To me the opponents are a lesser point than the lack of winning. Most of us don't go to games to see the other team, we go to see our team. If we are winning constantly we would get 7-8k to watch Timbuktu State play UTEP. It's what this city used to do and still can do. Obviously, bringing big names helps attendance but the reality is that it's not going to happen consistently. Winning solves all our problems.
But it does matter. Who wants to see NNMU on Saturday? I would bet if Tarleton St was the opponent on Saturday, there would be a lot more interest in the game. Season ticket purchases would be higher if UNM, BYU, Utah, and Fresno St were the opponents instead of FIU, Liberty, Sam Houston, Kennesaw St, and MTSU.
I doubt it'll hit the same way for the newer generation (2005 grads onward, when we left the WAC) than it would for the older, but we'll see. It'll be a nice change for sure.
Those days are long gone. We will never have that type of schedule again. Yes, a D1 would attract more than NNMU but I still think winning constantly would do more to the attendance. When I say consistently, I mean years not a year. It's the only real way to build a fan base.
Yeah because the name is everything. You can’t make a movie with Jennifer Aniston and then replace her with Jamie Lynn Spears for the next one and expect people to keep going. That’s essentially what UTEP has been doing.
Welp some people think it's ridiculous to reply to every post. To reach their own though.
Don't do military night and face backlash. Except it or not, El Paso is a military town. Fort Bliss and most of your older generation tio's and grandpacito served in the Marines.
Oh yeah, I bet all the soldiers would cause an uproar if military night was canceled!
It’s just lazy. No imagination. A real promoter would be running a special on tickets and concessions to get people out to the game on Saturday. Senter doesn’t care about fans. He would rather see 2,000 people that paid full price for tickets and concessions than get more people in there.
We won't be leading MWC. I won't accept that this is the best we can do.
Military night for football or basketball means absolutely nothing. Fort Bliss soldiers do not support UTEP.
UTEP just seems content being 2nd or 3rd rate…everything. From ADs to coaches to broadcasts to marketing. It just settles for the most mediocre of fvckng damn near everything.
That’s right. The young guys stationed here from Georgia and South Carolina, don’t give two shits about UTEP vs FIU. They might check it out once, but it’s so very few, it doesn’t really matter.
Great Point! If this team can win consistently and go to NCAA and NITs in the MWC with those teams coming to the Don this number easily jumps to 6K-7K avg
Find another way to pay the bills/salaries on a ticket price rate from 10-15 years ago then.
I wont get excited about Bynum. He will be gone after this year. He is going to go get paid from NIL money. A big school will come and scoop him up.
So there is no military night. They are included with first responders. Where is the outrage by the military community that you predicted????
That’s the case with every college player in football or basketball. We must enjoy the players on the field or court, cause next year they are gone.
