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KaneFan29
JCorona said:
Is chicago consider part of the west in the USA?
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The Chicago Blackhawks are in the Western Conference of the NHL :)

Not to most people, but it doesn’t change the fact it’s half the distance than it is to Hawaii from El Paso. If you want to think Hawaii being in our conference is regional than so be it. Facts are facts. Chicago is a lot closer to us than Hawaii is.
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KaneFan29
Lord Chabelo said:
Even if UTEP was as good as Texas all of a sudden, UTEP could never get away with charging what Texas does
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But UTEP isn’t and never has been. UTEP can’t get away with charging UT prices because UT is playing Oklahoma, Kentucky, LSU, and Texas A&M. While UTEP is playing Tulsa, Western Kentucky, LaTech, and Sam Houston.

Are you suggesting UTEP should make tickets to WKU the same price as Texas does for their SEC opponents? Shouldn’t the UTEP games be cheaper?
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KaneFan29
Lord Chabelo said:
Unfortunately that is the mentality in El Paso. People want Bueno, Bonito y Barato
I will donate, just got to figure out if I want to go with my heart and support the basketball team, go with my mind and donate to the football team, or trust that the administration will do the right thing and donate to the general fund.
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Naw. UTEP has the best fans in the G6. It’s amazing that they can still get 10,000 to football games for one of the worst programs in the history of FBS. To really sit here and complain it should be more or people should give more, is outrageous.

Outside of 3 seasons, the basketball program has been pretty much trash since 1992. Still getting 4,000 for games though. LaTech can’t get 4,000 when they have good teams.

UTEP hasn’t given El Paso anything for a long time. You can’t keep expecting people to give more and more while receiving less and less.

Football tickets cost the same amount as last season, but with 1 less game. So the per game price is more expensive. Had to pay for a new coach, blah, blah, blah. The fans reward? A 1-7 football team.

Eventually UTEP has to give the fans something. A 7-6 football team once a decade ain’t it.
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Less than $120 a year is well worth it... Of course, many will go above that number, so 20k is not necessarily needed to attain that range. I do wonder if UTEP has enough support that would garner 20k "givers" I think it's probably closer to 3k... Sadly. Any details on that? Insiders?
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KaneFan29
pay4dirt said:
These first two to four games every season are just tune up games so coaches can put in all kinds of lineups to get a feel for what works for the team. I don't think they're designed to be great revenue generators. If fans want to hang out at a game at a time when they're not doing anything and shoot the breeze and watch what's really a glorified scrimmage that's fine. I wouldn't fret over that. But once the team gets several games into the season, we should start seeing noticeably better competition that looks good on our RPI. That's where we should be paying attention to fan turn out and how strong our competition is. Joining the MWC should be a serious step up in the level of Conference play. It'll be interesting if the Mountain West can bring in Grand Canyon U. to the Conference. That should be a step up, too. With all the realignment, the MWC may be taking a step down in football, but should be about the same in basketball, especially if they do get Grand Canyon. What do you think?
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Sul Ross and UTPB are not tune ups, they are glorified scrimmages. D2 teams should not be giving UTEP a competitive game.

Utah Valley is no joke and UCSB is not either, then UTEP plays in the Ball Dawgs tournament, meaning 5 of their first 7 games are away from home. Beating up on 2 bad teams doesn’t help the team much outside of a guaranteed win.

The “RPI” is irrelevant for UTEP. This schedule wasn’t built to earn an At-large bid, therefore making that discussion dead. UTEP hasn’t been considered for a NCAA appearance since they last made it in 2010.

MWC basketball will be better than what we’re used to, but it definitely won’t be “about the same”. San Diego St is irreplaceable and “replacing” them with Grand Canyon is hardly a replacement.
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These first two to four games every season are just tune up games so coaches can put in all kinds of lineups to get a feel for what works for the team. I don't think they're designed to be great revenue generators. If fans want to hang out at a game at a time when they're not doing anything and shoot the breeze and watch what's really a glorified scrimmage that's fine. I wouldn't fret over that. But once the team gets several games into the season, we should start seeing noticeably better competition that looks good on our RPI. That's where we should be paying attention to fan turn out and how strong our competition is. Joining the MWC should be a serious step up in the level of Conference play. It'll be interesting if the Mountain West can bring in Grand Canyon U. to the Conference. That should be a step up, too. With all the realignment, the MWC may be taking a step down in football, but should be about the same in basketball, especially if they do get Grand Canyon. What do you think?
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