Watched highlights of the CUSA game last night. Looked like a fun game to be at. Crowd was loud, alot of scoring and went down to the wire. I can't be mad at UTSA for doing what's best for their program and moving to AAC. I lived in SA as well and went to some games. To see where they have come in a short time is crazy! Makes me upset UTEP can't get to this level! I hope we can get a Bowl win and get some momentum going into next year though. I'd love to see the Sun Bowl host a CUSA Conference Champion Game, before these teams leave, but I know that's just dreaming.
UTSA CUSA Champs
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40k for a 11 win team in the CUSA champ game, apparently one of the better crowd for CUSA. Still think if the tables were turn, UTEP would have had a better crowd with half the population. I hope UTSA sputters, from here on out ! Go Miners! 😂
UTSA has left us in the dust. They are doing very well considering they are “ behind the curve”. It’s a tough pill to swallow seeing the success they are having and the facilities they are building. Congrats to them.
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Still jealous we didn't get Lisa Campos 😪
Same. 40k for a championship game is laughable but they seem so proud. If we could ever host one I have no doubt in my mind that it would sell out. I hope BYU steamrolls them. Their fans are annoying, they're leaving the conference, and I'm not congratulating them
What was the attendance for the UTSA game 4 weeks ago? They were in the Top 25 and UTEP could have still won the division.
Yep. The butthurt is strong amongst some (nobody in particular).
Without being disparaging to UTEP at all, what UTSA has done is admirable. Up to this point, we can only dream of such success and 40K crowds. Hopefully we get to know what that’s like.
Maybe. But to call someone else’s 40k “laughable”, is actually laughable. That crowd was probably the biggest CUSA championship crowd in a long time. And like I pointed out, UTEP didn’t come close to it, hosting a Top 25 team on national television.
My point on the attendance is that we got 30k to come watch a UTEP team that many of us still don't believe in. Yes, we have shown improvement but we believe we won because of our schedule. UTSA has known all year that they had a good team while many of us here still aren't convinced UTEP is a good team. I'm pretty sure that our 30k attendance game was one of the top 3 or 4 attended games in CUSA all year long despite us finishing in the middle of the league and not being convinced our team is good.
Nobody is claiming to have said that UTEP came close to hosting a championship game. All. Saying is if we did we would have had a sellout and if we were ranked all year long we would have averaged close 40k in the regular season.
Nobody is claiming to have said that UTEP came close to hosting a championship game. All. Saying is if we did we would have had a sellout and if we were ranked all year long we would have averaged close 40k in the regular season.
UTEP football missed its window in the early to mid 2000's. Unless a multi millionaire with pull comes riding in on his orange donkey and transforms UTEP athletics, we are done. It's not going to change.
Plus, we need leadership that prioritizes athletics like other universities. Successful academics and athletic programs don't need to be mutually exclusive. A first step could be to set up a NIL program for the athletes.
University of Texas Supporters Launch Eight-Figure NIL Program
The collective has secured an initial commitment of $10 million for Texas NIL activities with the goal of becoming the largest dedicated fund in the country.
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Couldn’t have said it any better.Plus, we need leadership that prioritizes athletics like other universities. Successful academics and athletic programs don't need to be mutually exclusive. A first step could be to set up a NIL program for the athletes.
University of Texas Supporters Launch Eight-Figure NIL Program
The collective has secured an initial commitment of $10 million for Texas NIL activities with the goal of becoming the largest dedicated fund in the country.
We will never know this until we actually host a CUSA championship game in the Sun Bowl. Shoulda , woulda , couldas mean nothing. If they did, everyone would be remarkable.
We may not want to admit it but most posters on here envy their success, me included. Add them to the dozens of schools that have UTEP in the dust the last 20 years. The mediocre status quo at UTEP will continue until the administration makes their athletic programs a priority.
PAY ATTENTION SENTER-WILSON!
YOUR TALK IS CHEAP!!!
You can only leech on the ‘66 championship so much. 😜
PAY ATTENTION SENTER-WILSON!
YOUR TALK IS CHEAP!!!
Inaccurate! UTEP has wealthy alum's probably more than UTSA. UTEP is a much older University and even though you're probably thinking of the poor local kids who attend from MX and the area. UTEP has very wealthy Alumni. Now will they fork out the cash as donors to make the improvements UTEP needs, who knows.
No one gives two sh!ts about UTSA here in San Antonio. 40000 is sh!t for a city this big. What most of the sh!ts living here care about is their heroin, oxy, meth, or xanax. F**k UTSA.
That’s exactly what I was saying “ must be willing to fork out the money. “ Doesn’t appear that they are winning.
