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Same amount as the Hunt Family

Texas RB Bijan Robinson Lands Lamborghini NIL Deal​

BYU football​

NIL deal: $136,000 … plus tuitions​

This is an example of a university’s athletic program thinking outside the box. In a deal with Built Bar, all 136 Brigham Young football players — that’s scholarship players AND walk-ons — can earn up to $1,000 as brand ambassadors.
Oh, and the deal also pays for the tuition for all walk-ons.

Texas offensive linemen​

NIL deal: $800,000

A non-profit entity will give $50,000 to each of 16 Texas offensive linemen on scholarship, with the twist being that the players must use the funds to support charitable causes.

Unnamed college football recruit from Class of 2023​

NIL deal: $8 million

Yes, you read that right. An unnamed high school college football player has signed a deal that could pay him up to $8 million, The Athletic reported March 12. The contract reportedly will pay $350,000 right away, with escalating payments that will total $2 million per year.
The deal is the largest NIL deal ever signed by a non-professional athlete, The Athletic reported, citing two unnamed experts.

Did you guys see this? It seems like he feels slighted by the program. Thoughts? Login to view embedded media

I noticed UTEP was playing in the Western Intercollegiate golf tourney yesterday on the Golf Channel (probably a replay). Anyone know where I can get one of those UTEP golf caps?

Nah, just kidding, I don't feel bad.

Saw on Twitter that Bob Stull is retiring effective this Thursday but will stay on till a successor is named.

A few fond memories I will cherish for a lifetime from this past season:

1) An opponent drilling a three as Baylor Hebb flails with both arms about 2 seconds after the ball was released.
2) Baylor Hebb driving into the lane and getting the ball sent to the 4th row
3) Being told no way we can play Hamilton and Kalu at the same time, it creates a disadvantage, but watching the least individual creators in Hebb, Horton, Jones, Thomas and Barnes play at the same time.
4) Being up by 6 points several times and deciding to slow down and take the team out of rythm by forcing Frzier post ups, which everyone including opponents knew was coming.
5) Frazier's missed dunk, setting the tone in a blowout loss to NMSU.
6) Asking for sellouts for years and then deciding not to want to play afterall.
7) Hyping up an experienced squad all summer/fall, and then losing by 29 at Utah Valley, let me repeat, Utah Valley.
8) Going 4-5 at home in conference, including 3 straight.
9) A halftime entertainment show (Don't recall the exact game) of Paydirt Pete randomly trying to hit half-court shots, yes it wasn't planned but that was elite.
10) Knowing this team never gave up.

Who y’all got? Feels like a big time fight. Hard to pick a winner. I’ll go with a Davis decision.

I am sure many people on here have emailed both of them. Just wondering if anyone has gotten a response.

Would we be ok with UTEP jumping ship if the new MWC looked something like this? I have UNLV and Air Force leaving in this example.

New MWC:

West:

San Jose St

Nevada

Sacramento St.

Utah St.

Wyoming

Hawaii

East:

UNM

NMSU

UTEP

Texas St.

La Tech

N. Dakota St.

As a mathematician I should have recognized the numerical pattern that Golding is trying to reproduce. Last year he had a late season run where he lost five straight games. He followed that by winning the next five games. Unfortunately for Golding he started the winning streak too early: he had three games left in the regular season when he started reversing his five game game losing streak, leaving him one win short of making the NCAA Tournament.

This year he has a seven game losing streak, and he stretched it to end the season. Now when he follows last year's numerical pattern, his seven game winning streak will carry us to the Elite 8. Brilliant move. The only is that he should have began the losing streak three games earlier in order to bring us a 2nd natty. Still, no plan is perfect. Over all a brilliant move by Golding that I was just too blind to see until now.

A.I predicts three Texas teams to win NCAA title.

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Sun Bowl officials usually like to invite the small schools that were in the NCAA tournament. We can eliminate Yale and Akron since they played there this year.
So its between:

SIUE
Norfolk St
Colorado St
MCneese St
Drake
GCU
High Point
Troy
UNC WIllington
Utah ST
Omaha
Wofford

my guess will be Drake,Mcneese St, Colorado State.

Don't write anything negative about UTEP athletics specifically about the WBB pathetic program because your post will be deleted. I strictly followed the posted Forum rules but it doesn't matter because the post was deleted anyways. Sad that you can't have an opinion anymore. Freedom of speech is gone. This is a public forum but is ruled by someone who doesn't know what he or she is doing.

Congrats to the Miners on ending their seven game losing streak. The next game gets harder, however, as we go from playing the 2nd worst team in the league to playing the best team. Hoping for an upset, but I doubt that it will happen.

Liberty Liberty Liberty 83
UTEP 67

Welp! Not a chance without a Conf USA tournament championship UTEP even allows Joe Golding to coach on his last year without an extension. Since we know the extension is not coming , it’s time to start looking at who is going to take this team into the MWC.

Unfortunately will probably lose some of this group with a coaching change, but in today’s world if UTEP as an institution commits to basketball you can build it quick. I just don’t think UTEP would take a risk on a younger coach going to a new conference so look for a veteran coach.

Time to start throwing the coaching names out there isn’t it ? 🤦‍♂️

Anyone have Gregg Marshall phone number?

Seems that there are 3 different takes...at least that I've read on here. I'm just curious where we sit as a fanbase. This is not what you WANT to happen but rather what you THINK will happen.