Been here in Las Vegas since 1989. First off, Coach Odom was here at UNLV for 2 years and not 1 year. All schools unless you're in a Top Conference are stepping stones and even then coaches are looking to move from lesser programs in the same/similar conference. Key examples would be Dan Mullen leaving Miss. State for Florida, Kalen DeBoer leaving Washington for Alabama, and James Franklin leaving Vanderbilt for Penn State.
I’ve been going to UNLV games for 20 years, thankful for Odom did and it feels surreal being ranked after wondering if the football program would get scrapped not too long ago. However, a lot of this roster was built by Marcus Arroyo, let’s not forget that. and before him, Tony Sanchez was one of the biggest reasons for the facilities and entire football program getting revamped. It has been a steady climb. Sanchez and arroyo contributed to this amazing season. Odom was the right coach at the right time. That being said, sucks he’s leaving
@@RJ-qs6nm Yeah, I live here in Las Vegas and Tony Sanchez did an incredible job with the Football Complex!! UNLV facilities-wise before this was worse than a number of hgh schools.
Sanchez did provide facilities,I would have liked to see him stay a little lobger,they were on the cusp on bowl games. Arroyo blew it when he lost to Hawaii and alot of Odom's players were from the NIL,Arroyo was a bad head coach!
Barry Odom was there 2 years,laid the foundation there,took a bigger offer UNLV couldn't give him,he's getting paid in a program that can't go much further down, it's common to leave for greener pastures.UNLV was down for years and I appreciate him.bringing it up!!!
I think someone needs to look up the geographical definition of “Midwest.” And of course the Purdue HC job is viewed as a better job, given the prestige of the Big Ten (the Big Ten and SEC are quickly becoming the big leagues of college football). Even if Purdue is a rebuild, the revenue sharing and yearly salary alone make it a better HC job.
Odom had a better chance of making the playoffs in the Mountain West especially with Jenty gone to take a job in the big 10 where you have to do a rebuild and compete with OSU and Oregon but to each its own.
@@camdenknies8646 A pay bump for him isnt going to make his team competitive against Ohio state, Michigan, Oregon, UCLA and USC. He went from having a chance to dominate the Mtn West and get in the playoffs to fighting to be the 6th best team in the big10.
IU JUST MADE THE PLAYOFFS AND THEIR HISTORICALLY THE WORST BIG 10 FB PROGRAM HE HAS A GOOD CHANCE IN THE BIG 1P COMPARED TO THE MWC NOT A POWER CONFERENCE STOP IT 😂
@ bro if you have a great record 12-0,11-1 and win out in the Mountain West which is a far inferior conference then the Big 10, your in the playoffs, what don’t you get lol.
For the entire season, especially the Boise state game at allegiant where over 40k fans attended it, it was a party in there. Way more popping than a raiders game. Problem is if the team isnt good then people wont waste a friday/saturday night to go. Also, parking is a pain and expensive, and beer is like 18 for a tall can so they got that working against them. Also, UNLV is a commuter school sot theres that too but the support is there if they are good.
Have to keep in mind that IU flipped the narrative in one year, in the B1G. Purdue beat them last year ... and Illinois who was also a bowl team this year. Plus Purdue was in the B1G championship game just a few years ago, and had a solid record under Brohm. You can win there with the right coach, system, and support from the admin and NIL. Also have to keep in mind the revenue sharing piece of the component going forward. Purdue is poised to put 20+ mil in the pool once it's been approved since they're getting close to 100M off the B1G media deals. UNLV will have a small fraction of that.
@ Ohio state and Michigan are better academic schools with huge stadiums, long football history, and more fans. San Jose would need to have a lot more money to be able to compete
Can't believe some of the negativity here in the Comments' Section about Coach Odom going to Purdue. A Coach can win at Purdue and has an easier road than at say a Northwestern (tough academic standards) or a Nebraska (tough to recruit to). Purdue Coach Joe Tiller (1997-2008) had winning seasons in 9 of his 12 seasons at Purdue with his high-octane spread offense. But the Big 10 has been traditionally been known as the Big 2 (Michigan, Ohio State) and the Little 8 (the rest). That was before Penn State, USC, UCLA, Washington, and Oregon were added. Yes, Purdue was 0-9 in the Big 10 this year but not that far behind Maryland (1-8), Northwestern (2-7), and the group of Wisconsin, UCLA, Michigan State, and Nebraska all at 3-6 in Conference. Of course, as a Purdue Grad (Calumet Campus NW), I remember when Fred Akers who'd went 86-31-2 at Texas over 10 seasons came to Purdue and proceeded to only win 12 games in 4 years. Not a UNLV grad but living and working in Las Vegas since 1989, I am very greatful for what Coach Odom did here in 2 short years.
