-Hawaii reminds me of the time when the UNLV-Hawaii game wasn't on TV and some dude in the stand streamed the game on periscope.

Great times.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/soonerman32]

I watched Army-Oklahoma on someone's Twitch as they held up a phone to the PPV.

[u/akahoopii2]

Timmy Chang blows my mind sometimes

[u/barak181]

Cut inside and that's an easy first down

[u/FiendishBoy]

terrible play calling

[u/eagledog]

Oof, that was a bad call

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

Hawaii gonna find someway to win this

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

I dont think ive watched a hawaii game the last couple years without alejado getting really hurt and then coming back in lol

[u/CelebrationOld1233 → u/MrLeftwardSloping]

hes mahomes

[u/cudderwalks]

The CW coverage makes this look like a high school game

[u/eagledog → u/cudderwalks]

The Hawaii stadium is horrendous for all broadcasts

[u/eagledog]

That was a great pass and catch

[u/LewTangClan]

Honestly not liking how we’re looking through these two games so far.

[u/Rolling_Chicane]

Why does this game look like it’s being filmed on a cucumber?

[u/DropTopEWop → u/Rolling_Chicane]

CW cameras

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

The Rebels offense has been legit ass this season. Dan Mullen is not living up to the "offensive guru" label thus far this year.

[u/Hot_Comment583 → u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

This defense with last years offense we would’ve beat Boise

[u/Hot_Comment583]

I stg UNLV is gonna pull ts in back to back games

[u/tb25uga]

Alejado lives!

[u/No_Bill7679]

UNLV has had the ball for 2 minutes this half

[u/barak181]

Nice no call on the holding on that last QB run

[u/Vaynes_Ass]

Can someone explain how that was not a TD? Just watched the replay 3 times and he bobbles the ball but then falls to the ground with clear possession before the defender pried the ball out.

[u/LewTangClan → u/Vaynes_Ass]

He never fully regained possession after bobbling it and didn’t survive the ground. It was close tho.

[u/barak181 → u/Vaynes_Ass]

The refs have money on UNLV

[u/Old_Paper7035]

Smoking that Loco Moko pack 😏

[u/J_GASSER27]

He had it, 2 feet down with possession. I thought it was a TD and not targeting myself

[u/PM_UR_CHEST_PILLOWS]

Idk what people are saying about that being a bad call. He was going to the ground and clearly did not hang onto the ball. If he wasn’t going to the ground, that would be a TD.

[u/Scottsid]

Hawaii can’t allow 5 yards a run and for Nevada to take 7 minutes and kick a fg

[u/CarioGod]

lmao guy ran with the ball in the end zone, how is that not a TD

he even had it on the ground before the UNLV dude pried it out of his hands

[u/SSPeteCarroll]

I love the Hawaii game

Go hokies.

[u/suckmesideways14]

Who would’ve know Vegas has the refs in their pockets? Guess it makes sense.

[u/ProskXCX]

HUH??? That’s a touchdown dude

[u/jakethefurnace]

The school for WR’s who can’t catch very good

[u/barak181]

That was a catch. As soon as he crosses the goal line the play is over.

[u/ConstantAd365]

Hey the Michigan refs flew down to Hawaii quick!

[u/Highly_Regarded_AF]

The catch is debatable but I don't think the defender should be called for targeting if the wr falls into him at the last second

[u/xXx_tainttickler_xXx]

If only the ref was miced so we could know what's going on

[u/OCBaseball]

Hawaii keeps punching themselves in the nuts.

[u/ProskXCX]

Gotta go for two here Hawai’i

[u/CollegeFootballGood]

Well that was something

[u/CelebrationOld1233]

fuck my life

[u/Far-Wrongdoer4731]

That is 100% the correct call.

[u/thatguy_2456]

Not sure about that

[u/UnluckySuggestion309]

Second worst call of the night in cfb

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

Anybody know anything about this jurgenson kid?

[u/Scottsid]

Hawaii has shit luck in this game.

[u/eagledog]

I'm sorry, what?

[u/Usernamecopyrighted1]

Good calls on both counts

[u/Far-Wrongdoer4731 → u/Usernamecopyrighted1]

finally a rational person in this thread. That's not a catch and (barely) not targeting

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

That's rough

[u/LewTangClan]

THANK you. He never had that.

[u/Far-Wrongdoer4731]

hate to be that guy but he did not control that ball for long ago. Not a catch. Bobbled and when he grabbed it the second time it was immediately contested. FR that should be an INT (which would then be negated by the targeting call)

[u/DropTopEWop]

UNLV got some beef with Hawai'i players or what

[u/eagledog → u/DropTopEWop]

It's a rivalry game, yes

[u/Scottsid]

Too bad for that missed fg earlier… could go for two to tie or at least have insurance to keep it in 8

[u/Usernamecopyrighted1]

Where targeting?

[u/tb25uga]

dude ran right into a brick wall after that catch... helluva job to hold onto that ball

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Here come the Rebels to try and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 3 and out complete with a sack on 3rd down coming up. This is a stupid stupid team.

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

I'm not so sure that's a targeting

[u/eagledog]

Hell of a catch though

[u/Sebcannon]

Pofele please get healthy soon.

[u/eagledog]

Another targeting call?

[u/CarioGod]

UH's receiving game is in the negatives at this point, jesus

[u/OCBaseball]

You play receiver and you can’t fucking catch an easy TD. Terrible hands

[u/Scottsid → u/OCBaseball]

Should become a db if he can’t catch, as John madden would always say

[u/barak181]

TF with all the drops?

