Around the Dog Park: Farewell, Sean Kugler

General G5 Football

• What happened to Liberty? The Flames upset Baylor on the road to start the season but have now lost two in a row to FCS opponents.
• Bill Connelly has debuted the updated ranking of all 130 FBS teams according to the S&P+ matrix.
• Here’s our recap of all the action at the FCS level last week.
• Rest in peace to Russell Athletics.

AAC

• We had our staff photographer on hand to capture the scene at SMU as the Mustangs took down UConn. Here’s our full recap from the game.
• Trey Quinn is starting to make a name for himself at SMU, giving the Mustangs a dangerous second option to complement Courtland Sutton. Ben Hicks is also coming into his own as a quarterback. Here’s a look at his progression as a passer.
• ECU continues to struggles on defense but at least the offense showed some fight against USF. Thomas Sirk played a great game under center, giving ECU some hope for the season.
• Navy used 31 unanswered points to take down a Tulsa team that appears to have been overrated coming into the season.
• Say hello to the new king of the AAC as UCF blasted Memphis last week.
• Houston overcame an injury to Ed Oliver and held on to beat Temple 20-13.
• Memphis had a player dismissed from the program due to his involvement in a robbery.
• UCF is suing over defects in their football stadium.
• Yes, Temple is still pursuing an on-campus football stadium despite all the roadblocks.

C-USA

• Marshall and UNT rise in our power rankings while MTSU plummets.
• Louisiana Tech used a late push to get past a pesky South Alabama squad.
• Three things we learned from C-USA last week: The East is wide open, Marshall might be back, and UNT is ready to compete for a title.
• Lane Kiffin has his first major win at FAU after the Owls gashed MTSU on the ground to the tune of an 18 point conference victory.
• Despite an early deficit, UNT laid the smack down on an uninspired USM team to shake up the outlook of C-USA West.
• Let’s start taking a look at potential candidates for UTEP to replace Sean Kugler with.
• Here’s how the UTEP Miners can move their program forward following Sean Kugler’s departure from the program. The Miners can’t hit a home run if they don’t swing for the fences.
• Sean Kugler’s failure at UTEP can be tracked down to a lack of talent acquisition and development as well as a stubborn approach to managing the Miners’ offense.
• UTSA left tackle Josh Dunlop has emerged as one of the best linemen in C-USA. He almost didn’t make it to campus.
• Damien Dozier is the latest Marshall player to leave the program.
• ODU’s plan for their major rehaul of Foreman Field has some obvious but correctable flaws.
• Conference USA West appears to be in for a wild season. This article lays it out and it was even written before UNT upset USM!

Sun Belt

• In case you’ve been under a rock for the past three days, Troy walked into Death Valley and smacked around LSU like it was easy. Unfortunately, an unruly celebration from a player caused Neal Brown to hand out a suspension following the huge upset. Now is as good of a time as ever to recollect on how Neal Brown turned Troy into a force in the Sun Belt.
• Obviously Troy’s huge win over LSU headlines the news out of the Sun Belt last week but here’s what else we learned about the conference.
• New Mexico State showed some fight against Arkansas but the Hogs were ultimately too much for NMSU to handle.