I cover UTEP athletics for the El Paso Times. bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com, 546-6359
El Paso, Texas
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My view, 18 minutes until tipoff, for the first men's basketball regular season game at the University of Texas' Moody Center.
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UTEP just signed a volleyball player named Ha’ahulakaleikaimanapo’aikalakahikikapuiholaneikeku’ina Crisostomo. But you can just call her Hula.
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This season could end with UTEP playing 0-10 Rice and 0-11 New Mexico State in back-to-back weeks. It would be like the College Football Playoff, except in hell
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Shamad Lomax has more catches (3) than any UTEP player, which is a problem because he is a New Mexico State defensive back
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Big news for UTEP: they are picking up a grad transfer receiver from Arizona, Devaughn Cooper. He arrives Thursday. Dimel said he was a starter in spring for UA
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Here is the view. Next game in the Sun Bowl is UTEP vs. Southern Utah, maybe it will look like this, too. In fact I bet it does if UTEP is 1-0 after beating Nebraska
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Austin and Jefferson players wave toward the El Paso Children's Hospital across the street from the stadium in an end-of-first-quarter tradition at Jefferson
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That skinny kid on the right is Aaron Jones. I stole this photo from an Elmendorff. Left to right, @My_Tyme10 , @DElmendorff , Ryan Metz and @Showtyme_33
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UTEP opening 2022-23 men's basketball season at Texas on Nov. 7, the first regular-season men's game at Texas' new arena, the Moody Center
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Since December 2017, UTSA, Louisiana Tech and Stanford each have twice as many wins in Sun Bowl Stadium than UTEP
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UTEP volleyball sweeps Northwestern. After 20 straight losses against power-conference teams, UTEP beats two of them in one day. Now 5-0
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Hard to believe ending of a 71-57 victory. UTEP put in senior walk-on Isaiah Rhyanes from Andress with a minute to go. He dunked and everyone on the bench almost died of happiness.
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BTW, UTEP women clinched a No 2 seed and a bye (actually a doublebye) in the C-USA tourney with UNT’s loss to Rice
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As I type this, UTEP is playing its taped list of don’ts, including the admonition “Sit in your assigned seat. Do not leave your section.” Because they will catch you
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So FIU brought 6 cheerleaders. They have joined the UTEP cheerleaders for some reason in a show of happiness and harmony. Evidently their Miami dances translate to El Paso. The the Grinch's heart grew three sizes this day.
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UTEP student Emmanuel Korir becomes the third fastest person ever to run an indoor 800: 1:44.22
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If the UTEP men played in a conference with Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss and Rice, they’d be the champs! Hey, that’s the formula New Mexico State uses
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UTEP’s two-year starter on the defensive line, Trace Mascorro, is transferring to Sam Houston State for his junior season. He cited academics, specifically Sam Houston’s criminal justice department, as a reason.
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Word is Joe Golding is very interested in UTEP job. UTEP should act as quickly as they can on this
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UTEP 27, Boise 10, 4:25 4th: UTEP goes on a screw-you drive the likes of which hasn't been seen in years in El Paso. 13 plays, 12 runs, Rey Flores gets his first touchdown on a 3-yard run. UTEP goes 80 yards and takes 9:10 off the clock. This is a drive they can hang their hat on
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Tim Hardaway is apparently taking pictures with everyone in the Haskins Center. He’s a hard-working man
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Eastwood coach Julio Lopez gives UTEP some recruiting advice about a certain Parkland receiver
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Shay Smith with a TD run in Miners’ 27-10 loss to Texas. Every UTEP point scored by someone from El Paso County
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UTEP's opening touchdown was their fastest score since 2016 against Houston Baptist. Some fellow named Aaron Jones scored on a 39-yard run at the 13:45 mark of that one
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Undisputed highlight of the first half, former QB Ryan Metz dressed as Paydirt Pete, took off the head and proposed to his now fiancee in the end zone. So something good happened in the end zone for UTEP.
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Any bowl projection that doesn't have UTEP going to the New Mexico Bowl is nonsense. 1) That's the one bowl that really want's UTEP 2) UTEP can make a few extra bucks going there, which is the absolute driving principal of the athletic department at this point
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The fact that UTEP chose to restart football practice Friday 12/3, the New Mexico Bowl is 12/18 and the Miners are allowed 15 practices is the first thing to give pause that they are a lock for New Mexico. It seems quite likely UTEP knows where it is going to go at this point
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Three-star QB TJ Goodwin out of Cypress Falls on signing with UTEP: "Early in the process, they came up to me and broke down the film, looked at the talent I had, unlike other schools that were just piggybacking off of other schools that offered." #utepfootball
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A car wrecked right next to Glory Field during practice. Two players and a GA hopped the fence to make sure driver was OK (she was).
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UTEP had Marcus Torres’ dad Mark, the head coach at Budapest Hays, send in a video that was showed to the team. He kept referring to his son as a walkon until he said ‘for another 5 seconds.” Then he told his son he was on scholarship and the assembled team exploded
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Whatever anyone ever says about Tim Floyd, the way he called out, in all the best ways, one Bill Knight, at his closing press conference, speaks of a mountain of class. Thank you coach Floyd
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Parkland's Deion Hankins, a senior-to-be running back who had Big 12 offers, commits to UTEP. Big-time pick-up for the Miners. Huge coup
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Attendance 10,493. The lesson: 34,000 people showed up when tickets were $5, 10,000 when they cost $10. You don't need to be a math major or an economist to know what they should charge for a ticket.
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Seems Austin Peay coach Scott Walden and UNLV offensive coordinator Brennan Marion are top candidates for UTEP head coaching job
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Tragic news about Dana Dimel passing. I got to spend some time with him in July at Nate Poss's Christmas party, was great seeing him doing so well. He was a kind man and a fun one to be around.
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NHL exhibition game between Arizona Coyotes and Dallas Stars set for El Paso County Events Center on Oct. 3. The reward for winning the Hockeyville competition in 2020
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Players assembled for first practice of “fall.” It sure feels like the middle of summer
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Big news dropped from Dimel at C-USA media day: JUCO all-american defensive players Trejon Hugue (S, Cisco) and James Neal (LB, Tyler) are on board. That's huge.
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UTEP is now the best team ever to lose 19 straight games at anything. Prediction: This streak won't see the end of the year.
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All three first-half UTEP touchdowns scored by El Pasoans: Burges' Jones, Coronado's Freytag and Montwood's Redix. #eptfootball
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UTEP football will have a big event for December signing day. Dimel anticipates 10-12 signees. Didn’t do early signing day last year
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Per sources, UTEP will interview five finalists for the men's basketball job in Dallas tomorrow.
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Seems possible Locomotive could move their playoff match to Friday to Fri Nov 5 to avoid conflict with UTEP football. Nothing set yet
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If the Sun Bowl takes Stephen F. Austin, they could cue up the Rocky music and make it this David vs. Goliath game. And it would happen.
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Dimel has called out the officials. Alamodome is playing music when UTEP is at the line of scrimmage which is against the rule.
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Official attendance 31,658, second biggest of the Dimel era behind that Houston Baptist game where they had $5 tickets.
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Expecting that Pebble Hills alum Marcus Torres, featured in the El Paso Times yesterday, to be awarded the Luke Laufenberg #2
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Hey, Aaron Jones made the Packers. gnb.247sports.com/Bolt/Repor…
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