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.

Competition or Network Sideshow — Keeping the Main Thing, the Main Thing (July 2019)

A wishlist as our U.S. women’s national soccer team plays England in the World Cup semifinals Tuesday in Paris.

Where’s the Beef? — Nothing Cheesy About This Former UTEP Linebacker (June 2019)

To my key-hole view of the world, Friona, Texas (pop. +/- 3,500) is a special place, mostly because it gave us Tony Perea.

UTEP Grad Surrenders – What Made Him Wave the White Flag (June 2019)

Think back now to 1969 … Arkansas vs. Texas … sold-out Razorback Stadium … Hogs ranked #2, Horns #1 … national championship at stake … President Richard Nixon in the stands, eating fried chicken … record-high national TV audience. Ticket price: $6.

Ouch! – QB’s Run-In with Local Cops Touches a Nerve with UTEP fans (June 2019)

You Miners Forever have no mixed feelings about this one … In the past seven years we have sat around these campfires together, only the sudden departure of Coach Sean Kugler generated such an uproar.

Cliché Alert — College Football Season Looms Just Ahead (June 2019)

Pre-season football magazines will be out soon. While following the UTEP Miners like a reputation, I try to get my college football fix every weekend. Any fewer than six games makes my hands shake in withdrawal. Any more than 12 gets to be sensory overload.

The Sound of Silence – UTEP Miners Football Quietly Rehabs and Rebuilds (May 2019)

Nothing pleases a college football coaching staff more than a forgettable summer. Yes, this is when they reintroduce themselves to their wives and kids and take a few days off for family vacation.

Ross Moore & Wayne Vandenburg – Two Historic UTEP Sports Figures Still Strike a Chord (April 2019)

Once in a great while, a UTEP post strikes home, triggering unpredictable reader reaction. It recently happened, not once, but twice — with a flurry of comments on former Miners track coach Wayne Vandenburg and the late trainer, Ross Moore.

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.