UTEP at 1-6: Bye Week Ends, Fargodome Awaits As Miners Hunt a Reset
The bye week is over. The reset button isn’t. UTEP (1-6, 0-3 Mountain West) travels to Fargo on Saturday to face North Dakota State at the Fargodome on MW+. The Bison are 6-1. Both programs are first-year Mountain West members. Only one is rolling. Injuries Hang Over Everything UTEP lost quarterback EJ Colson, running back […]
Strip Out Texas Southern and It’s Ugly
UTEP football is on a bye. What a joy. Everyone’s been pointing to the 51-10 win over Texas Southern as proof this offense has a pulse. Take it out of the picture, and the stats are screaming for help. Here it is. Through the midway point of the season, UTEP has scored 55 points in […]
UTEP vs. Nevada: A Must-Win at the Sun Bowl, and the Call Sheet Decides It
UTEP is 1-4. Nevada is 1-3. Both head coaches are in year three, both are feeling the heat, and both programs need this one badly. For the Miners, it’s the most winnable game left before the finale at Northern Illinois. Kickoff is 5 p.m. MT on FS1 in UTEP’s first Mountain West home game. Nevada […]
Reno Bound: UTEP Volleyball Brings Momentum and Firepower to Nevada
UTEP volleyball is 11-5 overall and 3-1 in Mountain West play, and the Miners are headed to Reno with a point to prove. The first of two matches at Virginia Street Gym is Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. MT. Saturday’s finale starts at 1 p.m. MT. Both are streaming on MW+. Bounce-Back Mode Last […]
Ranked Then, Unranked Now: Michigan and Oklahoma Fall Out of the Top 25, and UTEP’s Blowouts Hit Different
Remember the “we lost to ranked teams” line? It just got a lot harder to say. Michigan and Oklahoma, the two ranked programs that blew out UTEP in September, are both out of the AP Top 25 heading into Week 6. The Receipts On Sept. 4, then-No. 10 Oklahoma shut out UTEP 51-0 in Norman. […]
Miners Volleyball Bounces Back: UTEP Hits the Road for Nevada With Mountain West Goals Intact
Thursday night stung. UNLV swept UTEP at Memorial Gym, 25-22, 25-20, 27-25, and the Miners hit just .129 with 21 attack errors on the way to their first league loss. Saturday was a different story. UTEP swept the Rebels 25-17, 25-21, 25-23, hit .248 and sent Memorial Gym home happy. Where the Miners Stand UTEP […]
Hit the Panic Button: 61-7 in Albuquerque Is a Gut Punch UTEP Can’t Shrug Off
UTEP’s first-ever Mountain West game ended in a 61-7 loss at New Mexico. The Miners are 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the league, and nobody in El Paso should pretend this was close. Buried Early It was 14-0 after one quarter, 21-0 at the half, and 37-0 through three. UTEP didn’t score until the fourth […]
Make-or-Break in Albuquerque: UTEP’s Mountain West Debut
No soft launch here. UTEP’s first Mountain West game is a road trip to Albuquerque to face UNM, 3-1, and the Miners walk in at 1-3 with two straight losses behind them. Let’s call it what it is: this is the hinge of the season. Win Saturday, and there’s a pulse.With a conference win, a […]
Why UTEP at +41.5 Against Oklahoma Isn’t the Lock Everyone Thinks It Is
UTEP is a huge underdog, but can Miner fans still find a way to win? Sure, Oklahoma is a blue-chip program with a national pedigree and a fanbase that travels. UTEP is a Mountain West school fighting to rebuild in the desert. When sportsbooks open that line at 41.5 points, most casual bettors see a […]
High-Wire Act — UTEP Volleyball Bounces Back from Tulsa Heartbreak to Stun NMSU in Sold-Out Memorial Debut
The Miners walked into the Pan American Center on Saturday convinced they could match the reigning AAC champions. For two sets, they did. Then reality set in. UTEP fell short against Tulsa 3-2 in a five-set season opener that had all the makings of a signature win — until it didn’t. After building a 2-1 […]