[Sly Fox]

University of Texas - El Paso
El Paso, Texas


UTEP Football Official Site



Scotty Walden
1st Season as UTEP Head Coach


2024 Schedule/Results

Aug 31 - @ Nebraska ................................................... L 7-40
Sep 07 - Southern Utah .............................................. L 24-27 in OT
Sep 14 - @ Liberty (ESPN+) ......................................... 6 PM ET
Sep 21 - @ Colorado State
Oct 03 - Sam Houston
Oct 10 - @ WKU
Oct 16 - FIU
Oct 22 - @ LA Tech
Nov 02 - MTSU
Nov 09 - Kennesaw State
Nov 23 - @ Tennessee
Nov 30 - @ NM State

[Kricket]

Not the best case for us with them coming off a loss from Southern Utah. Anything short of a huge blowout won’t look good for us.

[olldflame]

Liberty and UTEP are averaging a combined 223.5 penalty yards per game. We are dead last in FBS with 124.5. They are 4 spots above us.

[LCA&LU Mom]

We are dead last in FBS with 124.5.

One of the most embarrassing stats I’ve ever seen

[JK37]

I can’t imagine a world where HCJC doesn’t address this somehow.

[olldflame]

I can imagine a world where HCJC doesn’t address this somehow.

Did you mean to say you can't?

I couldn't say what the actual numbers were, but my admittedly biased recollection is that when we faced his team as our hated rivals in teal and black, they had a tendency to push the limits on aggressiveness. It wasn't really an issue last year, but these 2 weeks have been horrible, and it has really hurt us. Could have easily cost us the game at Las Cruces.

[JK37]

Yes

[AATL]

There was actually an interesting ESPN article about Chadwell and his accountability culture a couple of years ago shortly before Liberty hired him. It's a good read: https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ng-players

TLDR: The previous HC at CCU was a pretty proud "no rules" guy, and there was quite a bit of tension between the staff and players when Chadwell took over during Moglia's health issues. He called a tense meeting with the players to address the culture, and the article talks about the turnaround.

[Ill flame]

https://x.com/ASeaofRed/status/18334857 ... x0NOg&s=19

If I was a betting man I would put my money on Gray. He had a terrible game and probably deserves to sit with all of the penalites he caused. Part of me thinks it wasn't a coincidence we started scoring as soon as he got ejected.

[Sly Fox]

Nearly all of their key contrubutors were playing for Coach Walden a year ago at FCS Austin Peay.

Key Players



#9 Skyler Locklear
5' 11" 195 lbs Redshirt Sophomore Quarterback - Austin Peay Transfer
Thru 2 Games: 33-of-46 (71.7%) for 410 Yards with 2 TDs & 1 INT + 19 Carries for 62 Yards with 1 Rushing TD



#4 Jevon Jackson
5' 8" 205 lbs Redshirt Junior Running Back - Austin Peay Transfer
Thru 2 Games: 30 Carries for 112 Yards (3.7 Avg) with No TDs



#5 Kam Thomas
5' 7" 184 lbs Miner Back/Receiver - Austin Peay Transfer
Thru 2 Games: 12 Catches for 170 Yards with 1 TD + 1 Punt Return for 29 Yards



#41 Dorian Hopkins
6' 0" 226 lbs Super Senior Linebacker - Tulsa Transfer
Thru 2 Games: 25 Tackles including 2 for Loss + 1 Forced Fumble & 1 Recovery



#6 Kory Chapman
5' 10" 190 lbs Senior Spur Linebacker - Austin Peay Transfer
Thru 2 Games: 23 Tackles including 2.5 for Loss

[rtb72]

https://x.com/ASeaofRed/status/18334857 ... x0NOg&s=19

If I was a betting man I would put my money on Gray. He had a terrible game and probably deserves to sit with all of the penalites he caused. Part of me thinks it wasn't a coincidence we started scoring as soon as he got ejected.

The press conference comments today gave me some peace of mind. He finally addressed the questions about why Cooley and the RPO were not used and took responsibility for the game plan. He also seems to have addressed the discipline issues with strong statements and actions.

[Sly Fox]

El Paso TV Story on Loss to FCS Southern Utah - Video

[Sly Fox]

Scotty Walden News Conference on Monday in El Paso:

[Chippy]

They had 41, 609 at their game!

[Kricket]

They had 41, 609 at their game!

That’s wild. Playing and losing to an FCS squad no less.

[Sly Fox]

They even were marketing to Juarez to run up that attendance figure. In retrospect, it backfired as the entire community has instantly given up on the program for now. They assumed that they would slaughter a mediocre to weak FCS program in front of a huge crowd to build momentum for the Scotty Walden era after the mediocrity and malaise of the Dimel years. Whoops.

[alabama24]

UTEP should be sent back to the Miners.

[olldflame]

https://x.com/ASeaofRed/status/18334857 ... x0NOg&s=19

If I was a betting man I would put my money on Gray. He had a terrible game and probably deserves to sit with all of the penalites he caused. Part of me thinks it wasn't a coincidence we started scoring as soon as he got ejected.

Probably right. He is a veteran, and considered to be a team leader, so no excuse for his behavior. As far as his poor play prior to that, I think we can cut him a bit of slack, as he was injured in the Campbell game and clearly was not at 100%.

[aredd33]

Rough first few plays but we hold them to a field goal. Crowd looks great by the way.

[Ill flame]

Sucks to see Cooley hurt. There's a reason chadwell didn't want to give him the ball so much. Hopefully it's nothing that will keep him out next week against ECU.

[jbock13]

Always great when your drive stalls due to a false start caused by a clapping chant from the student section.

[Ill flame]

Always great when your drive stalls due to a false start caused by a clapping chant from the student section.

It had nothing to do with the crowd. The d line shifted and it caused the RT to jump.

[aredd33]

That roughing the passer was a little ticky tak

[aredd33]

The defense is actually playing really well.
14-3 good guys at the half.

[jmclaughlin]

Anyone else feel like or WR groups are always hurt?