OLD TRAPPER MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS

UNLV REBELS (2024: 11-3/6-1 MW)

MEDIA DAY NOTES...
UNLV is represented at the 2025 Old Trapper Mountain West Media Days by new head coach Dan Mullen along with returning true junior WR/KR/PR DeAngelo Irvin Jr. and new junior safety Jake Pope, an SEC veteran who previously played at both Alabama and Georgia ... The Rebels, who are the first team in MW history to improve their win total four consecutive seasons, are also the first program in FBS history (1978) to improve in four straight seasons by multiple victories (finished with 0 in 2020, 2 in '21, 5 in '22, 9 in '23 and 11 last fall) ... To become just the fourth program in FBS history to improve their win total in five straight years, UNLV will have to  do it with a largely new cast as the Scarlet & Gray come into 2025 with the fewest returning starters in the FBS with just two (RB Jai'Den "Jet" Thomas on offense and LB Marsel McDuffie on defense) ... Things get started earlier than ever for the Rebels as the school recently announced that its game vs. Idaho State has been moved from Sept. 13 to Aug. 23 so that the historic world-championship boxing match between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford can be held at the Rebels' home venue, Allegiant Stadium, as part of Mexican Independence Day festivities. It will mark only the second Week Zero appearance for UNLV in what will be the earliest kickoff in school history, beating the Aug. 27, 2022, game -- also vs. Idaho State.