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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.

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment July 18, 2020February 25, 2022 5 Minutes

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?

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment July 4, 2020February 25, 2022 5 Minutes

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.

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment June 27, 2020February 25, 2022 5 Minutes

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.

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment June 14, 2020February 25, 2022 4 Minutes

UTEP Football: A Rich History, Sometimes Forgotten (June 2020)

Forgive us for wondering whether the Miners will field a better team, with hopes of watching our favorite team play relevant games in November. Barstool answer: After a 1-21 record the past two years, how could the Miners not be better?

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment June 3, 2020February 25, 2022 3 Minutes

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.

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso 1 Comment September 3, 2019February 25, 2022 5 Minutes

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.

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment August 23, 2019February 25, 2022 2 Minutes

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.

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, Uncategorized, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment August 8, 2019February 25, 2022 2 Minutes

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.

Woodard Media Group Football, NCAA, University of Texas El Paso 1 Comment July 31, 2019February 25, 2022 3 Minutes

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.

Woodard Media Group Soccer, University of Texas El Paso Leave a comment July 1, 2019February 25, 2022 1 Minute

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Celebrating Texas Independence Day — March 2

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“You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas” — Davey Crockett (1835)

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Rush-Mob the Court — It’s Coming to UTEP Hoops (March 2022)

Rush-Mob the Court — It’s Coming to UTEP Hoops (March 2022)

Court mobbing has a time-honored history at UTEP, too.

Earth to Heaven: Make Room for More Sunshine (March 2022)

Earth to Heaven: Make Room for More Sunshine (March 2022)

Several short years ago, UTEP coach Sean Kugler invited Don Maynard, along with his son Scot, to address the Miners during training camp at Ruidoso, N.M. The young Miners had little way of knowing they were kneeling before a walking legend, surely one of the most eccentric athletes in school history.

Some Miners Were Always Horsing Around (March 2022)

Some Miners Were Always Horsing Around (March 2022)

The day Roy Heard’s parents drove him from Odessa to the Texas Western campus, they saw where he would be living — in barracks in the shadow of old Kidd Field — and very nearly did a buttonhook back east. 

Miners Football Catching OU at a Good Time? (March 2022)

Miners Football Catching OU at a Good Time? (March 2022)

Most years, UTEP starts the football season with major question marks, a heavy underdog looking to earn a quick payday against a national powerhouse. Not quite the case on Sept. 3, when the Miners open at OU, as in Oklahoma Unsettled.

Jim was a Gem of the Gym (March 2022)

Jim was a Gem of the Gym (March 2022)

If you’re a UTEP basketball fan who loves defense and rebounding, you well know the name of a Don Haskins favorite — Jim Forbes.

Whir Dey Iz Dept.? — Scott English (March 2022)

Whir Dey Iz Dept.? — Scott English (March 2022)

In the early 1970s, Scott English was one of the most accomplished all-around athletes in the nation. Signed out of California by UTEP basketball coach Don Haskins, English was a multiple-year finalist in the NCAA high jump championships for Coach Wayne Vandenburg. 

Order is Restored. Miners Beat Lobos and Aggies en route to 5-1 Start (October 2021)

Order is Restored. Miners Beat Lobos and Aggies en route to 5-1 Start (October 2021)

Now that superior human beings of UTEP have reestablished our rightful place as overseers of New Mexico and all its underlings, life is back to normal.

Where Are They Now? Willie Cager Still Quick with a Story (October 2021)

Where Are They Now? Willie Cager Still Quick with a Story (October 2021)

Confined to a wheelchair but still mentally nimble and cheerful as ever, Willie Cager of the Miners 1966 national basketball champs was a welcome sight during a recent campus reunion.

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