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Despite trailing 28-20 midway into the third quarter, the Miners outscored the Houston Baptist Huskies 16-6 to close the game with a slight 36-34 win at the Sun Bowl.

Before you check out the Utep Miners first football game you can pre-game at the Pickaxe Tailgate Party!

600 ESPN El Paso is once again the radio home for the Miners, including all football and men's basketball games.

El Paso County case records indicate that Miners senior quarterback Kai Locksley was arrested last night and charged with four crimes—"unlawful carrying of a weapon, possession of marijuana, terroristic threat and driving while intoxicated."

The locks that contain all the glorious beer will be released once the UTEP Miners Football team FINALLY wins a game.

Is it irony that after harping for years on players who quit his UTEP program Floyd himself quit just six games into his eighth season?

Or is it something else?

UTEP's offense may have reflected the change in the local weather. Ice cold.
The Miners' defense, on the other hand, was too long, too tall, too Vince Hunter-y.

Two interceptions, both returned for touchdowns. Crunching tackles. Pressure defense.
UTEP.
Yeah, you're reading that correctly. UTEP. The school that used to play matador defense is now fastening that red cape around its collar.

Slowly, but surely, Sean Kugler has been trying to teach his team. Toughness. Pride. Teamwork.
But maybe the biggest lesson is that those are only words unless you work to give them definition.
The Miners may not yet fully comprehend, but after dominating UTSA for their first road shut out since their…

Sean Kugler was as good as his word. After getting thrashed, 55-3, at Louisiana Tech, the Miners head coach promised changes in lineups and procedures. There were, and UTEP beat Old Dominion in its centennial homecoming game, 42-35.

What Louisiana Tech did to the UTEP Miners Saturday looked worse than what Kansas State did the weekend before. "Blowout" doesn't begin to describe it. Miners head coach Sean Kugler acknowledges every aspect of the Bulldogs' 55-3 win. He also acknowledges that responsibil…

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.