This really sucks, and not just for the people that contract the virus. Last week I had to tell my seniors that they may have played their last tennis match. Right now the season is still a go for April 10 but I have my doubts. It also sucks for all the seniors in my economics/government classes. They will most likely not have a prom or even get to walk across the stage at a graduation ceremony. I am in totally agreement that we need to do the things that are being done to limit exposure and keep the contraction rates down. I was seriously considering submitting for retirement after spring break but I came to realize how lucky I am to have the job that I do. Our world has changed and I am just hopeful that it is for the better and we needed this to wake up.

Sun Bowl only seats about 43k now with the ongoing renovations.

First off. Archie is a guard and not a SF. I also don't understand how people think Lathon is not good handling the ball. To date he has 8 turnovers, which is the lowest of the three guards who play extended minutes. One of the reasons he transferred from TCU was because he wanted to play guard. The key with CRT is the ability of players to defend multiple positions. This is why CRT did not like Gilyard and McGee. They were a defensive liability when they would switch on defense. Archie can defend the 1-3 spots and possibly the 4. I also wonder if CRT will use some zone defenses like Syracuse. I think with the length of this team, it would/could give other teams fits.

84-85 was my sophomore year at UTEP. We camped out for tickets to the games so that we could be on the first row. We heckled the hell out of the visiting team. I am actually ashamed of the stuff that we said. Players from the visitors often flipped us off and cussed at us. I took that as a badge of honor at the time.

Does anyone remember that I said this years team was capable of a sweet 16 run and at the very least the finals of the NIT?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1169832754181103621

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-09-09/el-paso-football-plano-texas

The stories and the videos are worth watching.

My input on HBU. To say they don't have scholarship athletes is incorrect. They do just not as many as UTEP. Their quarterback had interest from A&M, SMU, Rice and others but none of them offered and he went to HBU. Playing an FCS school in the first week is way different than later in the year. FCS schools are only allowed 63 scholarships to FBS schools 85. As far as the offensive line goes, the pass blocking was ok when HBU did not blitz. The problem was the line did not pick up the blitz packages and stunts well at all. That has to improve and I think it will. UTEP had a horrid 3rd quarter. The pick 6, the bad snap for a safety and the muffed punt on the 10 yard line led to 16 points. Take those mistakes away and UTEP wins the game by 18 points and convers the spread. We also had issues in the secondary but Ykili Ross gave me some hope. They guy has only practiced with the team for a week so communication in the secondary was an issue as well. This team is better than the teams the last 3 years and will improve. I am still expecting 4-5 wins this year.