If you ask an average student on campus what they’re doing on a Saturday evening in the fall when there’s a UTEP football game going on, most would say they are doing the exact opposite of going to the game.
This tiny examination of the student body’s view on the football team brings a deeper and harsher problem that has boiled over in the athletics department.
Frankly, this is the worst place the school’s athletic department has been in for decades.
To a student, this doesn’t mean much due to the lack of student involvement in games, but what they don’t realize is that an athletic department is not just a fun incentive for the university and its community, but it’s also a necessary department that can help improve overall academics.