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Den / Re: OPT: UTEP vs Jacksonville St Sat Feb 22
« Last post by Miner91 on February 22, 2025, 05:05:37 AM »Miners 72
JSU 66
JSU 66
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Den / Re: OPT: UTEP vs Jacksonville St Sat Feb 22
« Last post by Austintacious on February 22, 2025, 05:04:58 AM »UTEP Opp NAME
66 60 MinerInWisconsin
72 69 ATL-Miner
74 71 Austintacious
113 63 zyxwvutsru
66 60 MinerInWisconsin
72 69 ATL-Miner
74 71 Austintacious
113 63 zyxwvutsru
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Den / Re: OPT: UTEP vs Jacksonville St Sat Feb 22
« Last post by MinerInWisconsin on February 21, 2025, 12:18:46 PM »Bad starts kill the Miners. Hopefully they start well on Saturday.
UTEP 66 Jax St 60
UTEP 66 Jax St 60
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Den / OPT: UTEP vs Jacksonville St Sat Feb 22
« Last post by ATL-Miner on February 21, 2025, 06:28:34 AM »UTEP 72
J St 69
Must win for any momentum and confidence going into Conf tournament. Trending in the wrong direction but picking with my orange colored glasses.
J St 69
Must win for any momentum and confidence going into Conf tournament. Trending in the wrong direction but picking with my orange colored glasses.
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Den / ATL-Miner Wins the Kennesaw OPT 02/20/25
« Last post by Austintacious on February 21, 2025, 04:04:24 AM »UTEP 73 - 83 Kennesaw State
Next: Jax St, 02/22/25, 3 pm MT
TV: ESPN+ Radio: 600 am
UTEP Opp NAME Differential
73 76 ATL-Miner 7
73 71 Austintacious 12
72 66 Miner91 18
70 65 kyyote 21
69 61 Minermojo 26
66 60 MinerInWisconsin 30
113 63 zyxwvutsru 60
Next: Jax St, 02/22/25, 3 pm MT
TV: ESPN+ Radio: 600 am
UTEP Opp NAME Differential
73 76 ATL-Miner 7
73 71 Austintacious 12
72 66 Miner91 18
70 65 kyyote 21
69 61 Minermojo 26
66 60 MinerInWisconsin 30
113 63 zyxwvutsru 60
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Den / Re: OPT: @ Kennesaw St, Thursday, 02/20/2025
« Last post by ATL-Miner on February 20, 2025, 06:23:19 AM »Kennesaw St 76
UTEP 73
UTEP 73
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Den / Re: UTEP 2025 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
« Last post by SisyphusMiner on February 19, 2025, 08:02:31 AM »I think the main question is on the recruiting. Are these players as good on turf as they are on paper? How soon will they be ready to play?
Coaching definitely makes a difference, but it can't overcome really poor players. Haskins had teams with losing records in the 70s. He didn't just forget how to coach during those years. Haskins was probably good for 5 wins more than his players were capable of on their own.
On the other hand, I'd speculate that if you took one of the top 5 teams in the country and placed them in CUSA with a horrible coach they'd still win conference. Given the range of talent in CUSA, a good coach might win 2-3 more games than his talent, and a bad coach might lose 2-3 more games (football).
What I'm saying here is that a 6-6 team talent-wise might have 4 wins with a bad coach and 8 with a good coach.
So if we have the top talent in the conference by a significant margin, which we may not in '25 due to them being young, but should have in '26 and beyond, we ought to be bowl eligible every year regardless of the coaches. There's a lot of IFs here, but its better than continuing to stare into the abyss. Basketball is a different story.
Coaching definitely makes a difference, but it can't overcome really poor players. Haskins had teams with losing records in the 70s. He didn't just forget how to coach during those years. Haskins was probably good for 5 wins more than his players were capable of on their own.
On the other hand, I'd speculate that if you took one of the top 5 teams in the country and placed them in CUSA with a horrible coach they'd still win conference. Given the range of talent in CUSA, a good coach might win 2-3 more games than his talent, and a bad coach might lose 2-3 more games (football).
What I'm saying here is that a 6-6 team talent-wise might have 4 wins with a bad coach and 8 with a good coach.
So if we have the top talent in the conference by a significant margin, which we may not in '25 due to them being young, but should have in '26 and beyond, we ought to be bowl eligible every year regardless of the coaches. There's a lot of IFs here, but its better than continuing to stare into the abyss. Basketball is a different story.
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Den / Re: UTEP 2025 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
« Last post by MinerInWisconsin on February 19, 2025, 07:14:02 AM »Rumor now that the Cowboys will be hiring JJ Clark, our DC, as a defensive assistant. He has been a bright spot on the coaching staff, IMO, considering the inefficient offense left the defense on the field way too much.
JJ Clark?s replacement, our new DC, is Bobby Daly, Montana St DC. Had a very good defense there but was the DC at MSU for 1 year and LB coach for 5 years. So the Miners head into the 2025 season with 2 new coordinators. Hope it works out well.
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Den / Re: OPT: @ Kennesaw St, Thursday, 02/20/2025
« Last post by Austintacious on February 19, 2025, 04:56:22 AM »UTEP Opp NAME
66 60 MinerInWisconsin
69 61 Minermojo
70 65 kyyote
72 66 Miner91
73 71 Austintacious
113 63 zyxwvutsru
66 60 MinerInWisconsin
69 61 Minermojo
70 65 kyyote
72 66 Miner91
73 71 Austintacious
113 63 zyxwvutsru
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Den / Re: OPT: @ Kennesaw St, Thursday, 02/20/2025
« Last post by Miner91 on February 18, 2025, 04:37:16 PM »Miners 72
KSU 66
KSU 66