You leave UNLV to go be the HC at the worst big 10 program arguably the worst program in the country yeah that bag he got outweighed his bad decision making
Just because they had one bad year doesn't make Purdue "the worst program in the country". That is just plain ignorant. Purdue is 100 times more successful football program than UNLV.
lol... Barry left because purdue is giving him $6MM a year, without incentives. UNLV was at $1.75MM. soo, what is hard to understand about why he left?
They'll be invited as will IU. 1.) They'll need the hoops side of things if they desire to bail on NCAA, & it couldn't politically get done without programs like that. For the same reason Vandy will remain head 1st in the lead trough on the gravy train.
King has a good point. Houston for example. The Texas talent there is nuts. But Houston is a pro city. County of 5 million people with MLB, NBA & NFL. Not enough backing
did he make a mistake? that depends on what you want from a coaching career. if it's winning then yes this is a mistake. if it's about making 💰 then it's a great move. with nil, realignment college football is turning into an NFL minor league wwe thing where all the top players go to the same school so they can play in a Lebron type situation where everyone gets together and everyone else just goes wherever they can get paid, coaches players they all jump around different schools. schools even jump around from conference to conference. this is all great btw and fans wont lose interest. like take UNLV fan, of course they will keep shelling out money and time to support a team that will lose its coach any time they have success
Leaving UNLV for Purdue,I think he could have done better at UNLV,Purdue football ain't definitely better than Ohio State,Michigan Penn State,Oregon USC,Indiana, Illinois Wisconsin,Washington and probably Nebraska
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Unlv was horrendous for decades. Great coach. Gonna do the same at Purdue
Been here in Las Vegas since 1989. First off, Coach Odom was here at UNLV for 2 years and not 1 year. All schools unless you're in a Top Conference are stepping stones and even then coaches are looking to move from lesser programs in the same/similar conference. Key examples would be Dan Mullen leaving Miss. State for Florida, Kalen DeBoer leaving Washington for Alabama, and James Franklin leaving Vanderbilt for Penn State.
The irony of you mentioning Mullen on a video talking about UNLV's former coach.
@@Hated_Sien Yeah, HS, did not see at all Dan Mullen coming to UNLV!!
I’ve been going to UNLV games for 20 years, thankful for Odom did and it feels surreal being ranked after wondering if the football program would get scrapped not too long ago. However, a lot of this roster was built by Marcus Arroyo, let’s not forget that. and before him, Tony Sanchez was one of the biggest reasons for the facilities and entire football program getting revamped. It has been a steady climb. Sanchez and arroyo contributed to this amazing season. Odom was the right coach at the right time. That being said, sucks he’s leaving
It was built, it was bought. Lets be honest here.
@ tony Sanchez did a lot of the fundraising himself along with the fertittas
@@RJ-qs6nm Yeah, I live here in Las Vegas and Tony Sanchez did an incredible job with the Football Complex!! UNLV facilities-wise before this was worse than a number of hgh schools.
yeah the next guy will leave too if he wins. starting t9 care less and less about college sports
Sanchez did provide facilities,I would have liked to see him stay a little lobger,they were on the cusp on bowl games.
Arroyo blew it when he lost to Hawaii and alot of Odom's players were from the NIL,Arroyo was a bad head coach!
I told my wife he didn't look phased at all with how bad they were performing against Boise lol He knew he was gone
They did play great in the 2nd half.
Barry Odom was there 2 years,laid the foundation there,took a bigger offer UNLV couldn't give him,he's getting paid in a program that can't go much further down, it's common to leave for greener pastures.UNLV was down for years and I appreciate him.bringing it up!!!
