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OT: Sun Bowl

kickballpro
FiliUTEP said:
Someone needs to make the Sun Bowl great again. Is there anything Sun Bowl can do to make the players play??
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If the first round of the playoffs go to Bowl Games in the future, which the Bowls are fighting for, the Sun Bowl could get in on that.

Otherwise you still have a lot of Bowl Eligible Teams. But the Portal and early draft entry has ruined the Spirit of the Bowl Games.

I don’t know of any Bowl Game will be great again if they are not part of the playoffs.
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Tarteton State

kickballpro
KaneFan29 said:
You are mistaken. Tarleton has lots of money and does not need money games to fund their programs. They’re building a new arena and are willing to move up to FBS, but they lack an invite. Not sure why their team plays against so many Power programs, but it’s not to keep their department alive like Jackson St and other HBCUs
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I didn’t know that. Just going off of what Joe Golding and Jon Teicher said on the Coaches Show.
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Tarteton State

MineroFanatico
KaneFan29 said:
You are mistaken. Tarleton has lots of money and does not need money games to fund their programs. They’re building a new arena and are willing to move up to FBS, but they lack an invite. Not sure why their team plays against so many Power programs, but it’s not to keep their department alive like Jackson St and other HBCUs
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Yeah. They have that steady allowance handed down from big brother, A&M.
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Tarteton State

KaneFan29
kickballpro said:
Like Tarleton, they fund their program with money games.
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You are mistaken. Tarleton has lots of money and does not need money games to fund their programs. They’re building a new arena and are willing to move up to FBS, but they lack an invite. Not sure why their team plays against so many Power programs, but it’s not to keep their department alive like Jackson St and other HBCUs
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Tarteton State

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kickballpro said:
We are going to see Jackson State this week. They haven’t played a Home Game yet and are winless. Like Tarleton, they find their program with money games.

Looking ahead, Yale/Akron will be a test but the La Tech game to open conference play will be critical. CUSA is pretty balanced.
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Liberty is looking like a legit at large team if they keep it up, but other than that I think United stacks up with anyone if we can put it together finally.
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UTEP ticket office

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FiliUTEP said:
Speaking of tickets and attendance. What is wrong with El Paso?? Golding has a good team and Haskins Center is empty . I hope attendance picks up when Utep is back in the Mountain West?? The Sun Bowl Tournament has some good quality Mid Majors, if Utep makes the championship game there should at least be 8k. Where are those volleyball ball fans that were packing the memorial gym??
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The Golding teams have been mainly boring/frustrating to watch and haven't been winning (this years team is probably the most fun to watch since Year 1 of Golding). The lack of winning is a big reason. Monday night game competing against working people, parents, and Monday Night Football. The games being on ESPN+ has its effects as well, although ESPN+ sucks. To go to a game is pretty pricey to some people (although you can buy cheap seats and move up). And it's not like UTEP is playing familiar teams. The home schedule has sucked this year. All of this put together, only the die hards will come out. When you go almost 15 years without an NCAA appearance, it starts having an impact on attendance. And even with this, UTEP is still among the attendance leaders in CUSA.

All this can change with winning though. And i really hope this season and next builds momentum going into the MWC. I don't think Golding has the recruiting chops to do it, but hopefully he can prove me wrong.
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UTEP Basketball game parking

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Minerinciter said:
If Jim Senter and the athletic department wants to create a better relationship with the fans, they need to remake the private parking lot pavement and better lighting.
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Asking Jim Senter and the athletic department to re-pave the parking lot and buy new lighting is like asking Scotty Walden to approve new carpeting in UGLC and begin renovations for new classrooms
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UTEP ticket office

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These UTEP student bodies DGAF about athletics!

Back in my day we’d have to skip class to stand in line at the old ticket office! Use your Miner ID and we were set!

If Broaddus redid he student body/athletics survey from years back, he would find the same or worse results - the students don’t care. And who could blame them, with a slow to act athletic department and under performing teams!

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