It is just sad that UTEP lost the game last night for many reasons.
First, they get everyone to believe in the team. They sell out the Don for the first time in years. The excitement is in the air, and Miner fans have something to look forward, and they not only lose, they get beat down. A close loss and I would have been disappointed, but this is way more than disappointment.
Kane made a statement a day after the Miner Women Volleyball team choked away an NCAA tournament game being up 2 sets to none, and losing 3 in row, saying "Typical UTEP".
It just seems that he is right. I can't remember when any of the teams came through with a win they were not supposed to have. Louisville is an example of coming up short. We can name a bunch of basketball games where they came up short or just flat out layed an egg. The football team for the last few years, even when they had a decent team would drop that game that tested them. The Bowl games are always losses.
I am a UTEP fan, and it just kills me year after year. You want to believe, and of course support the team, but they seem to always choke or do what they did last night when the opportunity is there to finally get over the hump. This is all sports.
What is the solution? Some will say just keep blindly supporting the team year after year and I am guessing pray for a miracle change. Obviously that is not the solution, and attacking the ones that say anything else is one of the problems. I have said the Cowboy fans that do that are the issue because Jerry can just continue to do the same thing until the team is beyond being fixable.
I just am tired of always coming up short in any meaningful game in all sports. The loss last night just confirmed it again, and it does irreparable damage because it takes years to build up the backing of the team, and that kind of loss loses it in a second. Fans not supporting anymore and not coming to games is too damaging for the program. I don't want that, but change has to happen.