[u/tb25uga]

cain't catch the ball with your facemask, dude

[u/Scottsid]

See ball catch ball…

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

As a recent bald guy I thought the sunhat was gonna be for the fellow baldy on the beach

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

You know, I have to give credit to the UNLV player. He didn't seem really in your face after the big hit or after being ejected. Kinda knew he made a mistake and owned up to it.

[u/Sebcannon]

Football boomer is gonna watch that and say the sport got soft.

[u/Usernamecopyrighted1 → u/Sebcannon]

I only played through high school ball, I was a DE/OLB (depending on formation) and my favorite pass rush move was to headbutt the OT and try to rip underneath.

I think all my faculties are intact, but I really wish in retrospect it would’ve been against the rules for me to do that.

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy → u/Usernamecopyrighted1]

There's an Aggie joke in here somewhere.

[u/DiarrheaForDays]

Is Justin Flowe gonna play at all?? Love that maniac

[u/DiarrheaForDays]

That’s how we tackled in the early 2000s

[u/Hot_Comment583 → u/DiarrheaForDays]

Here comes the boom edit before games was just a compilation of these hits lmao

[u/Usernamecopyrighted1]

That’s the most targeting target that ever targeted

[u/eagledog]

That was targeting and a half right there

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

That's gotta be pretty textbook

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Typical UNLV with a lead. This team is incapable of closing teams out.

[u/Scottsid → u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

University of Nevada loss vegas

[u/barak181]

That was a shot to the head

[u/Hot_Comment583 → u/barak181]

Yeah that should be a penalty

[u/OMG_IM_A_GIRL]

That’s targeting AF.

[u/tb25uga]

dirtier than a B1G replay crew... boot his ass

[u/xXx_tainttickler_xXx]

Fella thinks this is the AFC north

[u/chebbys]

If that’s not targeting idk what is

[u/Scottsid]

Missing that field goal so bad has been a killer for hawaii

[u/CollegeFootballGood]

Dirty hit

[u/Terror-Byte-523]

What in the world is under the Hawaii logo

[u/CarioGod]

down two possesions and someone decides to get a 15 yard penalty, timmy chang better make him run laps at the next practice

[u/space_llama_karma]

Why is the announcer saying Hawaii’s name like that? I thought it was pronounced “hu-why-ee”

[u/CollegeFootballGood → u/space_llama_karma]

Ah it’s good to be back lmao

[u/harrypoos]

5 on hawaii is a good player 

[u/PriorAny2860]

Alejado will lead the NCAA in passing next year, book it.

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

If you want an underrated game this early in the season where teams legitimately dislike each other tune into that UTSA vs Texas State game.

[u/NecessaryEnough5202 → u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

for sure. i live not far from both schools, thats a yearly watch for me. i need to catch one in person

[u/CarioGod]

yeah UH looking like a high school team at this point, alejado throwing meatballs and the tokyo toe is gone

[u/Highly_Regarded_AF → u/CarioGod]

They looked awful last week too

[u/barak181]

They need some YouTube tutorials

[u/OCBaseball]

That was a disgusting attempt by the kicker. He missed by 25 yards to the right. Embarrassing

[u/suckmesideways14]

Gross

[u/tb25uga]

damn, they're really missing Matsuzawa so far

[u/CougnIt]

What the hell was that decision making

[u/barak181]

Wait how many plays did we miss because they didn't know how to come back from commercial?

[u/Usernamecopyrighted1]

If I had fuck you money, I’d try to buy Hawaii a natty. They’ll always have a spot in my heart. My dad was stationed at Pearl Harbor when I was a kid, and my little league football team got to play a game in Aloha stadium. The main struggle I assume they have with recruiting is just the goddamn COL and the isolation. Yeah literally Hawaii is fun as fuck… but no family in driving distance and it’s expensive as fuck? Tough sell

[u/nice_Nisei]

We suck again

[u/DiarrheaForDays]

What a weird commercial because Publix has the absolute worst customer service for their sub makers

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Good game all around by the Rebels so far. They doubled the Bows yardage and 1st downs and the speed/size of the defense is getting to the Hawai'i offense. Just gotta pray we stay locked in because we be doing some dumb shit when we have the lead.

[u/barak181]

Well that was anti-climatic

[u/Hot_Comment583]

A very UNLV way to end the half

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance → u/Hot_Comment583]

The Rebels are either stupidly locked in or stupid with 0 in-between and it varies wildly from play-to-play.

[u/Hot_Comment583 → u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

Lmao very true. Even more so with Jackson Arnold. We gotta get Orji some reps for when Arnold eventually gets concussed.

[u/xXx_tainttickler_xXx]

I don't think Arnold is making it to the end of the season

[u/Sebcannon]

Everyone please go back to having zero expectations of us. We're not ready for the attention.

[u/barak181 → u/Sebcannon]

It's really showing how many starters we had to replace in the off-season.

[u/jakethefurnace]

Existence is pain tonight, this is a rough showing.

[u/ID_Poobaru]

Hawaii what is you doing

[u/barak181]

I was going to say two plays ago, they should just run the QB. He's the guy we apparently can't tackle.

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

UNLV just doesn't do normal QBs anymore lol. Jackson Arnold, Anthony Colandrea, Hajj-Malik Williams, Jayden Maiava is a wild string of QBs to play here.

[u/Headstar24]

Weird to see a game where it’s still dinner time.