from Pat Forde this morning:

[ProwlingPanther]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Some good reading. UNLV is one classy school.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136202/index.htm

[ProwlingPanther]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Actually he didn't. There was a power struggle between the president of the univeristy at the time and Tark. Tark was not fired.

Actually if you want the facts the NCAA had to pay Tarkanian 2.5 million dollars because it was proven in a court of law that the NCAA had a vendetta against him for two decades. The NCAA camped out here for over 10 years trying to find any violations in the program. They alledged 34 violations and 2 were proven true, and both were minor violations at that. Compare that to Michigan, Ohio St., Minnesota, Kentucky, UCLA, Arizona St., and even Duke to name some schools that committed far worse violations but don't have the stigma we still have.

Tark was targeted because he fought for his rights and wouldn't be pushed around. You can think ill of him all you want but you should probably know the facts before you speak.

Where did I say he was fired? Is that your UNLV education talking?

[ProwlingPanther]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Tark always speaks of getting "screwed." He habitually points the finger at other schools. "We're getting tired of it," says one coach with a refreshing ingenuousness. "Jerry has never understood that we all don't cheat the way he does."

[Rebelbacker]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Some good reading. UNLV is one classy school.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...6202/index.htm

You had to go back 20 years ago to find something negative to post. About a coach who hasn't been here since 1992. And how exactly is that relevant today?

I really don't want to get drawn into a smack battle but at least it's better to have been relevant, and I think 4 Final Fours and a National Title are relevant, than to never have been relevant at all, see your one NCAA tournament victory all-time.

By the way Lon Kruger is the coach now. He's is one of only 4 coaches to take 3 different schools to a Sweet Sixteen including UNLV in 2007. Even without Tark we had more NCAA wins in 2007 than your school has in it's history.

Can we talk about the game, or do we have to go back forth about nonsense?

[GonzoCat]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

[QUOTE=Grayback;217856][QUOTE=UNIAlum95;217846]

Ummm, we did. Undefeated against the PAC-10 this year, genius.

Congrats. We are undefeated against the B12, ACC, and B10 this year. Oh, and also the MWC.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

"The Valley made history in March 2007 with record attendance for four days at St. Louis' Scottrade Center as 85,074 fans turned out to watch the five sessions of the tournament. The two sellout crowds of 22,612 for the semifinals and final of the 2007 State Farm Tournament set an all-time attendance record for basketball at the arena and also gave The Valley the distinction of having the largest championship crowd for any of the 30 NCAA conference tournaments in 2007."

Maybe someday, the MWC will have the largest Championship Game crowd of any conference tournament... Wait, no it won't. Sorry chump!!

It's all gravy, little brother. Maybe someday, you can have your own Final Four banner hanging in your rafters. Wait, no you won't. No top recruit in their right mind is going to come and play for you.

[Rebelbacker]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Where did I say he was fired? Is that your UNLV education talking?

My UNLV education has served me just fine in life. You would be surprised that we all don't work at casinos here. Some of us even own our own companies.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Tark always speaks of getting "screwed." He habitually points the finger at other schools. "We're getting tired of it," says one coach with a refreshing ingenuousness. "Jerry has never understood that we all don't cheat the way he does."

N8, here is the cold hard facts: Although your team might win Thursday, your program can't hold our program's jock. So stick a bale of hay in it.

[Rebels2010]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

With how many posts you put on here, do you have a life???

You're asking if someone else has a life on a message board? What are you 12? Go back to your farm.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

is an acre of tillable black dirt wort more than an acre on the strip yet? its gotta be getting close.

Nope. Still got a ways to go. Unless there's light sweet crude under there

[Newsbreaker]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Was that a bracket buster game? The I-feel-bad-for-the-wittle-mid-major-team sympathy coverage? The MWC has its own network called the mtn. National cable gets it, DirectTV gets it. You can watch MWC games from anywhere in the nation.

That is THE reason UNI has appeared more on ESPN than UNLV. Contracts.

No, it's not. You're not very bright and you're about to be exposed as stupid.

The Big Ten has a wildly successful TV network. It is available in millions of homes on many Cable outlets (there is no such thing as "National Cable") and all Satellite TV services. Why are Big Ten teams appearing on the ESPN Family of Networks more often than UNLV?

The Big East, SEC and Big XII have established "networks" of affiliates. Why are their teams appearing on ESPN (et al) more often than UNLV?

ESPN gets first pick over all the conference-affiliated networks. If they don't want you then you appear on your own network or TV package.

ESPN wanted UNI time and time again this year so they got them. You haven't seen it because you don't pay attention and aren't very knowledgeable about the game on a national level. ESPN did not want UNLV, so UNLV appeared on their network instead. It's as simple as that.

Meanwhile, the Missouri Valley Conference is one of only two non-power/mid-major leagues (with the A10) to have it's league Championship game on National, Broadcast television presented by the network which has been the face of post-season college basketball for a generation. Most other leagues have their title games on the ESPN suite of networks. For some reason the MWC is only able to demand carriage for their conference title game on the Versus network, currently unavailable to millions and millions of homes across the nation (read: anyone with DirecTV).

[casbern]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Nope. Still got a ways to go. Unless there's light sweet crude under there

So it's the water that made you this way.

[GonzoCat]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Rebelbacker - you are getting in the middle of a smack fest going on between grayback and this board. He came on here spitting out all kinds of crap and any smack type responses towards UNLV are directed at him, not you.

You came on here wanting to talk basketball and have been responded to by some in a like manner. Don't take all the stuff seriously, it's only directed at grayback.

[ProwlingPanther]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

N8, here is the cold hard facts: Although your team might win Thursday, your program can't hold our program's jock. So stick a bale of hay in it.

We don't cheat so stick a crack rock and a prostitute in it.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

No, it's not. You're not very bright and you're about to be exposed as stupid.

The Big Ten has a wildly successful TV network. It is available in millions of homes on many Cable outlets (there is no such thing as "National Cable") and all Satellite TV services. Why are Big Ten teams appearing on the ESPN Family of Networks more often than UNLV?

The Big East, SEC and Big XII have established "networks" of affiliates. Why are their teams appearing on ESPN (et al) more often than UNLV?

ESPN gets first pick over all the conference-affiliated networks. If they don't want you then you appear on your own network or TV package.

ESPN wanted UNI time and time again this year so they got them. You haven't seen it because you don't pay attention and aren't very knowledgeable about the game on a national level. ESPN did not want UNLV, so UNLV appeared on their network instead. It's as simple as that.

Meanwhile, the Missouri Valley Conference is one of only two non-power/mid-major leagues (with the A10) to have it's league Championship game on National, Broadcast television presented by the network which has been the face of post-season college basketball for a generation. Most other leagues have their title games on the ESPN suite of networks. For some reason the MWC is only able to demand carriage for their conference title game on the Versus network, currently unavailable to millions and millions of homes across the nation (read: anyone with DirecTV).

Umm, no, the Mormons wanted to capitalize on the conference's TV rights. So, they turned down ESPN's offer and created the mtn / cstv. They inked the deal, and shunned ESPN. Why do you think you can't see MWC games on the four-letter network, not even #8 New Mexico? It's because they helped spoil ESPN's plans for a monopoly.

I know the MWC doesn't get exposed as it should. That was the LEAGUE'S choice.

As far as UNI goes....who actually CARED around the country when they were on primetime? That's the point of the debate.