Moved down to #9

[rocket city poke]

UTEP passed the Pokes up.

Mountain West rankings: North Dakota State, New Mexico head and shoulders above the rest

Each week, Nevada Sports Net’s Chris Murray will rank the Mountain West football teams. Here are this week’s rankings, with each team’s overall record, its rank

nevadasportsnet.com

We can find some solace in the fact that they are making just as bad of decisions UW is their coach has a 5 year guaranteed contract for $4 million as well:

UTEP football coach reveals he's taken $150k out of his paychecks for the team

With the Miners trailing in NIL funds, Scotty Walden is taking an extreme step to compete.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[laxwyo]

UTEP passed the Pokes up.

Mountain West rankings: North Dakota State, New Mexico head and shoulders above the rest

Each week, Nevada Sports Net’s Chris Murray will rank the Mountain West football teams. Here are this week’s rankings, with each team’s overall record, its rank

nevadasportsnet.com

We can find some solace in the fact that they are making just as bad of decisions UW is their coach has a 5 year guaranteed contract for $4 million as well:

UTEP football coach reveals he's taken $150k out of his paychecks for the team

With the Miners trailing in NIL funds, Scotty Walden is taking an extreme step to compete.

sports.yahoo.com

He and Sawvel feel so bad for robbing the university that they donate some to the players

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Without reviewing Walden’s contract, this article states that UTEP is only on the hook for the annual $500,000 base salary if they fire him.

2026 College Football Coaching Hot Seat Primer

An early look at some of the hottest seats in the country

theehgap.substack.com

Sawvel’s base salary is $350,000. But rather than make only the base salary guaranteed (which would have made sense), Burman gave Sawvel a contract that guaranteed both the base salary AND ‘additional compensation’ for a total $1.25 million per year.

AND Walden was at least a head coach poached from another program whereas Sawvel had never been. I’d say we are much worse off than UTEP in terms of how we approached coach hiring.

 

[McPeachy]

Without reviewing Walden’s contract, this article states that UTEP is only on the hook for the annual $500,000 base salary if they fire him.

2026 College Football Coaching Hot Seat Primer

An early look at some of the hottest seats in the country

theehgap.substack.com

Sawvel’s base salary is $350,000. But rather than make only the base salary guaranteed (which would have made sense), Burman gave Sawvel a contract that guaranteed both the base salary AND ‘additional compensation’ for a total $1.25 million per year.

AND Walden was at least a head coach poached from another program whereas Sawvel had never been. I’d say we are much worse off than UTEP in terms of how we approached coach hiring.

Fireable offense number 492.

 

[laxwyo]

Without reviewing Walden’s contract, this article states that UTEP is only on the hook for the annual $500,000 base salary if they fire him.

2026 College Football Coaching Hot Seat Primer

An early look at some of the hottest seats in the country

theehgap.substack.com

Sawvel’s base salary is $350,000. But rather than make only the base salary guaranteed (which would have made sense), Burman gave Sawvel a contract that guaranteed both the base salary AND ‘additional compensation’ for a total $1.25 million per year.

AND Walden was at least a head coach poached from another program whereas Sawvel had never been. I’d say we are much worse off than UTEP in terms of how we approached coach hiring.

makes you wonder what's the point of base salary if it's all guaranteed.

 

[Wyolie Coyote]

makes you wonder what's the point of base salary if it's all guaranteed.

Remember Burman's logic when he hired Sawful? He wanted continuity in the program, didn't want to lose recruits or players. Hmmm, how did that work out? The only continuity is the spiral to the bottom of the conference. We don't have any further to fall now. Thanks Burman.

 

[Douglaspoke]

60 years ago--we are coming off a win vs Arizona State--WINS against AState, Arizona, BYU, UTAH & Florida State

Sep 17, 1966 at Air Force@ Colorado Springs, CO W13–0
Sep 24, 1966 Arizona State@ Laramie, WY W23–6
Oct 1, 1966 Arizona@ Laramie, WY W36–6
Oct 8, 1966 Utah@ Laramie, WY W40–7
Oct 15, 1966 New Mexico@ Laramie, WY W37–7
Oct 22, 1966 Utah State@ Laramie, WY W35–10

Oct 29, 1966at Colorado State@ Fort Collins, CO L10–12* BOUNCE PASS GAME

Nov 5, 1966 at Wichita State@ Wichita, KS W55–0
Nov 12, 1966at UTEP@ El Paso, TX W31–7
Nov 19, 1966at BYU@ Provo, UT W47–14
Dec 24, 1966vs. Florida State @ El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) W28–20


THIS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT--basically that entire decade Wyoming was in the top 20! not the Top 25!

 

[OrediggerPoke]

makes you wonder what's the point of base salary if it's all guaranteed.

Absolutely. My first thought when reading Sawvel’s contract.

The way it is structured (which is not typical of others I reviewed for other G6 coaches), there appears to be no obvious reason to not just call it ‘salary’ for Sawvel.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Remember Burman's logic when he hired Sawful? He wanted continuity in the program, didn't want to lose recruits or players. Hmmm, how did that work out? The only continuity is the spiral to the bottom of the conference. We don't have any further to fall now. Thanks Burman.

But we have names on the back of the jerseys!!!!