Sun Bowl renovations
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Show you what? Are you saying you never stated those things and @Dmanminer are just making things up?
I don't? You're a bandwagon fan. You just stated: " I will attend at least 1 basketball game this year. Maybe more, could be zero." and "I haven’t been to any football games this season or last though."
They didn’t paint the crumbling blue endzones this year. Hopefully they are upgrading the cracked concrete.
Concrete is bad. I have seen a number of people fall or almost fall going up and down the steps.
EP, take it easy, brother. Last UTEP game I went to was the NM bowl game two years ago. Most fans of *all* schools could be called "bandwagon" fans. The more the team(s) suck the fewer we fans show up to games.
Granted that at least in my case I don't live in EP. But EP peeps will show up when the teams play well. Football or basketball. Play well and the fans show up. Suck and we find something else to do with our very precious time.
You have an excuse because you don't live in El Paso. All @NoNCAAWinsSince1992 does is bitch and moan about everything.
There are around 4,000 loyal basketball and 10,000 football fans.
I go to the games, wins or lose. If you just show up with your team is winning, then that makes you a bandwagon fan.
They used to have a rubber warning track for years and Stull removed it when the seating was removed in sections 1, 9, 18, 25.
Walden mentioned during the press conference that they're getting a locker room upgrade soon. I wonder when that is expected to get going. Does anyone know anything?
"In a couple of weeks," some incompetent once said.
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I think the barn and led lights is what we need to make the college football playoffs.
I think because we are Miners, our indoor practice facility should be underground.
Senior project for the geology and mechanical engineering majors....free labor!!!!
I think what UTEP could really use is a Multipurpose Cultural and Performing Arts Barn. Hear me out. The football team would have it's indoor, outdoor, underground practice facility and on off days they could host events like the Monsters of Tejano tour with the proceeds going to the football NIL. It's an idea whose time may have passed.
I think every “ newcomer” should be issued a pick axe and shovel. One hour hard labor. We will have a very big hole .
That would actually be Awesome. "The Mine" 1st of ots kind, that would get headlines!
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This is what the Sun Bowl end zones and sidelines should look like instead of looking neglected.
What does this have to do with UTEP and the Sun Bowl?
It has a lot to do with the lack of amenities at all of @UTEPAthletics facilities. Right now there is no need (yet?) to replace the video boards at the Sun Bowl and DHC but they are 10 years old according to this article so it may be time for the '25- '26 season.
UTEP Spends $3.4 Million For Video Boards And Sound System
UTEP is investing $3.4 million and teaming up with Daktronics to bring state-of-the-art video displays and a new sound system to the Sun Bowl.
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2023 Missouri Tigers Stats
Previous YearRecord: 11-2 (9th of 133) (Schedule & Results)
Rank: 8th in the Final AP poll
Conference: SEC (East Division)
Conference Record: 6-2
Coach: Eli Drinkwitz (11-2)
Missouri just won the Cotton Bowl last January, have the richest tv contract (SEC) and yet they want to keep the money rolling in and not get thrown out. Maybe it is about retaining their 70,000+ fans, which UTEP needs to do for just their 20,000- 40,000 fans. Maybe WiFi needs to be installed because the cell service is so bad and the LED lighting. Will @LigaBBVAMX be okay with the field lighting that is there right now?
