UTEP Football — Doing Some Things Right (July 2020)

Health advisory: Reviewing the past three years of UTEP football may be may be harmful to your eyesight.

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

Feeling Pressure: Where Does This Noted UTEP Grad Find His Own Release Valve? (May 2020)

Last time I saw Eddie Hochuli, in the flesh, he was playing linebacker for us, and generally goosing the City of El Paso and the UTEP campus from a stronghold at Miners Hall. (A series of stories in itself.) Since he graduated with honors, Eddie has been a little busy.

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.

A Lesson Taught Long Ago — Two Miners Connect Through the Late Ben Collins (August 2019)

There's a hole of regret, right here in my orange heart.

Where Texas Western Led, Others Followed — Miner’s New Book Chronicles UTEP’s Historic Stake in American Culture (April 2019)

Sixty years of living and football, plus two years of research and writing, just washed up on my doorstep today. A 5,213-pound package containing 1,500 copies of my baby. You may recognize it as my new release: Beyond The Big Shootout – 50 Years of Football’s Life Lessons, a historical account of the Arkansas – Texas game for football's national title, and what happened afterwards. Answer: Plenty.