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UTEP vs MTSU Game Thread

No team has managed to rack up nine losses yet. We’re holding our own with a solid 1-8 record. And guess what? We’re in elite company with the only other 1-8 team, Florida State! Nothing like standing shoulder to shoulder with the best.
We would have never thought we would have been able to match FSU’s record back in mid August, yet here we are!
 
Just trying to keep things light and positive, you know? People get a bit sensitive around here when anyone dares to mention the actual state of our program.
Sounds like you forgot about our 7-6 NM Bowl participant season in 2021. It’s hard to replicate such greatness.
 
Sounds like you forgot about our 7-6 NM Bowl participant season in 2021. It’s hard to replicate such greatness.
Oh, how could that slip my mind? That iconic season that set us back three years and burned through nearly $700k! Pure genius on Senter’s part to think one 7-6 season was worth handing Dimel two extra years and a raise. Honestly, do we ever make a misstep?
 
That’s what the board is for.

But let’s be real. We wanted Dimel out, he’s out. What’s the answer? Walden is in year 1. I expected to at least win 4 games. That’s not gonna happen.

If next season it’s more of the same I’m all for putting his head on the chopping block.

Focus should be on NIL right now, and keeping our most talented players for next season.
 
That’s what the board is for.

But let’s be real. We wanted Dimel out, he’s out. What’s the answer? Walden is in year 1. I expected to at least win 4 games. That’s not gonna happen.

If next season it’s more of the same I’m all for putting his head on the chopping block.

Focus should be on NIL right now, and keeping our most talented players for next season.
We wanted Dimel out after 2019, 2020, and 2022. Senter STILL brought him back for 2023. All it did was set UTEP back another year.

Dimel inherited crappy El Paso players and stupidly did not kick most of them out. He honored all the scholarships. He didn’t have a transfer portal.

This guy has his own players. As far as I’m concerned, he has next year to get 5+ wins or he should be fired. He’s somehow worse than Dimel at offense.

Why do we always have to wait here??
 
We wanted Dimel out after 2019, 2020, and 2022. Senter STILL brought him back for 2023. All it did was set UTEP back another year.

Dimel inherited crappy El Paso players and stupidly did not kick most of them out. He honored all the scholarships. He didn’t have a transfer portal.

This guy has his own players. As far as I’m concerned, he has next year to get 5+ wins or he should be fired. He’s somehow worse than Dimel at offense.

Why do we always have to wait here??
In all my time following UTEP football, I’ve yet to see a coach succeed just because we decided to “wait and be patient.” But hey, maybe this is the one magical time patience finally pays off.
 
In all my time following UTEP football, I’ve yet to see a coach succeed just because we decided to “wait and be patient.” But hey, maybe this is the one magical time patience finally pays off.
If you're of the viewpoint that we should fire coaches after 1-2 years, then pony up that buyout $$$ and embrace the lack of any semblance of stability
 
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In all my time following UTEP football, I’ve yet to see a coach succeed just because we decided to “wait and be patient.” But hey, maybe this is the one magical time patience finally pays off.
Nord had his "five-year plan" to develop players and it did pay off in the players he left to Price.
 
If you're of the viewpoint that we should fire coaches after 1-2 years, then pony up that buyout $$$ and embrace the lack of any semblance of stability
I’m of the viewpoint that we shouldn’t be handing out contracts we can’t afford to buy out if things go south. Yes I love our stability of always finishing last…
 
I concur with the statement above. Given it was his first start, I thought he played OK. I think will be better than Skylar and Cade. Is that enough though? Maybe. Shay is transferring I would assume.

What concerns me is the offense showing no improvement. Blame the line has been the company line. But the play-calling by the guru, along with clock management, and having no fight to end half’s has been mind boggling.

We started a True Freshman at QB, and a True Freshman Coach, our record makes sense.
How about not having our top WR out there either ?
 
Soda are 6.00 for medium 6.50 large.
Attendance was bad and will be worse next week.
Scotty has a lot of learning to do after the season!
Good job, hiring a coach that may be young, but actually has been coaching for a while now... That still has "a lot" of learning to do! Terrible. Walden better give up play calling for next year... I remember early on he said " Why would I give up play calling? When it's worked, don't fix what's not broken"
 
Just saying, fans of big schools don’t accept 10-2 seasons after awhile. Here at UTEP, we continuously hear “he needs 5 seasons” every single time. That’s just to have a mediocre bowl season, not even to compete for a conference championship.
We don’t have the resources of “big schools”. Is that really the measuring stick ?
 
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