EL PASO, Texas – It wasn’t the start of Conference USA play that the UTEP Miners were hoping for, but a lot was learned. Following a 21-17 loss to Louisiana Tech on Saturday, the Miners now turn their attention to Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles will a pay a visit to the Sun Bowl this
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EL PASO, Texas – Saturday’s UTEP football game will feature a halftime fireworks show. The Miners, off to a 3-2 start overall, will face Southern Mississippi at 5:30 p.m. in the Sun Bowl. The fireworks display is sponsored by GECU. Saturday’s game is the Miners’ Conference-USA home opener. The Miners are 0-1 in conference, while
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP quarterback TJ Goodwin has decided to leave the program. The redshirt freshman announced on Twitter that he’s entering the transfer portal. In his full statement Goodwin said, “I would like to thank UTEP for giving me the opportunity to play this game while meeting guys I could call my brothers.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP senior Duron Lowe has been named the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week. Lowe had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown Saturday in the Miners’ 21-17 loss to Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La. It was Lowe’s second 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. He also had one
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RUSTON, Louisiana — UTEP football had piqued fans interest after a 3-1 start, but now they fall to 3-2 after losing their conference opener Saturday night. The Miners, to their best start since 2010, tried to prove their mettle in a dogfight at reigning C-USA West champions Louisiana Tech, but fell 21-17. Louisiana Tech marched
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP wide receiver Jacob Cowing ranks third in the nation in receiving yards. And while turning around the UTEP Miner football program has its own incentives, Cowing has all the motivation he needs at home with his 11-month old son Chase. Cowing plays much bigger than a true sophomore, but he
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners know nothing comes easy especially in 2020. UTEP enters Conference USA play with a 3-1 record, their best overall record in 10 years. However, the Miners’ toughest games are still ahead of them. UTEP will hit the road to take on Louisiana Tech Saturday, a team that was
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EL PASO, Texas – It appears UTEP will allow fans to attend home basketball games this season, but at a reduced capacity. UTEP says re-seating of the Don Haskins Center will commence on Oct. 19 in anticipation of the 2020-21 UTEP men’s and women’s basketball seasons, which are set to begin on Nov. 25. Social distancing
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin— Aaron Jones scored the opening touchdown for Green Bay and then Aaron Rodgers connected with tight end Robert Tonyan for three touchdown passes as the Packers remained unbeaten with a 30-16 victory over the winless Atlanta Falcons on Monday night. The Packers (4-0) opened a season by scoring at least 30 points
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EL PASO, Texas – With the UTEP football team limited to 18 percent capacity for its home games at the Sun Bowl, the Miners have come up with a way to make the stands seem a little more festive. UTEP has partnered with Allstate insurance agent Oscar Arrieta to create fan cutouts and display them
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EL PASO, Texas – The kickoff time for the next UTEP home game has been changed to 5:30 p.m. The game against Southern Mississippi on Oct. 17 has also been picked up for national broadcast by ESPN2. Kickoff was originally slated for 7 p.m. The Miners are 3-1 for the first time in 10 years
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EL PASO, Texas – Even though the volleyball season doesn’t officially begin until the Spring, the UTEP volleyball team isn’t taking any time off. The Miners are forging ahead with scrimmages this Fall as they prepare for a season they hope will begin in 2021. So far UTEP has played two scrimmages against Texas State.
