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Odessa American - www.oaoa.com UTPB’s first Lone Star Conference football game will be available for viewing nationwide. The Falcons’ contest against West Texas A&M on Sept. 17 at Ratliff Stadium will be streamed on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app as part of a NCAA Division II football showcase. "It adds to the excitement that already exists for a first-year program," UTPB head coach Justin Carrigan said in a press release Thursday. "This adds to the pitch that we can have in trying to continue to drive the excitement out here and build a program from scratch and say that we're going to have an ESPN game. At the Division II level, any time you have a chance to play on TV it's a win whether you're new or have been around. It's a tremendous opportunity for us."

From MRT: The UT-Permian Basin football team will hold its first ever spring football game at 6 p.m. Friday, April 8 at Odessa’s Ratliff Stadium . The Falcons will take to the turf at Ratliff Stadium for the first time in a four- quarter game between two teams with 15-minute running clock quarters. Only the west side of the stadium will be used for seating. Seating is first come, first served. Tailgating will be allowed beginning at noon in the west parking lot. Entrance may be made through Ratliff’s north gate. Alcohol will not be allowed as Ratliff is an Ector County facility. Jumpers will be available for kids from 4-6 p.m. near the west entrance to the stadium. The game will conclude the team's first month-long spring practice session. All the action is free and open to the public. Read more: UTPB FOOTBALL: Falcons to hold spring game at Ratliff Stadium - MRT.com: Sports http://www.mrt.com/sports/article_1dbae050-f6e6-11e5-930d-d70b86ec0f60.html#ixzz44USfs2vK

Brandon Bailey, Joshua Nguyen, Trace Notley and Robby Washington spent a majority of their high school careers under the Friday Night Lights of Ratliff Stadium. They will all embark on a new experience in the fall — Saturday Night Lights. Bailey, Nguyen, Notley and Washington signed their letters of intent to play for the UTPB during national signing day on Wednesday at the Permian High School library. “It’s the new Saturday Night Lights,” said Notley, who is a 6-foot-1, 255-pound offensive lineman. “It’s the new football in Odessa. I’m really excited about that.” The Panthers had eight players put ink to their respective futures on national signing day. Nguyen, who led the Panthers in tackles for back-to-back seasons, said it was more comforting having plenty family, friends and teammates there to support everyone that was signing. In his senior season Nguyen supplied 72 solo tackles, 92 assisted tackles, five interceptions, four pass breakups, three sacks and three...

Posted: Monday, January 25, 2016 10:21 pm By Justin Lee jlee@oaoa.com  - 432-333-7773 It’s an interesting proposal Justin Carrigan is pitching. The first full recruiting season is winding down for the first head football coach in UTPB program history, as college football’s national signing day approaches on Feb. 3. For Carrigan, who is looking to bring in a new boon of talent ahead of the team’s inaugural season this fall, there isn’t much to sell to prospects in the way of program history. The Falcons have never played a down. As Carrigan tries to convince potential recruits to come to UTPB, he can’t point to any kind of long-standing reputation or history of past successes. He can’t tell them about any championships the Falcons have won, or any prestigious legacy they’d become a part of. But he can offer an opportunity to build all of that. “We’re having to convince the guys to come to something where there is no history, there is no tradition, there are no trophies o...

OAOA.COM - UTPB football season tickets went on sale Monday morning, and are now available for $50. General admission individual game tickets will be $12. The school announced Monday afternoon that, in the first six hours of availability, the university had sold 1,000 sets of season tickets. Season tickets will provide entry into all seven home games during the Falcons’ inaugural football season this fall, including six home games at Ratliff Stadium and one at Grande Communications Stadium in Midland. All UTPB home games are scheduled for 7 p.m. kickoffs. Tickets can be purchased online at  utpbfalcons.com/tickets , or through the Wagner-Noël Performing Arts Center Box Office in person between noon and 5 p.m. or over the phone by dialing 1-800-514-3849.

UTPB Falcons 2016 Football Schedule Date Opponent Time Sept. 3 Sul Ross 7 p.m. Sept. 10 Arizona Christian 7 p.m. Sept. 17 West Texas A&M * 7 p.m. Sept. 24 Western New Mexico * 7 p.m. Oct. 1 Tarleton State* TBA Oct. 8 Eastern New Mexico * 7 p.m. Oct. 15 Texas A&M-Kingsville* TBA Oct. 22 x- Oklahoma Panhandle State * 7 p.m. Oct. 29 Midwestern State* TBA Nov. 5 Texas A&M Commerce * 7 p.m. Nov. 12 Angelo State* TBA Home games in bold. *-Denotes Lone Star Conference game. x-At Grande Communications Stadium in Midland. All other home games scheduled for Ratliff Stadium.

Odessa American A new era at UTPB begins with a new look. The UTPB athletic department unveiled a new set of Falcons athletics logos and artwork at a press conference Thursday morning inside the gymnasium on campus. The new designs feature an original falcon illustration and a new lettering style, trimmed in the school’s familiar orange and black colors. The rebranding effort coincides with UTPB’s move to the Lone Star Conference this summer, and the launching of the Falcons football program, which is set to kick off its first game this fall. “With the recent and upcoming changes in our athletic department, we determined that an athletic logo reflective of our program was needed,” UTPB athletic director Steve Aicinena said in a university release. “The logo was to represent some important characteristics of our department and university: Strength, Determination and Ferocity. “As our University and athletic department have evolved, these characteristics have been key to our growth and...