dtd Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Not sure if UTEP is strategically the best move, but it's certainly the most feel good move. Love to see the MW staying with regional rivals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe from Wyo Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 5:22 PM, sean327 said: I remember the days in the old WAC when the Lobos and Miners went at it. The fan bases did not like each other at all. I'm happy to have UTEP back with us, and I'm going to give them a honeymoon period of now until 2026 when all bets are off and old hatreds come back🤣🤣 This is a great thing for UNM. We get a traditional rival back. It's been a long time since a conference game meant a little more. Now let's drop all this Tarleton St crap and go get NMSU! My old man went to NMSU for grad school. I’d love to see them added. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of a gun Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 UTEP was an easy move on multiple levels. Not only do they add an old rivalry back for UNM, but they've been wanting to join the MWC for some time now. Being FBS, in the region, long history with real Front Range schools, they made sense. Yeah, they don't really open the Texas market, but it does raise the conference numbers with relative ease. Its after UTEP that things are gonna be a headache. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe from Wyo Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 7:25 PM, son of a gun said: UTEP was an easy move on multiple levels. Not only do they add an old rivalry back for UNM, but they've been wanting to join the MWC for some time now. Being FBS, in the region, long history with real Front Range schools, they made sense. Yeah, they don't really open the Texas market, but it does raise the conference numbers with relative ease. Its after UTEP that things are gonna be a headache. I think NMSU or Hawaii as a full member would be easy enough. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Miner Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Miner fan here. Thank you all for the warm welcome! UTEP fans are very excited to be joining the MWC. We’ve been trying to reunite with our old friends/rivals for many years and it’s finally happening. We look forward to reigniting our rivalry and can’t wait till 2026! Go MWC!!! 8 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTanked Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 8:16 PM, Gold Miner said: Miner fan here. Thank you all for the warm welcome! UTEP fans are very excited to be joining the MWC. We’ve been trying to reunite with our old friends/rivals for many years and it’s finally happening. We look forward to reigniting our rivalry and can’t wait till 2026! Go MWC!!! Welcome! Tell your friends about this place. We are all a weird family here and you will find many WAC brethern from days long past. Utah, BYU and a few TCU fans not to mention all current and recently former MWC fans. It's the place to be and all are welcome. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Up Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 10:05 PM, SharkTanked said: It's the place to be and all are welcome. Especially yer mothers! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTanked Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 9:17 PM, Cowboy Up said: Especially yer mothers! BSU still here so donkey shows still on the menu. Not to mention lot lizards. Sheep still petrified of this forum for many obvious reasons. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mundyc3 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Welcome UTEP fans! Always thought this was the right conference for the university, sad it took this long. No offense to SJSU, but I felt UTEP should have been in over SJSU. Better facilties, larger fan base, better fit. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CougarFrog Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 9:24 PM, mundyc3 said: Welcome UTEP fans! Always thought this was the right conference for the university, sad it took this long. No offense to SJSU, but I felt UTEP should have been in over SJSU. Better facilties, larger fan base, better fit. X 1,000. I am so happy for this move. It really sucks it took so long. May NM and UTEP never be separated again. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTEPDude Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Thanks guys for the warm welcome. I used to be against joining the MWC when we joined CUSA about 20 years ago, out of hard feelings from being left behind. Once we were left behind again in CUSA some years back, I started warming up to the idea of joining our old rivals and let bygones be bygones. I grew up as a kid watching UTEP games against WAC schools and those memories made me wish we were back with these schools. I'm sure most UTEP fans are excited to be playing with our old WAC rivals again. Nothing against Jacksonville St., Kennesaw St., Delaware, and several other CUSA schools but they really don't excite our fans and I'm sure its vice versa for them so I'm happy as hell that we are finally going back home where we belong. I'm sure I'll go back to hating UNM and all you other guys here but for now I want to thank this conference for taking us in. BTW I'm hoping we can get NMSU to join us in this conference, I would hate to see them get stuck in CUSA. 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTanked Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 10:43 PM, UTEPDude said: Thanks guys for the warm welcome. I used to be against joining the MWC when we joined CUSA about 20 years ago, out of hard feelings from being left behind. Once we were left behind again in CUSA some years back, I started warming up to the idea of joining our old rivals and let bygones be bygones. I grew up as a kid watching UTEP games against our old WAC rivals and those memories made me wish we were back with these schools. I'm sure most UTEP fans are excited to be playing with our old WAC rivals again. Nothing against Jacksonville St., Kennesaw St., Delaware, and several other CUSA schools but they really don't excite our fans and I'm sure its vice versa for them so I'm happy as hell that we are finally going back home where we belong. I'm sure I'll go back to hating UNM and all you other guys here but for now I want to thank this conference for taking us in. BTW I'm hoping we can get NMSU to join us in this conference, I would hate to see them get left behind in CUSA. Hatred is a feature, not a bug. Easy to understand. If you have read the threads here about what has gone down, there are alot of emotions involved. And there will be even more in the next decade. But the bottom line is you are here and we in the current MWC are glad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idkk Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 9:24 PM, mundyc3 said: Welcome UTEP fans! Always thought this was the right conference for the university, sad it took this long. No offense to SJSU, but I felt UTEP should have been in over SJSU. Better facilties, larger fan base, better fit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4UNLV Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 6:57 PM, KingSpartan said: How can you sit through trash TV? Have you checked out the Penguin? It's really good. Skipped right past the sheep, did ya? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWspartan Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 On 10/1/2024 at 7:15 PM, Joe from Wyo said: My old man went to NMSU for grad school. I’d love to see them added. My old man went to Iwo Jima for baptism by artillery fire school and I'd also love to see them added. Out with the USU Aggies and in with the NMSU Aggies. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mundyc3 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 On 10/1/2024 at 11:03 PM, idkk said: I said no offense. 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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