Super excited for Gatewood and his family. Hired on at UT only four years after graduating. I sure would like to bring back some of our former players like Fenner and Gatewood but none the less, I'm happy for the opportunities they are seeing after a playing career at UTEP.

Former UTEP Miner who played for Gary Nord back in 2004. Jahmal Fenner first made an impact at UTEP with amazing kick return ability. During an interview with John Teicher, I remember a young Fenner saying "I'm just trying to help out the team however I can." Little did we know that he would be a very good player at UTEP and later a coaching champion in the state of Texas.

Might as well start a new thread.

Tulsa just fired Montgomery. He did well considering his recruiting situation. His teams were never a soft touch. Worth a look.

If you notice on the North Entrance to the Don, 2 things

1) Banners of current and former C-USA schools are hanging, however while UTEP is the same size as all the others, WKU is probably 30% larger and featured centered among all the schools. Maybe the guy who placed the order was a WKU alum and pulled a fast one? Did Jim Senter lose a bet with WKU AD?

2) Banners still have Marshall, ODU, Southern Miss. Why not have BYU, Utah, Arizona, TCU, and Colorado State among others in that case and just show all former conference mates? Was that the intent or are we just lazy to update the banners?

Favorite
Casita Linda- This is my favorite Mexican food. The prices are very reasonable and the service is great. They have all you can eat lunch specials on Monday and Wednesday for $8.99 and a lunch special every day during the week for $7.99. I love their salsa and always eat a lot of chips when I visit. Their chili con queso burritos are my favorite and are a great value for $3.65. I highly recommend it!

Cattleman's- I'm not a fan of steaks, so I always get the steak burger with cheese. Eventhough the prices have gone up recently, it's still a good price for what you get.

Chico's Tacos- This is one those places where you either really like it or hate it. It seems like every time I go the prices go up, but I still love it. It costs about $10 for a double order, fries, and a drink, but I still enjoy it. I like getting extra cheese and it tastes even better that way. I do like the hot dogs too. Anybody ever order the hamburgers or burritos?

La Posta- I try to go there or to Dion's every time I visit Las Cruces. They are always busy, so it's best to go during the week or early on a weekend. I love their sour cream enchiladas. Their portions are big and their prices are good.

Dion's- I first had their pizza at an Albuquerque Isotopes game and I realized they had two locations in Las Cruces. It's always busy every time I go there. Their slices are big for the price you pay and their salad portions are very big.

El Paso Hot Tamales- I have been eating here for over 20 years. Their plates are $6.99 and the lunch special during the week is $5.99. I love their salsa and my favorites are the tacos and gorditas. I also like the bean and cheese burritos and get sour cream and guacamole on the side.

Overrated
Avila's- I have been to Avila's a few times and while I don't think the food is bad, I just feel like it is very overrated and there are better places to eat Mexican food. I'm also not a fan of the salsa.

Leo's- I have heard a few people say this is their favorite Mexican restaurant and I don't feel that way at all. To me it is just average Mexican food.

There are some other threads on FAU here, but no predictions so far. Had we been a mediocre FT shooting team, instead of an extremely poor one, we would be 16-3 right now, 8-0 in conference, and this game would attract a little national attention. But we suck at FT shooting, which will be our downfall yet again.

FAU 68
UTEP 66

Senter should be working with everything he has to fill the Don and give UTEP it’s best chance at beating a top 25 team. Wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to profit from this game and we see a weak attendance on Saturday.

I think there's a game tonight. All's quiet on the western front.
UTEP Scrappers 73
FIU Whatever 66

I have FIU penciled in as a W, but they did beat Charlotte by 2 at home and took FAU to overtime in a loss at their house.
FIU can easily get down by double digits and have some lopsided losses. They're 2-5 in conference and 0-6 on the road where they've some bad beat downs.
I think we'll wear them down by the second half.
UTEP 78
FIU 61

I've noticed this repeatedly on ESPN. Tonights Mavs- Hawks game for instance.
They show Dallas at -2.5, but they have Atlanta a 52.5 % favorite to win. I've seen the same thing on multiple Miners games. Is it the Vegas line vs ESPN's own contradictory pick?

Go UTEP Miners. Beat those fake miner 49ers.

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“UTEP hasn't won on the road since Feb. 19 of last year against Southern Miss, though this is one of the simpler conference road trips in terms of ease of travel.”
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If he gets the Job. You think his son follows? Did the son sign a LOI with Zags?

Dumb Dana doesn’t have much respect for his basketball coach’s brother in law. Ridiculous ranking.

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Awful

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Basically turned over his entire roster too. I guess he wasn’t good enough for Senter.