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He'll likely have to take the much ballyhooed and rarely seen hometown discount if he wants to become a Texan.

It's the Saturday night open thread at Battle Red Blog for March 31, 2012.

Former Tennessee Volunteers basketball recruit Kevin Ware was released after Bruce Pearl was fired. Whether the Rockdale County prep star elects to play for Mark Fox's Georgia Bulldogs will say a lot about the trajectory of the program in Athens.

Marshall and Central Florida simply don't like each other. This video proves it.

The picture in the muddied C-USA waters is starting to clear.

The Dig returns- moving during bar review is hard! Anyway, this time: The C-USA is making it the smart economic move for it's basketball teams to schedule weak non-con teams, Derrick Caracter making headlines, and some good football notes from around the C-USA landscape. The Dig is your best UTEP and C-USA news round-up.

The Dig: Kicking off Kelsey Moore Week Edition. Your best Conference USA and UTEP Miners round-up. This time: Rivals has loft expectations for a UTEP trio; Miner volleyball star Kelsey Moore prepares for the Miss USA pageant, Rice baseball coach reads message boards, and Tulsa snags a good recruit from a legendary Oklahoma High School. In The Dig.

Marshall has found their Donnie Jones replacement, Elijah Millsap is testing the NBA waters, and the El Paso Times takes a look at UTEP's defensive tackles. That and more in the Dig!

UTEP's Blessing Okagbare dominates at the Texas Relays, Conference USA might not participate in future Liberty Bowls, and more in the Daily Dig.