A New Era, A New Rival

[Harry]

- UTEP The Miners have rich history in both football and men’s basketball. In 2011, UTSA basketball beat UTEP in an early season non-conference game. On September 21, 2013 UTSA football plays the Miners in the historic Sun Bowl. Located a short direct flight away, El Paso and San Antonio offer fans of both teams easy travel options. In the long-term, UTEP could emerge as a major rival as the two schools square off in annual competition season after season.

- North Texas Denton is a quaint community located just north of Ft Worth. With many UTSA fans located in the DFW metropolis, a regional rivalry with the Mean Green makes sense. There has not been a recent history between the two schools so only time will tell.

Read more: http://smu.scout.com/2/1305097.html

[Mean Green 93-98]

With many UTSA fans located in the DFW metropolis

I lived in the Metroplex for several years, and never met one.

[Harry]

Maybe head over to Del Frisco's on Thursday and you can meet some:

UTSA Alumni event in Dallas

DFW Chapter Planning Meeting

Thursday, July 18th, 2013
5:30-7:00 PM
Del Frisco's Grille

[UNT 90 Grad]

I lived in the Metroplex for several years, and never met one.

I used to work with one in Dallas. Before that, I really hadn't heard much of UTSA.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Maybe head over to Del Frisco's on Thursday and you can meet some:

UTSA Alumni event in Dallas

DFW Chapter Planning Meeting

Thursday, July 18th, 2013

5:30-7:00 PM

Del Frisco's Grille

I wasn't saying that they didn't exist. . . . just making a general observation that I have honestly never met one. I've known numerous Southwest and UTEP grads that were huge fans of their respective alma maters. I've always been fairly vocal about my UNT allegiance, which tends to bring out others' affiliations in conversation as well. But if I've ever known a UTSA grad, he/she never made that commonly known.

[Harry]

Gotcha! I haven't come across too many either.

Would love to know estimates of our living alumni in Houston, San Antonio and Austin.

[emmitt01]

Gotcha! I haven't come across too many either.

Would love to know estimates of our living alumni in Houston, San Antonio and Austin.

I want an estimate of the dead ones.

[drex]

For all practical purposes, dead or alive, they are very very quiet.

[ragpicker]

If I could find the clever little twinkie that came up with the term "Metroplex", I would nail him to a wall, peel his skin off in one inch strips and feed them to the fishes. God, I hate that term.

[UNTexas]

I have ten people flying in for the UTEP game. We have to beat them. I will be heckled to death if we lose. That being said, I am far more excited about UTSA being a good conference mate being in SA. Especially since we will continue to own the Tep.

[greenminer]

If I could find the clever little twinkie that came up with the term "Metroplex", I would nail him to a wall, peel his skin off in one inch strips and feed them to the fishes. God, I hate that term.

some serious negative karma in this post. What is wrong with that word?

[wardly]

UTSA has good rival in Texas State,UTEP has New Mexico State. I was hopeing we could finally establish one with Tulsa, but that door has closed,and I see no other real opportunity.

[shutter]

I have a UTSA on my street and even says they are going to show us the way. I fly the Mean Green battle flag and he says he is going to get one for UTSA. Fun.

[NT03]

Our biggest rival will become La Tech

[greenjoe]

I agree but be rivals, we need to win about 50% of the games, pack Apogee and travel well to Ruston.

GO MEAN GREEN

[UNT90]

some serious negative karma in this post. What is wrong with that word?

Associating Fort Worth in any way that links the city to Dallas is just plain wrong.

Anyone who has ever spent considerable time in both knows which one is the far better city.

Dallas = crime ridden dump.

Fort Worth = A city that is constantly working to revitalize old neighborhoods into destination areas (see Magnolia St. and the revitalized Fairmount neighborhood). Not to mention the almost complete lack of $30k millionaires that overrun the city to the east.

[Greenrex]

Our biggest rival will become La Tech

After Benford.

[oldguystudent]

Associating Fort Worth in any way that links the city to Dallas is just plain wrong.

Anyone who has ever spent considerable time in both knows which one is the far better city.

Dallas = crime ridden dump.

