Despite UTEP's 1-4 overall record, head coach Dana Dimel reiterated this week that he has no plans to make a change at quarterback in the foreseeable future.
Coming off back-to-back losses, the Miners (1-2) will need to regroup and get ready to start Conference USA play, as they travel to face Southern Mississippi (2-2) on Saturday, Sept. 28.
The Nevada Wolfpack capitalized on three UTEP interceptions and scored twice in the fourth quarter to outlast the Miners 37-21 in front of 10,493 fans at the Sun Bowl.
With the help of sophomore quarterback Allan Bowman's 260 passing yards (30-of-45) and three touchdowns, Texas Tech (2-0) rolled over UTEP (1-1) 38-3 in Lubbock. But the story of the night was their offense that struggled and the ongoing quarterback battle between Kai Locksley and Brandon Jones.
From the Miners' run game to the Red Raiders vigorous' air-raid attack, see who the guys at 600 ESPN El Paso have coming out on top in the week two matchup.
The undefeated Miners (1-0)—been a while since you could call the Miners “undefeated”—will hit the road this week to face Texas Tech (1-0) on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock.
Texas defensive back Brandon Jones seems to be trolling LSU a bit with this shirt that he and his fellow secondary members will be wearing before LSU game.