Nevada Wolf Pack vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders | What We Know

 I don’t think these guys will be any push over. Wasn’t aware the head coach Chris Ault is also the Athletic director..that’s a load of work..

“Now in his eighth season of his third stint at the helm of his alma mater, Ault has turned the corner in restoring championship-caliber football to the University of Nevada. With sixth straight bowl appearances in tow and armed with the momentum created by the historic 2010 season, excitement surrounds Ault and the Wolf Pack as it prepares for another run at the conference championship and bowl bid in 2011.”

Expect a Texas State type ground attack (only better) designed to eat clock and attempt to strangle the Tech offensve scoring opportunities.

They have a qb who might be a bit more settled than our prior two matches….although he also is on his 3rd career start ( I am not giving much credit to anything Doege did while Potts was qb, Doege was forced onto the field, he was not ready, it was circumstances more than ability )

We get to play the guy who created the pistola, the offense is mature, everyone playing has seen only this offense from their first day on campus.

Ault is a good football coach.

If anything we will see the offense using the run to set-up a pass here and there…much pressure for our linebackers and secondary.

I wonder how physical does their OL play compared to ours ????

I have to believe that their defense is in a heap of trouble !!! We need to come out of this game with multiple receivers getting 100+ yards…along with 150 yards + on the ground….

i know its kinda early but my prediction:
Tech 42 Nevada 14
but since we are at home and if Doege plays like superman again you could probably add a touchdown.

I’m a bit surprised at just how far Nevada has fallen. I expected a drop off, as they lost some very good players, but I’m afraid I don’t share the same level of respect as some others have expressed. I think we may have gotten an easier tune up that first expected. I also think that given film to study and now that we’ve had 2 games to work on the D – we should be much better prepared for their offense.

Sam fehoko and pearlie graves have left the team.

their coach is great but they are not anywhere close to a fine tuned machine, which they need to be to win against talent. red raiders win big, but nevada should be improved (it is that week for marked improvement for all teams) so don’t hang your heads if its not 60-6. have fun!

see Bront Bird on the sidelines of the SanDIego game yesterday? I did.

I was concerned about the Nevada game before the season, but after following them for two weeks, not anymore.

This is not the same team without Koepernick.

I was also impressed with our road performance against UNM. UNM is awful – I mean really awful – but our guys executed well.

I think we’ll give up a bunch of yards but I just don’t think this one will be very close 49-21.

Playing against the pistol will be good experience for games down the road.

Doege…

He is bad ass enough for two words.

56-14

As a result, I feel the Red Raiders, playing at home and starting to really understand what the coaches want, will be able to do very well against an obviously lesser defense than we saw last year from Nevada. Their offense, while running a lot, is very poor when forced to pass. If Tech’s defense can stuff them on 1st & 2nd downs, forcing them to pass, I see where we could gain a few turnovers id the game. We may not win by 36, but this one will not even be close, despite an arguably better head coach walking the opposite sideline.

in the NM game we appeared to go back to the wider splits? I haven’t gone back and watched the entire game, but in the part I saw, the splits seemed to be closer to pre-Brown splits.