utep2step said:

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Shoutout to all of our alumni for joining us at the spring game and showing out! ⛏️ #PicksUp | #WinTheWest

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I get that UTEP isn’t a football powerhouse but I love that Walden is reaching out to ex players and bringing them back for the Spring game. I loved that Floyd was the guy who started honoring ex BB players as well.

We're starting from zero. Great!!

nattybry said:

Fire Golding for Godsakes!!!, he’s awful at Talent evaluation Geez! 🙄

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I hear you, but the MAAC was tougher than CUSA this past year and the top half were good. MSM didn't light it up like a mid major like Drake but they were tough. I say welcome him.

KaneFan29 said:

Another blow!
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Who?

KaneFan29 said:

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I didn't know Walk ons could enter transfer portal?? I thought they could just walk off??

axingfools1 said:

I could win with better players, but its not gonna happen

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The level of talent a team has sets a baseline W/L in conference. The coach can either cause those players to win more games than their talent level or less games than their talent level. The same coach with better talent will win more games because their baseline is higher, and the opposite is true.

Haskins won in the 80s with good talent. He lost in the 70s with bad talent. In both of those cases, he won probably 5-7 more games than the average coach would have with the same talent. But even he couldn't make bad talent a conference champion.

If you gave Golding the players from Houston, he'd win conference. But if you gave him the Liberty or Mid TN players he wouldn't win conference.

KaneFan29 said:

Baylor Hebb v2.0

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Fire Golding for Godsakes!!!, he’s awful at Talent evaluation Geez! 🙄

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SisyphusMiner said:

Is it reasonable to think that Nelson’s INTs and staring down receivers is due to still learning the playbook? Or is that the orange koolaid talking?

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Could be a little of both, but too early. 100% though he shouldn’t have been expected to be ahead of Skylar or Shay in spring ball. He is literally learning a whole new playbook. Let’s see how it if he improves by fall!

JCorona said:

It’s pretty clear that no matter how the season goes, good or bad, he’s only sticking around for one year.

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That’s true. If he does well, he will go to a bigger school. If he stinks, he will go and try it at a similar or smaller school. Where they will celebrate his 5 star status and make outrageous predictions like some did here.

utep101 said:

The offense looks the same as last year. Even the same old sideline passes that would end up nowhere are still being used. I had high hopes that Malachi Nelson would make UTEP great but he looks awful. No wonder he couldn't make it at USC and Boise State. Not impressed by the QB situation and no changes to the offense. I would be surprised if UTEP breaks .500 this season.

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Why did u think Walden’s offensive would change, that’s shame on you. His offensive is his offense, period. The effectiveness of how it’s ran is what matters and will determine how the season goes. Oh and also it was spring ball and Nelson should’ve looked awful in a new offense, I don’t know if you know how football and practices work?!

spring game was OK... viewed on YouTube.
But, I have say Malachi looked the part. He just has get the timing down.
I would consider Walden's offensive type to be "the greatest show on turf."
Defense will be much better also.
going to be a great season look for 8 wins

JCorona said:

It’s pretty clear that no matter how the season goes, good or bad, he’s only sticking around for one year.

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I hope not. He’s only hurting himself going from stop to stop, and system to system

Malachi will transfer the second he is not in the plans or loses the starter job.

DBminer said:

Agree or disagree …. I think the freshman class is where you should be looking … with all this portal nonsense I think it’s harder than ever before to get a d-1 scholarship coming from high school outside your 4-5 star players …

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UTEP should be recruiting international and high school players. Fill out the roster with portal and jucos if needed.

Agree or disagree …. I think the freshman class is where you should be looking … with all this portal nonsense I think it’s harder than ever before to get a d-1 scholarship coming from high school outside your 4-5 star players …

shyminer81 said:

It's the playbook, he has an arm and can be accurate. He could have taken more NIL money (elsewhere,) I think if he sticks it out through fall, he will eventually be the starter. Let's not kid ourselves, Walden is going to have Skyler start. Smith looked good though, and I hope he gets a legit shot. Personally, I think things look much better going into year 2 with Walden. They really need to snag an experienced WR. I would be shocked to not see Nelson as the starter come conference play.

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You think? I like that Locklear is making a strong case for the job, but I wonder if Malachi was promised first crack. Ultimately if the job wasn’t promised to Malachi the job will be won/lost not in the fall and not spring ball. What I don’t want is for the QBs to platoon like they were doing last year.
But this is where I wonder if the constant transferring has hurt Malachi’s development. Changing QBs and systems the last three years may have hurt his development.