Spring Practice 2025
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Can’t recall the exact date but later this year than usual.
And I do think they’ll be open to the public (I know there was talk of putting in some stands.
Don’t know if there will be a spring game though.
And I do think they’ll be open to the public (I know there was talk of putting in some stands.
Don’t know if there will be a spring game though.
I saw an OU alum was blasting Venables for having a showcase instead of a game. "McCoy disagreed with the move because it takes away opportunities for younger players and players who may have improved during the offseason to perform in a game-like situation in front of a crowd."
Other side of the argument:
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule said in February he didn't want to hold a spring game because it resulted in several players on the team receiving NIL offers from opposing programs that were able to watch them on television:
"I think it's really, fundamentally—I hate to say it like this—it's really because last year we were one of the more televised spring games, and I dealt with a lot of people offering our players a lot of opportunities after that. To go out and bring in a bunch of new players and showcase them for all the other schools to watch, that doesn't make a lot of sense to me."
Not that we're worried about being televised but certainly a way I didn't figure NIL to impact the game.
Other side of the argument:
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule said in February he didn't want to hold a spring game because it resulted in several players on the team receiving NIL offers from opposing programs that were able to watch them on television:
"I think it's really, fundamentally—I hate to say it like this—it's really because last year we were one of the more televised spring games, and I dealt with a lot of people offering our players a lot of opportunities after that. To go out and bring in a bunch of new players and showcase them for all the other schools to watch, that doesn't make a lot of sense to me."
Not that we're worried about being televised but certainly a way I didn't figure NIL to impact the game.
It would be crazy to not have a Spring game considering that is a good time to get a boost in season ticket sales! The goal should be to sell out the bottom section for season tickets this year.
You are not going to sellout the season tickets for entire stadium. Season ticket sales are more important on an overall financial basis than a single game, but when it comes to optics, a sellout verse UCLA could go a long way towards getting a Big12 invite. Personally I expect at least 50K, and wouldn't be surprised if the number goes up towards 60K, for the UCLA game. I would expect at least 80% of the fans at the game are UNLV fans since UCLA hasn't shown they are a really good travel school in the past!
The goal isn’t sellout season tickets, this isn’t Notre Dame or Ohio State or Penn State.
But the goal is to sellout UCLA. I don’t think it will happen but I do think we will break an attendance record and yes, most of that will be single ticket sales.
If you can make a venue the place to be … get it rocking … it’s attractive. I hate the Mack now because it’s a morgue aside from one or two games per year. And it used to rock, even with 14K.
I thought I saw a graphic that showed spring practice starting end of March and concluding 4/26. Can’t find the actual graphic though
Per an article out today from Grimala at the Sun: The 2025 team has just begun offseason workouts, but they won’t hit the field until spring practice begins on March 27. And it may take even longer for McDuffie to figure out what the Scarlet and Gray are capable of under new head coach Dan Mullen. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/mar/05/marsel-mcduffie-excited-to-see-what-unlv-football/
I will give credit where credit is due, that was a good article!
If we can increase the season ticket sales, break the attendance record at the UCLA game, only one man can do it. It's not Mullen. It's not the AD. It's the guy with a 4 foot Stache!
You add everything UNLV has done and reintroduce HeyReb during our first home game and we have the perfect storm for a perfect season. The Donkey from Boise won't even know what hit them.
During this Prez change, we need to hit social strong with this message. If filling those seats are as important as I think it'll be. Especially when it comes to our future P4 invite.
Now that most of the WOKE world has been pushed back into their holes, it is much more likely they could bring back Hey Reb!
I'll make you a bet it would. Your girlfriend's 3" mustache verse my 5" bush.
Meister, you're one of my favorite posters.
I forgot to mention that prior to my post.
C'mon. You know you miss that big yuge stache rubbing it's hairy hairs across your large hairy nose hairs like a seesaw.
....I miss those days. We won in those days. Just take one for the team, Pistol Patricia!
The percentage of UNLV fans may not be as high as you think. For a lot of the UCLA fans who may attend this game, it really isn't a travel game because they live in Las Vegas already. They just have to go to the closet, pull out their Bruins gear, and drive (or whatever) across town.
I love that there is some sort of push to get a big crowd for this game.
I just don't see it happening.
Yes it is the "marquee" OOC game of the conference slate. And Yes UCLA is close and there are probably a good amount of locals that have some rooting interest in UCLA.
But, UCLA just isn't that crazy about football, and they have been kind of meh recently. They averaged 46k for their home games last year. Expecting 20k fans from them?
Or on the flipside, expecting 20k over our average last season?
Hey, maybe UNLV just starts killing it with attendance this next season. Sure I can see us possibly beating the 42K we had for Boise last year, maybe. It will help if UNLV gets some preseason love and an early ranking, but I think that will likely be doubtful by that game.
I actuallly could see 35,000 UNLV fans coming to the game (because of the opponent), 6000-8000 UCLA fans, and 2000-3000 college football fans who want a reason to come to Las Vegas.
When UCLA last played at UNLV at Sam Boyd, there really were not that many UCLA fans at the game. UCLA was ranked #13 in the nation and there were just over 31K at the game. I went to the game and would guess that UCLA has around 8-10K at that game with most of the east side of the stadium. Currently UCLA sucks as a team and only averaged mid 40's last season with the only exception being the USC v UCLA game with 59K. They only had about 35K at home verse Fresno State, so I do not really expect them to travel well, or have enough alumni in Las Vegas that will be interested in attending the game. If they can't get decent crowds at home verse top ranked Oregon and Indiana, why do you think they will bring a good crowd to Las Vegas?
