Not trying to get too fired up about this, but the UNLV game is a critical one. Central comes to Cheney the following weekend, and that *should* be a win. After that, there's two straight road games and neither will be situation where Eastern is a big favorite. Getting through September at least 3-1 is paramount, and dropping that opener will make it very tough.
You don't ever like to point at FBS games and call them "must-win," but this one is pretty close.
Plus, damn, I need a palette cleanser from that atrocious opener against Idaho in the Spring as well as the complete defensive collapse over the last two games. You'd have to think UNLV is watching film and expecting to run on us for first down after first down.