I would like to see UTEP play MWC teams more often in football (and especially in basketball), but maybe with a coach that doesn't bury his head in the ground before kickoff and can recruit players that can execute at a higher level? That would be nice. Just saying...
Agree. I like playing mountain west schools. It will nice to play them without Senter at AD and Dimel as coach.
I don’t have an issue with Dimel coaching this year. Luckily for him, last year didn’t go as planned and UTEP had an easier non-conference schedule than expected.
Like a lot of you I've been a Miner fan for a looong time. As far as I'm concerned never, ever give up. Beat the Lobos because that is now the only game that matters. I'll think about ODU later.
Why try to convince yourself of those things? They’re true.
Even the 2014 7 win team lost 55-3 to LT. I don't think anyone thought we were winning the west this year. Nothing really changes. We will struggle to achieve the lowly bar of 6 wins. We'll scratch and nail our way over teams as bad as us but will quickly be brought back to reality by programs that take football seriously.
Well of this is the standard now then I'm not too interested. I'm not expecting a national title, but we should be trying to compete for conference titles. I mean that should be a realistic goal for UTEP right. I just think our AD and current coach are going about it all wrong.
I think we already have a good idea of what Senter considers a successful program at UTEP by looking back at his contract extension of Terry. Clearly, conference championships, or even being competitive enough to be in the conversation of conference championships, are not part of Senter's criteria as part of his evaluation. To make things worse, Wilson somehow chose to reward Senter with a long term extension (with a raise). With conference realignment on the horizon, it is difficult to imagine a scenario where UTEP is even able to maintain its current status with the lack of leadership in those two critical positions.
Nothing we've done in the first 3 weeks screams west division champions. We won't play another team as good as Boise or in a hostile environment like Friday night. None of the teams in our schedule have such a good home field advantage. Maybe this team is good enough to win 4 or 5 conference games. Granted that's not a conference title but not even Price's best teams could do that. I'm not sure if we'll finish with 3 wins or more than 6 but this ass whooping at Boise doesn't determine the rest of the season.
That’s why I believe the Miners should go Independent, FCS, or drop football. If all you do is lose games and not go bowling, being in a conference doesn’t matter.
I hear ya and understand. This year he has to get better results. With last year being “different”, he should get this season to prove himself. Since he beat NMSU and BCU, he doesn’t “deserve” to be fired already.
Can't drop football, that means 85 female scholarships at a minimum are gone. Most likely if they drop football a couple other sports are going to go away on the guy side which would then mean well over a hundred females just lost scholarship opportunities. FCS is the best way to go. Fewer female scholarships will be lost and they have a chance to actually be able to compete with the facilities they already have.
As discussed you are the. Only one pushing for that.
This right here is the most accurate not rose colored glasses or We are the the worst ever take I've seen. Yes I still believe Utep will win at least 5 and fight for that 6th win for a bowl. Did we really expect more? Boise St was always goi.g to beat us, the score was inflated with turnovers, not converting red zone and a missed block in the back on the punt return. With that said they were at 1 yard line to get within 2 tds and after that interception it was all over. Looking at this for what it really is, UTEP is on track to make improvement and sniff a bowl this year and next year compete for the upper 2 or 3 of Cusa west.
If we had a better coach I would agree.
Not even a little bit. Football generates far more revenue. Look at Kansas for example. Their basketball program is substantially better than their football program, yet their football program generates more revenue because of the TV contract.
He will never understand that how well UTEP does in men’s basketball, is pretty meaningless now.
Hes gotta be 70. And when was the last time hes coached?
UTEP is going nowhere, just like NoWins, unless Dimel pulls a miracle 180. However, in 2001 and 2002 the UTEP world was bleak and the sky was falling and everyone, including myself, was biatching and complaining on here.
Should? UNM, USM, Rice and ODU all should beat the Miners too. I don’t have faith in Dimel, he will be lucky to split those wins. 4 to 5 wins tops this year, and if that happens. I hope he is let go. For heavens sake, bring in a young hungry guy who wants to pass the damn ball!
Billy did not win the WAC Tournament. He did manage a regular season co-championship with Nevada, but UTEP fell to Nevada in the WAC Tournament final.
