Old Glory vs. New Disrespect: Where Do the Miners Stand? (July 2020)

But on this is Independence Day weekend … during an election year … when every cell phone is a news camera, what does this day mean to you?

Rocky Mountain Low — UTEP Football Staying Home, Not Camping in Ruidoso (June 2020)

For the first time in more than a decade, the Miners will conduct preseason drills on campus. No point in asking why, just follow the money.

Could COVID KO Miners? (June 2020)

Like so many universities not named Notre Dame, UTEP is always hustling for funds for athletics. While numerous programs below the so-called Power Five conferences are reducing the length of post-season playoffs (Big South golf and baseball et. al.) — or cutting them entirely — I wince at the thought of cutbacks.

Virus Checkup: Did UTEP Lose or Gain Ground During the Lockdown? (May 2020)

It will be September before we start learning whether the Miners gained ground on Conference USA, or slipped farther off the pace … but before the lockdown, the Miners conducted a handful of spring training workouts; some teams never reached the practice field

Football Breakthrough? UTEP Miners End Dry Spell with Key Late Plays (September 2019)

In only his second year, the ideas of Athletic Director Jim Senter and his bright-eyed staffers appear to be taking root. Regardless of Saturday’s outcome, these Miners give the inkling that, in Coach Dana Dimel’s second year, UTEP has begun to climb out of the college football dungeon.

Miners Tee It Up Saturday – And Get This: Tackling Is Allowed! (August 2019)

As with every college football team, the opening game of any season brings fresh optimism. This has never been truer than for the 2019 UTEP Miners.

8 Days to Kickoff — Why It’s a Bittersweet Moment in UTEP Football (August 2019)

Eight days to kickoff. If ever a college football team needed a reason to leave the past behind, it is this edition of the UTEP Miners. Fans in Orange United need it, too.

Your Morning Glass of Orange Optimism – Promising QBs Could Lead to Tasty 2019 Season (August 2019)

Searching for stability, UTEP coaches are likely to rely on multiple QBs to control the game clock, move the down markers, avoid turnovers and protect a defense rebuilding in the secondary.

A UTEP Man and His Mission – The Unpredictable Ride of Football’s Derron Gatewood (August 2019)

So what we Miners forever have here is exactly what our rebuilding team needs from a veteran with 24 career starts – leadership.

No Apologies Here: Reasons Why UTEP Makes Me Proud (July 2019)

I know from personal experience that at UTEP, a kid can receive all the training, all the support, everything he/she needs to go anywhere and do anything.