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- UTEP football had one chance to showcase its university in primetime and blew it.
- Before the team got stomped on the field, Miners fans held an unruly tailgate outside of the stadium and videos from the scene are insane.
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University of Texas at El Paso football got a taste of the primetime against the University of Texas at San Antonio over the weekend and it did not end well. Neither the team itself, nor the fans, left a positive mark on the university or the program.
As the 6-2 Miners were set to host then the 8-0 Roadrunners, many fans around the country called for College Gameday to travel to the Sun Bowl for the biggest Conference USA game in recent history. Gameday chose to go to Cincinnati instead.
Meanwhile, UTSA was completely disrespected by the College Football Playoff Committee and omitted from the first rankings of 2021.
However, despite the neglect from Gameday and the CFP, ESPN did give the game some of the credit it deserved. Originally scheduled for a 2:15pm kickoff, the game was flexed to primetime so the world could watch one of the few remaining undefeated teams.
What ended up happening was ugly. Both on and off of the field.
On the field, UTEP football slightly embarrassed itself and lost 44-23. Off of the field, UTEP fans completely embarrassed themselves at the tailgate.
Videos have since gone viral from the evening and they are absolutely wild. One video shows the parking lot tailgate completely devolve into chaos, as every object imaginable starts flying. It’s horrible.
UTEP WTF YALL DOING?!!!
CANT HANDLE YALL ALCOHOL OR WHAT?!!! pic.twitter.com/7LoCb0T9z3— III (@CyskoMusic) November 7, 2021
Another shows a man get hit in the head with a can.
https://twitter.com/sebas2fresh/status/1457617284688719877
The craziest video, however, is EXTREMELY NSFW. It shows a man and woman fornicating in the bed of a pickup truck. They’re just absolutely getting after it.
Don’t just take my word for it. Go to @CapalotTury on Twitter, but be warned that it’s VERY NSFW.
Photos from the aftermath are equally as terrible.
Per multiple reports, UTSA fans were very gracious visitors and cleaned up their tailgating spots. That was not the case for the home fans, as you can see.
https://twitter.com/BruceW_12/status/1457572686918569987
https://twitter.com/sviir7/status/1457225642848755713
This will likely be the last time that UTEP ever hosts a primetime game, and the tailgate rules are almost certainly going to change. This is why Conference USA can’t have nice things.
Now, with that being said, RANK UTSA!