1Tripoda said:

The Fresno fans claim they are bringing 10K to this game. That is a lot people if that is true.

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If they brought anywhere near those numbers, then the bottom section would already been sold out, and it isn't really that close to being sold out.

LVRebel2000 said:

From looking at the UNLV tickets site, it looks pretty good in terms of the number of seats sold. I'd guess that there are around 1500-2000 seats remaining in the lower bowl. I could be off on that, but if all of those people show, the lower bowl will be almost full. Hopefully, as it gets closer, we get a bunch of students and other locals that pick up tickets, and they have to open some upper level sections as well.

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Look under both the single game and season tickets, and there appear to be a lot more tickets available when both added together. So far ticket sales are about the same as the Utah Tech game, but hopefully that changes when student tickets added, as well as sales in next 4-5 days.

reagan21 said:

They've shown they can fill the league...but with what? I'm telling you SDSU, Boise, and Fresno are pissed. They were told USF, Memphis, and Tulane and will now get USU and ????

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I get that, their bottom line will be hurt.
But ours is hurt significantly more. OK so now they are getting 8 mil a year, we will be getting 3 if we are lucky.
And now we are hoping UTEP and NMSU wants to join. And hope to coax Montana to elevate, and we have to pay 5 mil to do so.
The op of their league is significantly stronger, plus they will be strong in the NCAA tournament if the Gonzaga report is true.
I just think we chose the wrong option, and I think the decision was obvious.
The fact that we shut the door on the AAC is also dumb. Sure the travel would have sucked, but we had some leverage with 3 conferences courting us, and we took the least amount of annual money.

reagan21 said:

They've shown they can fill the league...but with what? I'm telling you SDSU, Boise, and Fresno are pissed. They were told USF, Memphis, and Tulane and will now get USU and ????

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Agree. Theres no way the TV deal gets into that 7-10 million dollar range with who is available. They got sold a national conference with appeal and potential to argue they are a P5.. now they're a Temu version of the Pac 12...

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dcut03 said:

We should have been talking with USU. We only should have signed if they agreed to do the same.
This only made sense if the MW held strong. Them taking USU means they only need one more.
Even so that is risky. Even if the MW shut them out, I think they still find a way to fill their league. And we kind of burn a bridge there.

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They've shown they can fill the league...but with what? I'm telling you SDSU, Boise, and Fresno are pissed. They were told USF, Memphis, and Tulane and will now get USU and ????

WYNN or Dye said:

Love, the hire of Bronco Mendenhall. He, wins everywhere he goes.
If, he can win in UNM, which I think he can. They, will go to a bowl game soon.
UNM, really needs to do something about their stadium. It, was born in 1961.

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He won't be there long enough to win. Bronco is not in it like he used to be. He was living on his Montana Ranch loving life. Great guy. Good coach, but he's been dealt a 2, 5, 7, 10, and A

reagan21 said:

because we lost USU?

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I did post on USU. I don't think we lost much there.

We should have been talking with USU. We only should have signed if they agreed to do the same.
This only made sense if the MW held strong. Them taking USU means they only need one more.
Even so that is risky. Even if the MW shut them out, I think they still find a way to fill their league. And we kind of burn a bridge there.

Rod_the_Rebel said:

Yessir. That’s why I’m all done methinks. Won’t even follow the university news. Also will cancel my LVRJ membership since I won’t need sports news other than knights. Definitely stopping my donations

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I've been donating to the Lady Rebel Basketball team. I might start donating a little to football. I get where you are coming from but, I can't abandon my Rebels. I've been following them for +50 years. I wouldn't know how to stop following them.

It's all about perspective. Boise State is pissed with the addition of USU. In their eyes, they've been fleeced and out negotiated by the MWC Commish

Meister_Rebel said:

We ****ed ourselves. Plain and simple. All for a few bucks.

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because we lost USU?

Meister_Rebel said:

We ****ed ourselves. Plain and simple. All for a few bucks.

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Yessir. That’s why I’m all done methinks. Won’t even follow the university news. Also will cancel my LVRJ membership since I won’t need sports news other than knights. Definitely stopping my donations

However, I don't think we lose much losing Utah State. UNM hopefully stayed.

We ****ed ourselves. Plain and simple. All for a few bucks.

1Tripoda said:

UNM is another flagship school. They won't be down long. With Bronco and Pitino that program will be respectable if they invest.

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Love, the hire of Bronco Mendenhall. He, wins everywhere he goes.
If, he can win in UNM, which I think he can. They, will go to a bowl game soon.
UNM, really needs to do something about their stadium. It, was born in 1961.

We took the blue pill and plugged back into the Matrix.

1Tripoda said:

The Fresno fans claim they are bringing 10K to this game. That is a lot people if that is true.

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Their parole office is going to be busy.

Masked_rebel said:

so far we only know they offered AFA 10 million...There has been no leak on what they offered us as far as what I've seen

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How much would it take for you to say it was worth it to rebuild knowing USU is being reported as leaving?

Unr will probably go to pac 7 next. lol and we will be in the new MWC with a bunch of new crappy schools. Reno and Utah State sill have the last laugh.

I have enjoyed my time supporting UNLV and being a fan but the my timer is up I think

It feels like we took 10 million dollars up front, but committed to taking less than half the annual money we probably would have got in the PAC 2.
The only way this makes sense if we are holding out for something bigger. Like the big 12.
I sure hope Odom was able to give his full opinion on this and this is his preferred road.

LVRebel2000 said:

But did the MWC offer the same $10 million deal to USU? SJSU? Maybe, I don't know.

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USU sounds like they are gone. SJSU announced intention to stay.

If we get left behind in MWC and USU, RENO and UNM go to the PAC I can honestly say I'm not sure I care enough anymore to watch UNLV play FCS call ups.

Not being hyperbolic. I just wouldn't have any interest in watching a football conference probably behind the MAC now. And not much better than the Sun Belt.

so far we only know they offered AFA 10 million...There has been no leak on what they offered us as far as what I've seen

The Fresno fans claim they are bringing 10K to this game. That is a lot people if that is true.