With Conference USA about to be down to three members, league commissioner Judy MacLeod will need to recruit winning FCS programs with strong attendance.
With news that six of C-USA's members will be leaving for the AAC, UTEP and the other seven remaining members find themselves with few options at this point.
Much of the discussion involving schools interested in changing Group of 5 conference affiliations like the AAC, MWC, and Sun Belt has not included UTEP.
Conference USA and the Mountain West had a great idea -- get together and form a nationwide football-only super-conference that was sure to get an automatic BCS bid for its champion and good TV money.
Only problem was, they talked to the Big East about it.