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As a board, I think we should adopt a Mexican College Football team to follow

Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:18 pm
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:18 pm
Yes, Mexico has college football (American). It's not a new thing either, college football has been played in Mexico since 1896, when some students brought it over from the US.

Some links:
EDIT: greenbastard pointed me to the much better league, the league started in 2010 CONADEIP (Liga Premier)for College Football in Mexico.

LINK

This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 12:57 pm
Posted by SpeedyNacho
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:33 pm to
Wolfpack attack!
Posted by greenbastard
Parts Unkown
Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:36 pm to
What for, we already go UTSA

Monterrey Tec is the best team year in and year out. They even cheat with a High School team in which they own and recruit players to and then sign in college.

Monterrey Tec has also already applied to become an NCAA member as a division 2 school. Don't know what the outcome was.
Posted by ColoradoAg03
Denver, CO
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:38 pm to
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we already go UTSA


Don't forget UTEP
Posted by greenbastard
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:47 pm to
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Don't forget UTEP




I forgot about them. You can literally throw a rock from the UTEP campus and have it land in Mexico. They're that close!
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24028 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:50 pm to
The NCAA voted down the chance for Monterrey Tech to join.

Looking at their league page though, they seem much more serious about this. Will update OP.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 12:55 pm
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24028 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 1:04 pm to
The best thing about this is it led me to a page that was so full of butthurt it made my eyes water. Mexican college football fans know how to melt. Monterrey Tech apparently was unhappy with the current ONEFA state of affairs, so they took their ball and went home, making their own league.

Someone does not appreciate this. The linked is some weird wikipedia knock off that just drips butthurt against Monterrey Tech.

LINK
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 9:18 am
Posted by GregoryPeck
Member since Feb 2014
131 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 1:34 pm to
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I forgot about them. You can literally shoot across the border and hit a UTEP building. They're that close!


Posted by Agforlife
Somewhere in the Brazos Valley
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 1:35 pm to
The real question is are the sips still gonna play in Mexico cause they maybe could beat on of those teams, maybe.
Posted by greenbastard
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 2:13 pm to
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And I thought the Big12 defection stories were spicy.


Arriba el Borrego!
Posted by greenbastard
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Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 2:17 pm to
Driving that small stretch of I-10 between Downtown El Paso and West El Paso has one of the most depressing, yet alarming, views in the state.
Posted by ColoradoAg03
Denver, CO
Member since Oct 2012
6112 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 3:33 pm to
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I forgot about them. You can literally shoot across the border and hit a UTEP building. They're that close!


I remember reading about that, or even a more recent incident of a bullet hitting a campus building from across the border only a couple of years ago.
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 7:01 pm to
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are the sips still gonna play in Mexico cause they maybe could beat one of those teams, maybe.



The disrespect towards that one Mexican team
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
25849 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:55 pm to
Isn't there a team that has identical unis with Mizzou?

eta:

LINK

This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 8:56 pm
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:59 pm to
That pic makes me do a triple take every damn time
Posted by catorano
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 11:45 pm to
Racist
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:50 am to


***throws :racist: flag on self***
Posted by RGV AG
Managua, Nicaragua
Member since Mar 2013
34 posts
Posted on 10/11/15 at 10:54 pm to
Back in the 60's and through the late 70's Monterrey Tech used to recruit players from Texas to play on their teams. They had some very good teams back then and were absolutely schooling the other teams they played.

Somewhere in early 80's that practiced was stopped, although an occasional Texas player still plays.

LINK

That is ITSEM vs. A&M Kingsville in 2013 in Dallas. Monterrey Tech lost in 3OT's.

Football is very, very popular in Mexico.
Posted by RGV AG
Managua, Nicaragua
Member since Mar 2013
34 posts
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:03 pm to
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Monterrey Tech is a private institution, with total enrollment exceeding 90,000 at more than 30 campuses throughout Mexico (the LSC representatives made it clear that membership would be only for a single campus, presumably the one in Monterrey). It has the significant advantage of being accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since the NCAA requirement of accreditation by an American agency became an issue in Simon Fraser’s case.


Think about the Tshirt sales. Lotta green to be made by playing bigger time football in Mexico. Most DII games probably have attendance of 8-20K at best. Monterrey Tech puts about 35K in it's stadium a few times a year for big games. US teams would be big time sellouts, and tickets would not be cheap.
Posted by greenbastard
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Posted on 10/12/15 at 2:19 am to
I wonder what scared off the NCAA? The money potential is there, especially with merchandise, TV and Radio contracts, and sponsors (coca-cola is already a jersey sponsor). Maybe the Los Zetas and Gulf Cartel violent presence? The city and suburbs are mostly quiet for a city right smack in the middle of narco country. It still sees violent crimes from time to time, but for its size, it could be a lot worse. I remember they had a cartel shootout in one of the local university that claimed lives a while back. Tec did agree to play all of their home games in the U.S. side of the border, but I guess that wasn't enough.
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