Maybe if we beat Boise tonight (in which case we'll also beat New Mexico), that would turn some heads in the MWC.
Correct. The typical UTEP fan will attend the games whether FIU or Tarleton St is the opponent. Nobody is attending a UTEP game to see FIU, FAU, Middle Tennessee, or Old Dominion. Once Memphis, Houston, and SMU left, conference opponents just became interchangeable.
MW has invited once or twice, have they not? Utah State took UTEP's slot when Natalicio wouldn't approve the million dollar CUSA clause to leave, right? (Uncle Bob was still AD)
Back then, UTEP had upside and wasn’t the bottom feeder we are now. Moving to CUSA at the time, was absolutely the right call. Once we got there though, that’s when UTEP was content with mediocrity and didn’t push their athletics department like Houston, SMU, and UCF.
I have never seen any solid evidence of that happening, but it has certainly been a persistent rumor on these boards. I think there was one article where Kap referred to the rumor but, even there, it was reported as rumor, and that's the only evidence in print that I have seen anywhere.
We'll eventually end up in the same conference with NMSU. That was suppose to happen when NMSU joined the WAC, just before UTEP bolted to C-USA.
And we all know how well Oliver Luck managed the XFL into the premier football league in North American, surpassing the NFL.
