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It was a helluva year for the Aggies and Cruces is ready to celebrate.

UTEP head coach Sean Kugler made no bones about it when he returned to his alma mater -- his Miners would put it all on the line. As in the offensive and defensive line.

The UTEP Miners made an impression last weekend, if not on national television (provided America was still awake at 12:45 am MDT) then certainly on their coach.

Rarely do New Mexico State and Utah Valley make ESPN's SportsCenter. But they have now.

NMSU has had a rough football season so far. Their team is so dreadful they were the only win for the atrocious UTEP Miners so far this season. Then, the president of the university offered prizes to entice students to attend their games.

So, Johnny Manziel can't take cash for his autograph? But the NCAA, which is investigating him for doing just that, CAN make money by selling a jersey with "Football" written like a name on the back? Not that Manziel is the most likable guy in the world, but his money-for-my-mark story sure is making a mockery of a bad system -- something we HAD to put to music!

CBS' Greg Gumbel had an unfortunate slip of the tongue on the first big day of the NCAA Tournament, saying St. Louis beat "New Mexican State". At least he wasn't calling them "New Mexico" like analyst Dan Bonner kept doing. Check the link to see the video.

I guess all the geeks have left are the magna, summa and maxima cum laude positions. (And a few "pantsings" maybe!)

Highlights from the players, insight from the coaches and more — Duke Keith recaps the Battle of I-10a, as the UTEP Miners clawed their way back to beat the NMSU Aggies at the Don Haskins Center Wednesday night.

The UTEP Miners dominated with big plays on both offense and defense to win their first game of the season, 41-28, over New Mexico State in the Battle of I-10.

Dad always told me I need to cut back on the language. Not bad language, just words. A master of making a point in as few words as possible, my Dad, John Keith, died last week, aged 78. His kidneys and heart had been worsening, though when he was in his heyday as sports information director/hospitality room host at Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas A&M he always said it would be his liver. ... Re