OT: Take that Dennis Erickson!!!!!!!!

by David Fucillo on Sep 13, 2008 10:26 PM PDT in San Francisco 49ers News

Long time readers of Niners Nation know that I was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV. My time there turned me into as big a UNLV fan as you'll fine. For the last couple years UNLV basketball has kept me excited, but tonight UNLV football made me a happy UNLV fan and a happy 49ers fan.

Arizona State is facing #2 Georgia next week and clearly was looking ahead as they were STUNNED by the unranked and perenially abysmal UNLV Rebels 23-20 in overtime. UNLV tied it with 18 seconds left in regulation on a one-handed grab by wide receiver Phillip Payne. After going ahead by 3 in overtime, UNLV blocked an ASU field goal attempt to seal the shocker.

Why does this make me happy as a 49ers fan? Well, Dennis Erickson is head coach at Arizona State and any embarrassing loss for Erickson is fine by me. The man was god-awful as head coach and dragged our fine franchise through the dark ages. No matter what you think of Mike Nolan, Dennis Erickson was worse.

Hopefully this is a good sign for tomorrow's big game in Seattle. I'll sleep well tonight and get myself ready for some 49ers football tomorrow.

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Nice update Fooch!

I was born and raised in Vegas as well.. ‘94 Gorman. Class of Grey Ruegamer, 2 time Superbowl Champion. It’s rare to see someone posting ANYTHING about the Rebels, nice to know they squeezed in a good win. Too bad Reno got wooped.

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by TripTheNinja on Sep 13, 2008 10:43 PM PDT reply actions

UNLV

Every so often I’ll throw up something UNLV related. We’ll see if UNLV can build on this win tonight. Also, I could not be more excited for the Rebels basketball season to get going.

As for me, I actually left Las Vegas in 1990 when I was 10 so I guess raised is a relatively limited term. I came back for 6 months after college in 2001 and still have family and friends so I get down there when I can.

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by David Fucillo on Sep 13, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions

My only problem is that this further damages the national credibility of the Pac-10.

Which isn’t to say that the Pac-10, USC aside, hasn’t proven that criticism right over the past frrmunble years… just to say that dammit, I wish they would prove it wrong once in a damn while!

Other than that, Suck it, Dennis Erickson. Suck it like it’s going to split your tooth if you bite it.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2008 3:11 AM PDT reply actions

the pac 10 looked so bad yesterday (SC aside)

at least oregon pulled one out. but ucla? wow.

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by wjackalope on Sep 14, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Ugh, I know…

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Pac-10

Yea, they definitely struggled. The Mountain West was 4-0 against them yesterday.

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by David Fucillo on Sep 14, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions

congrats fooch

and way to go rebels. Erickson blows.

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Sep 14, 2008 9:48 AM PDT reply actions

yeah suck it erickson

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by 49erLou on Sep 14, 2008 11:19 AM PDT reply actions

No way...

Is Erickson worse than Nolan?? I don’t think so. At least we could put up TONS of points under Erickson (at least in 2003). 49-10? 50-14? We blew teams out of the water! We also lost some insanely close games…

Ugh. Donahue sabotaged Erickson’s chance of putting together a winning 2004 season long before 2004 happened. I think he got the short end of the stick in that job.

by Drapestar on Sep 14, 2008 11:51 AM PDT reply actions

Most of the reason that the roster was so inconcievably BARREN when Nolan took over was because of Erickson/Donahue.

Bad as they’re playing. The roster is in 1000X better shape now than it was then.

I guess the big difference for me is that Erickson was a bad coach in a way that ruined the team for years after he was gone. When Nolan’s gone, the next coach is going to have a much easier time because they’ll actually have talent to work with. Erickson failed to get results AND hamstrung the future of the franchise. Nolan has simply failed to get results. The former is much worse.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions