In one of the other threads someone posted a medium article that had an average viewership per school. In my opinion that data was pretty sloppily aggregated. So I took it upon myself using data that is public information that in no way violates my existing NDAs; I created a list on average viewership for all of the MW and PAC schools. This data does not include any unknown numbers, and is simply the available viewership per game of a school divided by the number of games that had data.

Going with our current rivalry theme, the good guys are marked in red, while the pac is marked blue.




For fun, here is Memphis and Tulane


By comparison, OSU and WSU's viewership has more than halved since 2023. (2.3m over 9 games for OSU, and 2.15 over 6 for games WSU). I predict OSU and WSU numbers will DECREASE further in 2025.

Notes:
1. Included are bowl game numbers and conference championships when available for all teams.

2. I did not differentiate between linear and streaming, though I do have that data.

3. Its interesting to note that without Boise's CFP data or CSU playing CU, UNLV would have been at the top of the list.

4. There is only limited publicly available CBS data (3 games total)

5. If you really want to see the separation between the P4 and G6, the Texas V Georgia averages for both of their games against each other for this season averaged higher than Boise vs Penn state (14.9m vs 13.8m)

6. Hawaii's numbers are a bit of a black box since Spectrum doesn't publish numbers.

Sources are a mix of https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ (which is sourced from Nielsens) and articles posted by included schools.

I was just thinking a lot of professional teams and programs like to honor past players that have been great in their time and were fun to watch.

I think last season we honored the 84-85 team but we need something more permanent. There’s a ton of space in Allegiant and plenty of stuff to put more unlv signage up. Put Randall’s jersey in the rafters, create a wrap that commemorates the bowl games we’ve been in, commemorate John Robinson a HOF coach that saved UNLV football, photo of the iconic Payne catch at ASU etc.

Just because UNLV was not winning regularly in the past doesn’t mean we had nobody’s passing through and it’s also for the long time fans who were there.

I just think there’s a lot we could do. I mean someone walks into stadium and sees a signage that says UNLV beat Arkansas in the LV Bowl. “Holy cow, UNLV beat a SEC team in a bowl?!”


/Offseason rant over.

Anyone watch? I had to work so didn’t see it. I did find that he ran a 4.61 40. Kinda slow, isn't it?

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Kevin is getting players to their full potential (ignore who we played, of course). He just needs more time here!

In all honesty, congrats to this kid. Glad he got some recognition.

We still lose the Thursday game of the tournament.

With Bayno, people were split to some degree. With Rice, same thing, with Marv - most thought to can him, but he had some in his corner. Otz wasn’t here long enough. With Kevin, I don’t think I’ve seen near this level of unanimity. Oh, I’m sure there are a few slow growther for life’s still holding out, but it’s an extremely low number.

A couple of assistants have been kicking the tires elsewhere for a couple months.

It’s like everyone thinks he should be done and everyone knows it’s done.

But I like KK, I wanted him to succeed. I don’t like turnover in head coaches as much as we have had it, but I hate consistent poor play even more. It’d be easier to swallow if he was a complete POS human being like Menzies, but he’s not.

This is one of those cases of the apple fell far from the tree. It’s why I don’t trust the bloodlines argument, at all. Player, coaching … Bronnie isn’t even a good basketball player let alone anywhere near his dad. It’s rare that you see a Griffey Jr surpass and we’ve seen more failures of sons of great coaches than we have seen son surpassing pops. It’s to the point where while bloodlines may make some sense on the surface - it can backfire as nepotism, silver spoon, too much of a safety net if there is failure, entitlement.

You have to go case by case based on merit/ability, not genes or connections. It’s a mistake.

I wish KK well, he will land on his feet somewhere, his pops has plenty of connections. Hopefully he learns from this experience, gains more years and experience … and shapes into a good coach. It’s hard to get it perfectly right as a first timer. I do believe you grow as a coach with time - Tark himself reinvented things while he grew.

Now we have a history with AD Harper. First, and rightfully so football has been made a priority under his leadership. Also, when it came to his first coaching search it was devoid of any leaks and it kept the media and UNLV fans guessing ultimately resulting in the hiring of Barry Odom as the program’s 13th football coach. We had no clue! Additionally, a contingency plan was in place well before Odom's second season started (just in case) because it was later learned that Harper, Saccenti and Mullen were all playing golf together last summer at Southern Highlands. Harper pretty much had his new coach and money lined up and ready to go. How would you rate Harper's first hire in Odom? He get's an A IMO. What about Harper's 2nd hire in Mullen? It's early. But preliminarily, another A and potentially a higher ceiling than Odom.

Based on history, when it comes to UNLV's next basketball coach there will be no leaks or rumors. No national search committees or consultants. I anticipate based on past performance Harper already has the new UNLV basketball coach pretty much lined up along with the $$$$ to pay him. Within 3-5 days after CKK release, I anticipate UNLV announcing it's new head basketball coach. Based on history and the level of football coaches hired by AD Harper I expect it will be considered another A rated hire.

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At least we have numbers by our name and aren’t just in the “others” category.

Or is the team playing MUCH better without Thomas? Loads more ball movement. Sharing the ball. Plays to break Cherry open down low. More breaks. Way better rebounding especially Offensive. Frenetic defense. Henley is free to play.

I guess it could be taking teams a while to scheme against the new UNLV. But I think it's just players being able to play basketball rather than standing there watching DTJ dribble around for twenty seconds to get free for a shot.

If this is true then what power did Thomas have over CKK for this new dynamic not to happen earlier?

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$1M in NIL activities.
Beats playing in Maui.

Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol​

Who you got?
I am thinking Beterbiev by late round KO.

Reno 93 - Rebs 95

Rishwain hits 7 three pointers. Hicks sinks two free throws with 1 sec left for the win.

REBELS WIN BY 5. 79-74.

What coach would come here without a lock solid guarantee of Nationally Competitive NIL? Not MWC competitive - but Nationally competitive. ( Because that's the success we all expect ) I know I wouldn't. Any coach can look at the atmosphere around the program and know he has a VERY short time to start winning. You can point at a coach here and there who recently went dancing in their first or second year ( Sprinkle last year, May, Pitino and DeVries this year) but there are coaches just in our conference that haven't ( Fresno, San Jose, us ). And dozens more around the country.

I have zero idea the state of our NIL status. But it better be good if we want the type of coach we all think is necessary to make us what we want.

I wish the Rebs would start a new thing. Wear those snazzy Red uniforms every home game and on the road if possible.
We should have worn our Reds up in Reno. Start a new trend Coach Kruger.
Runnin Rebel Red…. = Fire…

For the past 3 years that's the average Number of coaches turned over per season in P4(+1) + G5.

I think we all want a coach who has head coach experience, been successful and we can afford his buyout if any.

It doesn't look like there are enough of these to go around.

If the top five board favorites get snatched up by wealthier programs who would be next? Would we consider a long time assistant? (Like Karlin Hartman?) Or a coach with less success that we want?( Lorenzo Romar?)

The data below was for the start of the '24-'25 season.

The average NIL for P4 basketball players is $ 171, 272.
The average for G5 is $ 15,800.

WHO'S IN FOR STEALING JOE PASTERNACK FrOM UC santa barbara? THEY CAN'T BE PAYING HIM TOO MUCH.I know he signed a 5 year extension in 2023 don't know his buy out. Only making a little over 500 thousand a year.

LETS GO!

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Yo..thats brutal. Lower the price of eggs..to 2019!!!