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Can UTEP Parlay The Big 12 Reshuffling into a Mountain West Move? Texas A&M s worst nightmare is suddenly a reality. Texas and Oklahoma are reportedly leaving the Big 12 for the SEC, putting the Longhorns and Aggies back in the same conference. Suddenly the Big 12 Conference is without its two largest schools and they are already looking at replacements. As the dominoes continue to fall, there will be plenty of Group of 5 leagues reshuffling its membership and ultimately UTEP could get their opportunity at last to leave Conference USA and move to the Mountain West. As I have chronicled in the past, the Miners have been linked to the MWC multiple times since the league formed in 1998. Whether it was the C-USA/MWC Super League falling apart, or rumors that former President Dr. Diana Natalicio vetoed the move, UTEP is still in the same league since they left the WAC in the fall of 2005. During these 16 years, the Miners have never won more than five conference games or finished higher

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