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It took just 16 carries for El Paso native Aaron Jones to earn 177 yards, becoming the first Miners RB to break 1,000 yards in a season since Donald Buckram in 2009. More significantly, it took Sean Kugler just 22 games to get his alma mater bowl-eligible for the first time since 2010. The highlights from FOX Sports' national telecast tell the story.

All of the local sports talk on Team 600 this week has been on the low attendance figures UTEP has been attracting to the Sun Bowl. I took this picture at the Sun Bowl just six minutes before kickoff last Saturday for the UTEP/S.Miss game. Despite the small crowd at the game, UTEP head coach Sean Kugler is still happy with the Miner fans that are coming to watch his team play...

It's safe to say that the UTEP Miners are officially on a roll after winning their third straight game on Saturday night by defeating Southern Miss 35-14 at the Sun Bowl.  Offensively the team was not sharp at all, but the old cliché that defense wins championships held true as they forced five consecutive Southern Miss turnovers, and netted 21 points off of those...

After six games, the UTEP Miners have already won more games than they did last season. However, do not think that head coach Sean Kugler is satisfied with his football team's progression. He knows that the Miners still have much work to do if they are going to have a chance at playing in a postseason bowl game...

UTEP continued their rushing dominance and actually finished strong defensively to defeat Old Dominion at the Sun Bowl 42-35 on Homecoming.

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 responsibility lies mainly with him.

The UTEP Miners enter C-USA play this weekend with a 2-2 record and a team hoping to erase last Saturday's 58-28 loss to Kansas State. UTEP head coach Sean Kugler spoke about the parity in C-USA's Western Division. The Miners trailed Kansas State 31-0 at halftime and had only one first down after two quarters...

Although his team opened up as a 31-point underdog, UTEP head football coach Sean Kugler is excited about the opportunity to travel to Manhattan, Kansas and play the Kansas State Wildcats. Coach Kugler also broke down the UTEP Scout team game, which was played last Wednesday during the team's bye week...

The list of things Sean Kugler believes his team is doing well is lengthy, and he has the stats to back it up. But good stats are just symptoms of something else he hopes his Miners are catching -- something Kugler knows UTEP's opponent Saturday caught a long time ago.

After three games, the UTEP football team has already duplicated their win total from last season. The 2-1 Miners are on a bye week and do not return to action until Saturday, September 27th when they play at Big 12 power Kansas State. For UTEP head coach Sean Kugler, his team has shown major improvement in their second season...