University of Texas Rio Grande Valley In Football Feasibility Study

[Drew]

UTRGV announces football consultant group


"Amid the swaying palm trees and construction cranes that dot its rapidly expanding campus, UT-Rio Grande Valley is taking shape as a growing university.

But for all of the excitement about the institution’s new medical school and its expected enrollment explosion, one recent bit of news has helped boost interest for the school in a way that has captivated the Valley.

The announcement that UTRGV has commissioned a study on the feasibility of starting a football program has excited fans across the area, although not all are immediately embracing the concept.

UTRGV currently fields teams in eight men’s and eight women’s sports. But athletic director Chris King says even in the budding stages of the football study, he detects excitement from local fans about the possibility of a team.

“There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t hear somebody say something about football,” King said. “If somebody is from the Valley and believes in the Valley, it seems they want to see football here. I hear it every day.”"

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Already hearing rumors of them to Big12

 

[shizzle787]

If anything we need less schools at the FBS level, not more.

 

[sportsart]

Will they have their own network?

 

[Adios]

Murican college football is expanding into Mexico!

 

[B1GOSU]

A potential expansion candidate for the AAC!

 

[Adios]

A potential expansion candidate for the AAC!

Doesn't the B1G want to expand into Mexico??

 

[B1GOSU]

Doesn't the B1G want to expand into Mexico??

No AAU schools! Canada on the other hand..........

 

[SAMCRO]

Rutgers already has UTRGV penciled in for their home opener in 2019.

 

[dayooper]

Rutgers already has UTRGV penciled in for their home opener in 2019.

Nope, it's a road game. They want to play in front of those Texas recruits.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

UTRGV announces football consultant group


"Amid the swaying palm trees and construction cranes that dot its rapidly expanding campus, UT-Rio Grande Valley is taking shape as a growing university.

But for all of the excitement about the institution’s new medical school and its expected enrollment explosion, one recent bit of news has helped boost interest for the school in a way that has captivated the Valley.

The announcement that UTRGV has commissioned a study on the feasibility of starting a football program has excited fans across the area, although not all are immediately embracing the concept.

UTRGV currently fields teams in eight men’s and eight women’s sports. But athletic director Chris King says even in the budding stages of the football study, he detects excitement from local fans about the possibility of a team.

“There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t hear somebody say something about football,” King said. “If somebody is from the Valley and believes in the Valley, it seems they want to see football here. I hear it every day.”"

UTRGV?? Where are they? I thought UTEP was Texas Rio Grande Vally..


Will UConn Waterbury or UConn Avery Point getting a football team? Seriously, I wish ECSU had a FB team...

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Rutgers already has UTRGV penciled in for their home opener in 2019.

And they will lose...

 

[Pudge]

UTRGV is the merger of two UT schools (Pan American & Brownsville - I think). Started life with an enrollment bigger than UConn.

This Football/Conference cartel is a snapshot of how the CFB world looked in 1990, Today, many new State Universities have explosive growth. One of the things that may just bust the whole structure: how do you lock out some very dynamic growth programs and then you keep the old traditional flops.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Murican college football is expanding into Mexico!

No great surprise a quick scan of rosters in border states and beyond reveals increasing Latino names, including a fair number of guys born in Mexico or children of Mexicans. Additionally, the NFL has a regular season game scheduled for the first time since 2005; in Ciudad de Mexico.

 

[Adios]

Tom Fears was of Mexican descent. His career started in the 1940s.

 

[NickyNewark]

Tom Fears was of Mexican descent. His career started in the 1940s.

Butch...always the historian...lol.

 

[UConnNick]

UTRGV announces football consultant group


"Amid the swaying palm trees and construction cranes that dot its rapidly expanding campus, UT-Rio Grande Valley is taking shape as a growing university.

But for all of the excitement about the institution’s new medical school and its expected enrollment explosion, one recent bit of news has helped boost interest for the school in a way that has captivated the Valley.

The announcement that UTRGV has commissioned a study on the feasibility of starting a football program has excited fans across the area, although not all are immediately embracing the concept.

UTRGV currently fields teams in eight men’s and eight women’s sports. But athletic director Chris King says even in the budding stages of the football study, he detects excitement from local fans about the possibility of a team.

“There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t hear somebody say something about football,” King said. “If somebody is from the Valley and believes in the Valley, it seems they want to see football here. I hear it every day.”"

It's NOT a valley. It's a flat as a pancake coastal flood plain. Just because a big river runs through it doesn't make it a valley. Their nickname ought to be the Flatlanders.

 

[UConnNick]

UTRGV?? Where are they? I thought UTEP was Texas Rio Grande Vally..


Will UConn Waterbury or UConn Avery Point getting a football team? Seriously, I wish ECSU had a FB team...

Edinburg, near McAllen. Edinburg is the county seat of Hidalgo Co.

 

[4in16]

It's NOT a valley. It's a flat as a pancake coastal flood plain. Just because a big river runs through it doesn't make it a valley. Their nickname ought to be the Flatlanders.

Glad you got that off your chest.

 

[dbmill]

It's NOT a valley. It's a flat as a pancake coastal flood plain. Just because a big river runs through it doesn't make it a valley. Their nickname ought to be the Flatlanders.

In Texas, The Flatlanders are a great Americana musical group consisting of Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock. Rather popular down there. They get first dibs on the use of that name.

 

[Vowelguy]

UTRGV?? Where are they? I thought UTEP was Texas Rio Grande Vally..

Close. Brownsville is a mere 800 miles from El Paso.