mike price

This morning, UTEP ended days of speculation by announcing that Mike Price would return as head coach for the 2012 season. Fans that have called into 600 ESPN El Paso were split on the Price decision

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"...What will stand out among the records of all the next coaches who'll spend three or four autumns in El Paso, then either move on or get moved on, will be the mark of one who has stubbornly stood amidst the Sun Bowl's fickle winds winds and, for eight years, has tried to will this program into something more than what it is..."

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I'm sure all UTEP football have seen this ending too many times over the past eight years. A Miners team with a chance at ending their season on a high note and playing for their first bowl win since 1967. Instead, they disappoint even the most optimistic UTEP fans and end their season on a down note.

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UTEP players and fans are well aware what Friday's game in Orlando means.  The Miners must win to have enough wins to be considered for a bowl game.  There are no playoffs in college football, but this is the closest thing to a playoff game the Miners have faced in a long time

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It was an emotional day for the 22 UTEP seniors honored before the Miners final home game against Tulsa.  Like a homecoming game in high school, college coaches would often rather do without the pageantry of senior day

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"...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..."

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UTEP head football coach Mike Price talks about the Miners come-from-behind win over East Carolina and previews this Saturday's game against Tulsa, jokingly saying he doesn't want the Golden Hurricane taking this game TOO seriously.

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Joe Banyard celebrated his birthday in grand fashion, as the senior running back scored on a 78-yard run in the fourth quarter to give UTEP a lead it would not relinquish.The result is that the Miners are one win away from bowl eligibility for a second straight year

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On a night where fans had to be thinking, 'here we go again' the Miners overcame blunders and injuries to down East Carolina and get back to .500 on the season.

Quarterback Nick Lamaison left the game in the first quarter with a groin injury

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UTEP head football coach talks about the Miners' disappointing 41-37 loss to Rice last Saturday and previews the game against East Carolina this Saturday night at 6 p.m. MST.

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