It's obvious and impossible to ignore. At his weekly press conference UTEP head football coach Mike Price says the Miners are having problems offensively and that he and his staff have to find a way to help the team find consistency there. UTEP will have its hands full against SMU this Saturday.
UTEP head coach Mike Price says he's "disappointed, frustrated, but not discouraged" after the Miners' 37-26 loss to Wisconsin in Madison, WI. The Miners are developing a reputation as a hard-hitting team going into Conference USA play.
Post game press conferences are always a little tense and uneasy. Nobody really wants to be there, and if the team lost the coach is in an especially foul mood.
There is a strange phenomenon that happens when a coach goes against the norm and says something mildly amusing...
As the Miners head to the Gulf for a three-game road swing, we'll give you a whiff of some home-cookin'. Here's UTEP freshman Julian Washburn's no-look reverse dunk from last Wednesday's 70-56 win over East Carolina.
"...The result was a rebounding bloodbath that the Miners were only too happy to claim. UTEP out-boarded ECU, 14-5, in the first half and by 20 in the game, 39-19..."
"...They're bucking history. Not soaring above it, not at 5-5. But the physicality, the ability to run and hit, the punch is unlike any team Mike Price has had in the high desert..."
Traditionally the UTEP Miners can't buy a win in the month of November. They defeated East Carolina for the first time ever on Saturday night 22-17. The win couldn't of come at a better time as the Miners ended a 2 game losing streak.
From Time Warner Cable Sports, here are UTEP's highlights from the Miners come-from-behind win over the East Carolina Pirates, including Joe Banyard's eventual game-winning 78-yard TD run.The victory evens UTEP's record at 5-5 and puts them one win away from bowl eligibility.