UNLV’s Dan Mullen reveals why working as a college football analyst has its perks

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UNLV Rebels football head coach Dan Mullen said working as a college football analyst was an advantage because he could watch any game and any player he wanted.

Mullen, who was an analyst at ESPN, appeared on OutKick’s “Don’t @ me with Dan Dakich” to discuss some of the transfer players he has acquired since taking the Rebels job late last year.

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Dan Mullen (Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports/File)

“Well, look guys, we actually have two [quarterbacks]. Anthony Colandrea of [the University of Virginia] who I’ve seen make a ton of plays, and Alex Orji; and the best thing you have on ESPN is that I was able to watch everybody play,” Mullen said. “You sit in that room all day and I watch every college football game. I’ve seen them all.”

Mullen also talked about what Orji can bring to the table for the Rebels.

Orji was listed as a full back while with Michigan Wolverinesbut he had more rushing attempts (78) than passing attempts (48) in his three seasons.

“Alex Orji, I mean, he’s undefeated against Ohio State. I mean, he won, and … I look at what he does and you look at the strength of the player, and he was a guy that was fantastic for me last year, at times,” he said is Mullen. “I look at it and I don’t know, I’m not in the game plan meetings, I don’t know everything that’s going on [at] Michigan, but I don’t know that they highlight his strengths.

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Michigan running back Alex Orji runs with the ball against Ohio State on Nov. 30, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

“In football, a coach’s job is to put a guy in a position to do what he does well. That’s what coaching is, and if you don’t do that – you know you’re like, ‘Hey, if you have a system, you’ve got to run a system.’ Our system is: what our guys do well, let’s fine tune it as coaches to put them in a position to succeed.”

“I watched some games and I said, ‘Hey, when they put this guy in a position to do what he does well, Ohio State didn’t attack him, and they’re playing for a national championship. ‘ But to sit there and put him in a position to do the things where you don’t highlight its strengths baffle me all the time.”