I recently wrote that UTEP Athletics is in the worst shape I have seen it since I enrolled in 1982. Since I am prone to hyperbole, I figured I would see if I wasn’t just shooting off my mouth. I went to the archives and entered the numbers into a spread sheet so that I could make some graphs. Visuals can be helpful. I actually went back to 1914 for football and 1947 for basketball which is where UTEP began their records in the archives just for a complete view of the historical records for those sports for added context.
It is difficult to see individual seasons but it does make it pretty easy to see that the football team has been horrible for most of the years since 1982(blue line indicates wins). If we look carefully at the football wins we can see that this isn’t the first time we have hit rock bottom. The key is looking at the basketball corresponding wins at the same time.
The chart above shows that the beginning of the century looked pretty bleak. Football was just a tad better that the past season and basketball was all the way down to six wins. So, with the season starting out 1 and 6 we can only wait and see. But right now, as of today, if things continue as they have for the rest of the season, this will beat it out for the worst since 1982.
Here are two more graphs for you. They represent the percent of the season the wins and losses represent. By the way, this also happens to be pretty much the same time period that Dr. Natalicio has been the President at UTEP. The overall picture tells you what you need to know about her commitment to fixing the problem. There is none. She has been pretty consistent. If someone can win some games, well good deal. If they don’t, well that’s the way it goes.