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MONROE, Louisiana — Something special may be happening with this year’s UTEP football team. The Miners dominated UL Monroe from start to finish en route to a 31-6 road win, putting UTEP off to its best start since 2010. Deion Hankins rushed for three touchdowns, all in the first half, and the UTEP defense allowed
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EL PASO, Texas — While Senior (RS) wide receiver Justin Garrett’s numbers are atop the UTEP Miners’ stat book each weekend, it’s his impression off the field that say everything you need to know about his character. His inspirations, both dead and living, fuel the drive that has put in among the most talented wideouts in
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Aaron Jones’ bid for a new contract is paying early dividends for the Green Bay Packers. He was named the FedEx NFL Ground Player of the Week on Wednesday, as voted on by fans, after having a career-high 168 yards rushing, a team-high 68 yards receiving and three touchdowns in this past
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EL PASO, TEXAS – In what UTEP President Heather Wilson called “tough decisions,” the university announced late Wednesday afternoon that it was furloughing employees and cutting jobs in the athletic department due to budget woes tied to the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry and football head coach Dana Dimel said they
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will hope to continue riding that wave of momentum as they get set for a road matchup against Louisiana Monroe. UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel speaks with ABC-7 for an exclusive interview sponsored by Speaking Rock. Coach Dimel highlights some of the keys to the game, as
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP defeated Abilene Christian University 17-13 on Saturday at the Sun Bowl. Above is a slideshow looking back on the action courtesy of sideline photographer Ruben Ramirez.
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Former UTEP standout Aaron Jones wanted to do a Lambeau Leap even without fans in the stands. He gave himself plenty of opportunities. Jones rushed for a career-high 168 yards and scored three touchdowns, including a 75-yard breakaway, as the Green Bay Packers rallied from an early 11-point deficit to beat
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners returned home Saturday for their third game of the season. UTEP playing host to the Abilene Christian University Wildcats, an FCS school out of the Southland Conference. UTEP was able to squeak out a victory over Abilene Christian, 10-7 For the third week in a row, the Miners
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EL PASO, Texas – It was never a question of “if” the UTEP Marching Miners would play at football games this fall, but for band director Dr. Andrew Hunter it was how they would do it safely amid the pandemic. If you ask Hunter, there’s no better complement to gameday than the atmosphere that surrounds
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP senior running back Quardraiz Wadley will sit out the remainder of the 2020 football season due to a lingering injury that prevented him from being in playing shape to start the year, head coach Dana Dimel announced on Wednesday. In 2019, Wadley suffered a toe injury during summer conditioning and required
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EL PASO, Texas — College basketball teams and fans are ecstatic to hear they will have a season. But with the NCAA pushing back the start of the season by two weeks, they also now may have to re-piece together their schedules. As part of the NCAA’s decision to tip the college basketball season on
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EL PASO, Texas – They say good things come to those who wait, but the wait wasn’t very long for Jamal Bieniemy, a point guard transfer from Oklahoma. Wednesday, Bieniemy received news that he will be immediately eligible to suit up for UTEP this upcoming season. Bieniemy received a waiver from the NCAA and will
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EL PASO, Texas – Following UTEP’s loss against the Texas Longhorns, the Miners now turn their attention to Abilene Christian. It will mark the second time this season that the Miners will face an FCS opponent out of the Southland Conference. UTEP will enter the game with a record of 1-1, while the Wildcats enter
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AUSTIN, Texas — Sam Ehlinger threw a 78-yard touchdown to Joshua Moore on the first play and had career-high five scoring passes in the first half, as No. 14 Texas rolled to a 59-3 season-opening win over UTEP Saturday night. Ehlinger finished with 426 yards. He left the game midway through the third quarter with
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AUSTIN, Texas — David Flores, a University of Texas at Austin alumnus who’s had Longhorn football season tickets for the past six years, said he couldn’t find anyone to take his tickets for the Saturday season opener against The University of Texas at El Paso. None of his friends wanted them. Like him, they didn’t
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 is learning more about how UTEP came to the decision to move graduation ceremonies online, instead of holding it in-person. Graduations were just one of several events affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The spring commencement ceremony that typically takes place in May had to be postponed. The plan was then
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AUSTIN, Texas — For Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger, each day of summer workouts and training camp felt like uneasy steps toward a season that might never come. Even with his team’s first kickoff coming Saturday night, Ehlinger holds his breath worrying that the coronavirus pandemic could still derail everything. “I still have my fingers crossed
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EL PASO, Texas – It will be tough for UTEP to slow down Tom Herman this Saturday. The 4th-year Texas head coach has led the Longhorns to three straight bowl wins. Herman is a college football giant. He’s the highest paid coach in the Big-12 and his just under 7-million-dollar salary outweighs that of the
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