What stumps me, is that his son JUST signed with UNLV. It’s crazy
I think someone needs to look up the geographical definition of “Midwest.”
And of course the Purdue HC job is viewed as a better job, given the prestige of the Big Ten (the Big Ten and SEC are quickly becoming the big leagues of college football). Even if Purdue is a rebuild, the revenue sharing and yearly salary alone make it a better HC job.
Purdue is also paying $4.25MM more, so yeah i would say it's a better job
Just a downgrade of a city.... West Lafayette, Indiana, yuck. Now we got Mullen. An upgrade
Odom had a better chance of making the playoffs in the Mountain West especially with Jenty gone to take a job in the big 10 where you have to do a rebuild and compete with OSU and Oregon but to each its own.
Let’s not ignore the pay bump
@@camdenknies8646 A pay bump for him isnt going to make his team competitive against Ohio state, Michigan, Oregon, UCLA and USC. He went from having a chance to dominate the Mtn West and get in the playoffs to fighting to be the 6th best team in the big10.
IU JUST MADE THE PLAYOFFS AND THEIR HISTORICALLY THE WORST BIG 10 FB PROGRAM HE HAS A GOOD CHANCE IN THE BIG 1P COMPARED TO THE MWC NOT A POWER CONFERENCE STOP IT 😂
@ bro if you have a great record 12-0,11-1 and win out in the Mountain West which is a far inferior conference then the Big 10, your in the playoffs, what don’t you get lol.
For the entire season, especially the Boise state game at allegiant where over 40k fans attended it, it was a party in there. Way more popping than a raiders game. Problem is if the team isnt good then people wont waste a friday/saturday night to go. Also, parking is a pain and expensive, and beer is like 18 for a tall can so they got that working against them. Also, UNLV is a commuter school sot theres that too but the support is there if they are good.
We all knew Barry Odom was gonna leave. As someone who was born and raised in Vegas, im grateful he won games here because it ain’t easy
Odom would have left last year if he had a legitimate opportunity. In 2 years at UNLV he never beat a top 50 opponent.
What’s jb talking about. IU just rebuilt a program in a year and they have never won.
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Yeah I really doubt that a wnba team is hurting unlv’s viewership lol
Love this show way to much 😂
Have to keep in mind that IU flipped the narrative in one year, in the B1G. Purdue beat them last year ... and Illinois who was also a bowl team this year. Plus Purdue was in the B1G championship game just a few years ago, and had a solid record under Brohm. You can win there with the right coach, system, and support from the admin and NIL.
Also have to keep in mind the revenue sharing piece of the component going forward. Purdue is poised to put 20+ mil in the pool once it's been approved since they're getting close to 100M off the B1G media deals. UNLV will have a small fraction of that.
Anyone would rather be in the big ten over the mountain west
If the Mountain West got as much media $ as the big ten, San Jose State would be beating Michigan and
The Ohio State on a regular basis.
@ Ohio state and Michigan are better academic schools with huge stadiums, long football history, and more fans. San Jose would need to have a lot more money to be able to compete
Can't believe some of the negativity here in the Comments' Section about Coach Odom going to Purdue. A Coach can win at Purdue and has an easier road than at say a Northwestern (tough academic standards) or a Nebraska (tough to recruit to). Purdue Coach Joe Tiller (1997-2008) had winning seasons in 9 of his 12 seasons at Purdue with his high-octane spread offense. But the Big 10 has been traditionally been known as the Big 2 (Michigan, Ohio State) and the Little 8 (the rest). That was before Penn State, USC, UCLA, Washington, and Oregon were added. Yes, Purdue was 0-9 in the Big 10 this year but not that far behind Maryland (1-8), Northwestern (2-7), and the group of Wisconsin, UCLA, Michigan State, and Nebraska all at 3-6 in Conference. Of course, as a Purdue Grad (Calumet Campus NW), I remember when Fred Akers who'd went 86-31-2 at Texas over 10 seasons came to Purdue and proceeded to only win 12 games in 4 years. Not a UNLV grad but living and working in Las Vegas since 1989, I am very greatful for what Coach Odom did here in 2 short years.
Rumor floating around Vegas is Odom's wife hated Vegas and that is why he took the Purdue job.
