Photo Credit: UTRGV Athletics Two quarterbacks dealt. The receivers got loose. The defense gave up 13 rushing yards. And The Vack reminded everybody that football in the 956 is getting real. We spent part of the week talking about the gap. Division II to FCS. How big is it really? Could a really good DII team hang around with an FCS team into the fourth quarter? UTRGV gave its answer Saturday night. Not here. Not tonight. The Vaqueros didn’t just beat UT Permian Basin 44-0 in

Picture credit is DITV #PackTheVack UTRGV football has played seven games at The Vack. UTRGV has won all seven. Seven games. Seven sellouts. A top-15 national finish in average FCS attendance. And now Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium sits top 10 in GFed’s final FCS stadium rankings, a ranking shared by SLC Sports Report. UTRGV has been playing football for one season. The biggest reason this place already feels different goes beyond the stadium. It’s the 🌴✌🏽 956 According to

UTRGV can recruit anywhere now. Transfers. FBS experience. Players from across Texas and beyond. That’s what building a Division I roster looks like. But when the Vaqueros line up in Year Two, there are two names the 956 should already know. Nathan Huerta from Harlingen. Fabian Garcia from San Benito. One has already earned a starting role. The other is trying to win one. And that makes this a little different. Being from the 956 makes us care. Earning the role is what makes