Miner_Tavo said:

I think you're giving Senter too much credit. He has proven to be sleeping at the wheel many times over his tenure and he has always somehow seemed to make the wrong decision every time he's had to make one. If UTEP does get an invite to another conference, it will certainly not be by the doing of anyone in the administration. It'll be because we're the best option out there.

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Miner_Tavo said:

I think you're giving Senter too much credit. He has proven to be sleeping at the wheel many times over his tenure and he has always somehow seemed to make the wrong decision every time he's had to make one. If UTEP does get an invite to another conference, it will certainly not be by the doing of anyone in the administration. It'll be because we're the best option out there.

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utep2step said:

There are local sports guys not sleeping trying to "scoop" the UTEP side of this story. ESPN college sports writers have Kappy's cell number and I'm sure they reach out daily, if not hourly, if he has juicy bites.

It's a story that has been lying dormant then reawakened every time during realignment. Uncle Bob had a leaky ship with personnel or staff leaking info and this site (and Kyyote's Den) was the beneficiary of such info; we got spoiled by it. Them days are over. Love or hate Senter or Wilson, UTEP has put a steel 3 inch plate on stuff getting out. It's not bomb shelter proofed, but it's holding. What Senter does do is variate his story over time, but that's after the fact. Senter is not sleeping and neither is Wilson, but we're just not going to know until the MW and PAC12 say they're done for now or "UTEP is not candidate", which the MW has done in previous years, and with relish at times, just to rub our noses in it.

The only good news is that the MW has not come out with a full throated response about UTEP not being a candidate.

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FiliUTEP said:

If Hawaii joins CUSA then I think Utep should stay. That would be a great addition. Who else can CUSA poach from the West?? Sac State and I think Idaho we would be good.

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utep2step said:

There are local sports guys not sleeping trying to "scoop" the UTEP side of this story. ESPN college sports writers have Kappy's cell number and I'm sure they reach out daily, if not hourly, if he has juicy bites.

It's a story that has been lying dormant then reawakened every time during realignment. Uncle Bob had a leaky ship with personnel or staff leaking info and this site (and Kyyote's Den) was the beneficiary of such info; we got spoiled by it. Them days are over. Love or hate Senter or Wilson, UTEP has put a steel 3 inch plate on stuff getting out. It's not bomb shelter proofed, but it's holding. What Senter does do is variate his story over time, but that's after the fact. Senter is not sleeping and neither is Wilson, but we're just not going to know until the MW and PAC12 say they're done for now or "UTEP is not candidate", which the MW has done in previous years, and with relish at times, just to rub our noses in it.

The only good news is that the MW has not come out with a full throated response about UTEP not being a candidate.

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TxRdKiller said:

No.

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Lil_Train said:

Yes. With Utah St. reportedly moving to the PAC, that means the MWC will be due somewhere in the range of $140M. For reference, the PAC's war chest is around $250M.

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FiliUTEP said:

If Hawaii joins CUSA then I think Utep should stay. That would be a great addition. Who else can CUSA poach from the West?? Sac State and I think Idaho we would be good.

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elpasoeagle said:

I know the pack has a large war chest but the mountain West is fixing to get one hell of a big payday. The mountain west receives the buyout from each team which I believe is in excess of 10 million per team and additionally the pack will have to pay a poaching penalty for each team it takes per its contractual agreement with the mountain West for the schedule arrangement

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JCorona said:

It’s actually 0-4 😅 but point noted.

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