Sun Bowl

For the third time in the last four weeks, a C-USA football team opted out of their game against the UTEP Miners. FIU cited COVID concerns on their roster.

Besides the noteworthy 3-1 start before C-USA play, the Miners football team has some nice things to build upon, especially offensively.

The Pac-12's decision to go with a seven-game conference schedule puts a representative from their league against the ACC at the Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl.

Three days before UTEP football's 2020 season opener against Stephen F. Austin, more than 4,000 tickets remain for the game at the newly renovated Sun Bowl.

Earlier this week, the Mountain West released the league model for the upcoming season, featuring an eight conference schedule plus two non-conference opponents and a start date set for Sept. 26. This complicates things for the college football season in the area.

With the Big 12 and Mountain West both limiting their non-conference football games, UTEP could be playing a reduced schedule of only 10 games in 2020.

For the second time in the last 20 years, a UTEP home football game against Texas Tech has been canceled.

The UTEP athletic department and Group of 5 conferences like C-USA have millions of dollars at stake with the Big 12's decision on their 2020 football schedule.

Over the weekend, UTEP sent out a release to confirm what felt like inescapable news. Five Miner student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result, the university's athletic facilities will close for extensive cleaning until Thursday, July 16.

Fred Wendt, who starred on the football field for Texas College of Mines and was an All-American running back during the 1940s, died at the age of 95.