Previously: UNLV Offense If you liked yesterday's breakdown of the UNLV Offense, a detailed examination of a fun and free-wheeling offense that hasn't been fully showcased at the FBS level, you're going to hate this one. Where the offense for the Rebels is neat and funky, the UNLV Defense against Bryant was bland as white bread in scheme and because of who they were playing, it's hard to glean much about individual players. Why am I still writing this? More importantly, why are you reading this? Because you have an unhealthy attachment to Michigan Football. Now let's get down to it. The Film: Bryant again. Video quality best described as "2005" again. Bah. Personnel: Click for big. UNLV played a 4-2-5 in week one against Bryant on nearly every non-goal line snap, so it was simple making this diagram. The defensive line looks like a modern defensive line, a couple tackles in between a heavier EDGE and a lighter EDGE, the latter of whom is a st
Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (1-0) vs UNLV (1-0) Nevada was apparently part of the confederacy WHERE Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 3:39 Eastern THE LINE M –37.5 (Vegas) M -38 (Bill C) TELEVISION CBS?!? PBP: Brad Nessler? Color: Gary Danielson?!? TICKETS From $51. WEATHER partly cloudy minimal wind 70 degrees Overview Michigan's run of completely overmatched nonconference opponents continues with UNLV, a Mountain West team coming off a 5-7 season. Last year the Rebels played two P5 teams, losing 20-14 to Cal and 44-21 to Notre Dame. This year they've got a win over Bryant, which is probably an FCS school but may be an Ann Arbor elementary school. In the latter case: rude. First year head coach Barry Odom was Mizzou's head coach from 2016 to 2019; prior to that he was first a Mizzou LB and then a defensive assistant in various capacities until becoming a DC in 2014 at Memphis; he was most recently the Arkansas DC. Odom got the job off the back of a pretty miserab