Matt Perrault Explains Bold Playoff Prediction for UNLV
Matt Perrault anticipates a bold UNLV playoff push, spotlighting a key early clash with Memphis. Can Dan Mullen make a splash in the Group of Five rankings?
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Th- this is my most unhinged prediction of- the preseason.
So I am in on Dan Mullins at UNLV- Okay being the gr- being the Group of 5 representative to make the playoffs.
Am I nuts?
No.
I n- there's not One of the startling things about the poll itself was that, you know, UNLV, Boise, Navy, not no- nobody had, like, more than four votes.
So there is a gem on the Week 0 schedule that I, if you were making that prediction, I know you're gonna stay up late and watch.
At least I'm gonna stay up late and watch, being Eastern Time Zone.
UNLV, Memphis, what a game.
I mean, the winner of that game is gonna have a huge chip in that race.
I think Boise State's gonna be good, in the Pac-12, which- dude, get your checklist out of who, who is not and who is in the Pac-12 now.
Navy and the American, and then I'm really interested to see North Dakota State make the jump.
Yeah.
I, I, you know, th- they were so good for so darn long in the FCS.
I'm wondering if they can't do it in the FBS as well.
Yeah, that's gonna be a fun storyline to watch if, you know, in, in the Mountain West Conference with a lot of winnable football games for them on their schedule as to what they're capable of doing in, in, in year one.
It's gonna be wild.