He should’ve stuck it out another year or 2 and he could’ve gone anywhere he wanted
mwc is best conference to be in. just win it and you are in.
Every time I hear about Barry Odom his jumping from job to job or getting fired. 😂
we used to call that carpetbagging now it's just " part of the college football business"
It’s a big ten school with more money and resources. Unlv is in a dead conference
Nothing wrong with him leaving for another job, but should have shown some class and respect for the program and coached the bowl game.
He won't be as bad as the guy they just fired, but don't expect much from Odom.
He's gonna suck at Purdue. Should have stayed his azz at UNLV
It was a money grab 💰
Better than any team from Houston thats for sure 🤣
Big ten > mountain west
You leave UNLV to go be the HC at the worst big 10 program arguably the worst program in the country yeah that bag he got outweighed his bad decision making
Just because they had one bad year doesn't make Purdue "the worst program in the country". That is just plain ignorant. Purdue is 100 times more successful football program than UNLV.
@mattbleuer5011 You must be drunk go to bed
@@513Ohio You're drunk if you think UNLV is on par with Purdue in any way.
@@mattbleuer5011 Purdue can't beat nobody damn sure not UNLV
@@513Ohio LMAO Purdue was just in the Big 10 title game 2 years ago dunce you sound drunk lol
Well he’ll make more money butif he thought winning at Missouri was hard…..
Purdue is a tough place to win.
Purdue supposedly has no NIL? Maybe they just pay the basketball players😅Remember What Joe Tiller did at Purdue, coming from Wyoming
lol... Barry left because purdue is giving him $6MM a year, without incentives. UNLV was at $1.75MM. soo, what is hard to understand about why he left?
If the scenario I have heard takes place and they make up conferences of the top 75 teams… Purdue won’t be invited
They'll be invited as will IU. 1.) They'll need the hoops side of things if they desire to bail on NCAA, & it couldn't politically get done without programs like that. For the same reason Vandy will remain head 1st in the lead trough on the gravy train.
Sucks to next to be the next guy, the bar has been set so high, anything less than annual championship runs will be a disappointment
If they aren't aware of UNLV's roster turnover after tjis season they aren't educated fans to begin with.
It all depends on how his school will be able to fund his NIL allocations
There is no such thing as, “The Wild Wild West” it was the Wild West
Shawn got auto tune on his mic
6 million a year don't hurt!
Oh my .......dunno know this move.............wow wow
Aces?? Wtf are they?!
King has a good point.
Houston for example. The Texas talent there is nuts.
But Houston is a pro city. County of 5 million people with MLB, NBA & NFL.
Not enough backing
U of H has plenty of backing when they have their crap together.
@ true.
As a native Houstonian,When they have their crap together is When UH has a winning product on the field,Similar to SMU in Dallas.
Purdue lost a lot in the portal last year, and more this year. That roster is going to be awful
Will never be ranked at Purdue. Big ten schedule too tough now
Purdue been ranked before
Dude we were at 8-4 he can win get paid
@@SS-fb7zd1970 was a long time ago.
@@Jdaddy-s8lPurdue was 0-9 in conference 1-11 overall this year 😂
@@briansmith5293 iu has had one good yr
Why would you hire a guy named Harry Scrotum?
did he make a mistake? that depends on what you want from a coaching career. if it's winning then yes this is a mistake. if it's about making 💰 then it's a great move. with nil, realignment college football is turning into an NFL minor league wwe thing where all the top players go to the same school so they can play in a Lebron type situation where everyone gets together and everyone else just goes wherever they can get paid, coaches players they all jump around different schools. schools even jump around from conference to conference. this is all great btw and fans wont lose interest. like take UNLV fan, of course they will keep shelling out money and time to support a team that will lose its coach any time they have success
Leaving UNLV for Purdue,I think he could have done better at UNLV,Purdue football ain't definitely better than Ohio State,Michigan Penn State,Oregon USC,Indiana, Illinois Wisconsin,Washington and probably Nebraska
Dude I have seen everyone of them rise and fall over the decades
WAS JUST IN THE BIG 10 TITLE GAME 2 YEARS AGO STOP IT 😂