"The University of Texas wants to buy a big tract of land in Houston to expand its reach there and is backing the University of Houston to gain support in the legislature for the land purchase."
Article mentions UTEP going to the MWC would be a big win for UTEP since it offers a TV market, much, much better facilities than the WAC days, cheaper and closer travel and the old rivalry with Air Force, UNM and Wyoming. UNM and Wyo fans seem eager to have us back. Recruiting wise this could potentially back fire because they can now aggressively recruit El Paso right when El Paso high school football is on the rise and Kugler has now proven to all other recruiters there is a lot more talent here that can play FBS level football than what was previously known. They can now tell mom and dad, "Don't worry! Junior will be down here for you all to see play in his home town." Let us not forget that Jones chose UTEP over UNM just because the UNM recruiter didn't show up for mom's home cooking!
http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/sp...ealignment-could-mean-new-home-utep/87965578/
Article mentions UTEP going to the MWC would be a big win for UTEP since it offers a TV market, much, much better facilities than the WAC days, cheaper and closer travel and the old rivalry with Air Force, UNM and Wyoming. UNM and Wyo fans seem eager to have us back. Recruiting wise this could potentially back fire because they can now aggressively recruit El Paso right when El Paso high school football is on the rise and Kugler has now proven to all other recruiters there is a lot more talent here that can play FBS level football than what was previously known. They can now tell mom and dad, "Don't worry! Junior will be down here for you all to see play in his home town." Let us not forget that Jones chose UTEP over UNM just because the UNM recruiter didn't show up for mom's home cooking!
http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/sp...ealignment-could-mean-new-home-utep/87965578/