Fort Worth = A city that is constantly working to revitalize old neighborhoods into destination areas (see Magnolia St. and the revitalized Fairmount neighborhood). Not to mention the almost complete lack of $30k millionaires that overrun the city to the east.

While i rarely leave my little box in downtown Fort Worth, I can really tell that city council is really proactive in making the city a nice place.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Our biggest rival will become La Tech

They might be ours. . . . But I'm not sure we'll be theirs. On the C-USA board, indications are that Southern Miss and La Tech will be each other's primary rivals. UTEP and UTSA look to be getting a "big brother/little sister" rivalry going. Tulsa's leaving the conference, and I just don't see us becoming Rice's primary rival with the complete difference in athletic and academic backgrounds.

If we start regularly beating folks, all that could change though.

[SilverEagle]

They might be ours. . . . But I'm not sure we'll be theirs. On the C-USA board, indications are that Southern Miss and La Tech will be each other's primary rivals. UTEP and UTSA look to be getting a "big brother/little sister" rivalry going. Tulsa's leaving the conference, and I just don't see us becoming Rice's primary rival with the complete difference in athletic and academic backgrounds.

If we start regularly beating folks, all that could change though.

It's my belief that La Tech will gravitate toward us as a rival, because of the number of their alumni in the D/FW area, AND the number of potential new customers to be had in the D/FW area. Like them or not (I tend to fall into the not... I like LaLa better) they are good at self promotion. And the D/FW area is the best area to do that.

[ragpicker]

Associating Fort Worth in any way that links the city to Dallas is just plain wrong.

Anyone who has ever spent considerable time in both knows which one is the far better city.

Dallas = crime ridden dump.

Fort Worth = A city that is constantly working to revitalize old neighborhoods into destination areas (see Magnolia St. and the revitalized Fairmount neighborhood). Not to mention the almost complete lack of $30k millionaires that overrun the city to the east.

[/quote Good observations oldguystudent. The reasons I hate the word "metroplex" is that it is such an ugly and unpoetic term and, perhaps, because of the fact that I am a fifth generation Dallasite. I must agree, however that Ft. Worth is a great town and I always enjoy going there. It reminds me in many ways of old Austin before the traffic. It has better Jazzz clubs than Dallas and I never miss the annual Django Reinhardt festival.

[Mean Green 93-98]

It's my belief that La Tech will gravitate toward us as a rival, because of the number of their alumni in the D/FW area, AND the number of potential new customers to be had in the D/FW area. Like them or not (I tend to fall into the not... I like LaLa better) they are good at self promotion. And the D/FW area is the best area to do that.

LaTech already has an established rivalry with USM. They already consider them their #1 rival: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football#Active_rivalries

It's not quite as intense on the Southern Miss side, but they still list LaTech as one of their top 4 rivalries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles#Rivalries

Here's an article on "The Rivalry in Dixie": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalry_in_Dixie

Being in the same conference and division with them will only bump up the intensity of that rivalry.

Edited July 6, 2013 by Mean Green 93-98

[SilverEagle]

LaTech already has an established rivalry with USM. They already consider them their #1 rival: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football#Active_rivalries

It's not quite as intense on the Southern Miss side, but they still list LaTech as one of their top 4 rivalries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles#Rivalries

Here's an article on "The Rivalry in Dixie": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalry_in_Dixie

Being in the same conference and division with them will only bump up the intensity of that rivalry.

Things can quickly change. Especially when you are talking about a potentially bigger market for your product.

[ragpicker]

some serious negative karma in this post. What is wrong with that word?

A matter of taste, greenminer. You know it when you see it. Or not.

[Cougar King]

They might be ours. . . . But I'm not sure we'll be theirs. On the C-USA board, indications are that Southern Miss and La Tech will be each other's primary rivals. UTEP and UTSA look to be getting a "big brother/little sister" rivalry going. Tulsa's leaving the conference, and I just don't see us becoming Rice's primary rival with the complete difference in athletic and academic backgrounds.

If we start regularly beating folks, all that could change though.

Rice already has a primary rival and they will still be playing their 40+ year annual series for the coveted Bayou Bucket despite being in different conferences..