There must be an explanation for his lack of performance this year. What is it? For the season he has 5 unassisted tackles and 5 assisted tackles, no sacks. He ranks 12th on the season in defensive stats. Didn’t look at last year's stats, but we all know what a monster he was and he has completely vanished this year.

Dont be alarmed 😎😎😎

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Both Bel Air and San Eli advance to the state finals just like in 2019 when they both won state titles. Good luck to both teams. San Eli appears to be extremely strong having beaten the playoff opponents 19-2. Tea? ("Tastes like hot brown water" - Ted Lasso)

Good article on where CBG has been and where's he's going. What caught my attention was the new $110 million basketball arena Tarleton is building. Says something about their fundraising apparatus that I wish UTEP had...or maybe I'm just not seeing it.

GO MINERS!

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-e...&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sharebutton

I forgot this happened.

Spray some ether in those earth movers to get them started and don't turn them off until complete!

https://kvia.com/news/2020/01/17/te...s-city-of-el-paso-victory-in-duranguito-case/

I would offer Caitlin Clark a spot on the mens team . I do think there is a possibility she could enter the transfer portal. Then when she does , she will probably get the biggest NIL deal ever. If she does enter the transfer portal, Golding should offer her. Just imagine the pub Utep would get?? But it's not just for the attention, she would instantly be the best shooter on the team. They do need a shooter. If I was Golding I would offer her .

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Isnt this where the Utep team plays??

Thanks to $500k donation:

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/s...urtside-club-thanks-gordon-family/4986077001/

Took a little break and if possible I'd like to keep this on topic. No trolling, no name calling, no insensitive comments, etc...
We are all for the most part all Utep fans that love our Miners, but aren't happy with the state of athletics. At least growing up I had a consistent UTEP Basketball team to be proud of since Football wasn't very good. Now we don't have anything really to be proud of, besides some of the less popular sports. That brings up the question. With very loyal fans who are starved for a winner in the core sports Football, Men's Basketball and women's basketball. What is the reason for our struggle over the last 30 years and continues to be a struggle? I like Golding and Coach Baker and Dimel is boring, but hasn't been the worst Football coach in history. However I don't know if any coach even if we had the money to pay a Big Time one is the answer. So what is the major problem and what can be done if anything to fix it? Some of the choices are hand and hand and need one to achieve the other. I'm just wondering if anything will be done in my lifetime to make us a consistent winner to be proud of.

Most people won't recognize the name because he played before Haskins was coaching. Al Tolen was a great guard for Texas Western in 59-61 and today his number and jersey are honored in the Don Haskins Center. RIP to a Miner great

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I'm sort of piggy-backing a recent thread as that is where I got the idea for this thread. I just wanted to hear what everyone's opinion is if they had to choose between bad and bad to see what was worse.

Three teams still alive: NCAA Elite 8 and NIT Final Four (2 teams.)

When was the last time UTEP won a bowl game?

When was the last time UTEP won an NCAA tournament game?

How do you define success? It seems like UTEP is a below average athletics program whose claim to fame is a National Championship from 50 years ago. Nothing wrong with being proud of the 1966 title, but enough is enough, can we at least shoot for a conference title? Is asking for consistent NCAA appearances with a couple of wins, too much to ask for? Can we get a top 25 ranking at least once in a blue moon? Let's keep in mind we play in CUSA, AKA Sun Belt USA, we aren't asking for much when you factor the dump of a conference we play in. Enough with the mediocrity, time to make some changes.

This post was edited on 3/1 1:30 AM by Nugget 07

Interesting

Before someone complains about the fact that the Men's Basketball schedule has been out for a while now, and that the statute of limitations has passed for complaining about it, let me offer my mea culpa. Still, having the bad taste of posting an OPT for a Div III team fresh in my mouth, I wanted to complain about our abysmal OOC schedule, especially the home portion of said schedule. We play a total of three attractive teams OOC: Texas, DePaul, and NMSU. The last of these we play at least twice, possibly three times, and does anyone else think that the possible third game is overkill? Other than the Aggies once (and possibly twice) at home, we don't have any attractive OOC home games. Sul Ross St? Alcorn St? A&M Corpus Christi? CS Bakersfield? NC A&T? What Miner fan circled any of these dates on their calendar?

I get that you can't schedule too many P5 teams, both because of the likelihood that we lose to them, and the fact that they will want a home game rather than coming to the Don. But we played UNM in the Pit last year. Why aren't they playing in the DHC this year? Why can't we schedule some home and homes with some other MWC teams? Or AAC teams? Or other decent G5 teams? And why have anyone that is not Div I on our schedule?

The schedule as is will only bring out the die hards. We need to grow new fans, and to do that we need to do two things:
1. Bring in some attractive teams for the fans to watch, and
2. Beat them.

As I'm addicted to Miner athletics I'll still watch these games, like many of us, but we're the exception. And it's more fun watdhing the games when we play against a quality opponent.

Let's play AD.

Abeline Christian hired a fast-rising football coach in Adam Dorrel:

http://acusports.com/news/2016/12/19/dorrel-introduced-as-wildcats-new-football-coach.aspx

They're out there -- who you gonna go get for basketball and/or football?

I think I heard there is only one true freshman who gets quality minutes in the Final four?

Someone try and explain to me what are the benefits of a college coach to recruit a high school senior? If college coaches want to win now, I would stay away from recruiting high school freshman. The transfer portal is the way to go.

Full disclosure. I am a North Texas grad and a big fan, but I have lived in El Paso for quite a while, and all of my children have either graduated from or are attending UTEP. I cheer for the Miners, except when they play the Mean Green.

No matter how bad things seem, I don't recall a time when the fanbase was less optimistic. Is the general feeling that Dimmel has maxed out what he can do? From the outside looking in, it does not seem UTEP is making the moves necessary from the athletic director level to turn things around.

I'm probably a tad off and things keep ever changing in College Athletics, but here's a prediction of where UTEP lands in 2025.

2022 Football Bowl Win avg 30,000+ attendance
2023-2024 season Golding takes UTEP Basketball back to the Dance

2025 New Conference for UTEP

MWC New 12 Team Football/10 Team Basketball League after SDSU, Fresno St, Colorado St. and Boise St. move to greener pastures.

UNM
NMSU
Utep
La Tech
Wyoming
Air Force
San Jose St.
Nevada
UNLV
Utah St.
Hawaii (Football Only)
***N. Dakota St *** (Football Only)
*** FCS Expansion Team
All things considered, it'd probably be right behind AAC as far as Football and a possible 2 bid league in Basketball. This is obviously a bit of a reach, but maybe not as much of a reach as it once was.