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It's Thursday.

A couple days before, Nordame takes on UNLV,

the Irish have moved up to a 26.5 point favorite over UNLV. I would imagine that that is a reflection

of the injury situation for UNLV. This is a very athletic team. They do have talent.

Marcus Freeman mentioned a day. Aidan Robbins, the running back, who is Audric Estime-like, except for his pad level, which is too high.

But anyway, he's a transfer from Louisville, and he's a powerback.

They have quarterback Doug Brumfield, who is a very talented player as well, but they're banged up.

And so we're going to find out here very soon whether Norden will see the best version of UNLV

or the one that has been outscored 82 to 14 in the last two weeks.

And most of that blowout loss period, the last two weeks were without Brumfield concussion

protocol.

I don't think he necessarily would have made up the 82 to 14 differential, but obviously

they're obviously a much different team without their best weapon in there. And when you're

UNLV and you lose your quarterback that does everything for you, it hurts a little more than other

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