UTEP Football: Mack Leftwich Named Starting Quarterback.

this was monitored all the way since the end of last season, through the off- season conditioning workouts, through spring football, through the summer conditioning workouts, and through the fall camp.” and there you have it … it is mack leftwich who will lead the miners against arkansas on saturday … good evening… i’m danny mata with sports … now that leftwich is under center… he’s got his work cut out for him… the miners face number 18 arkansas in the season opener… leftwich is a proven winner… we went 31-1 as a starting quarterback at north allegheny high school in pennsylvania… kugler on what he likes best about mack … “he has a good understanding of our offense. he has a good rapport with the players. they see his competitiveness. he’s not afraid to tuck it down and take a lick. they’ve seen his toughness. he’s taken shots and he gets right back up. a lot of people term that and call it the “it” factor for a quarterback. they’ve just got that little something special. he has that.” as for garrett simpson … he’s got a high ankle sprain… the team is hoping he can handle field goal holding duties but that’s in question. we could see ryan metz as the backup come saturday… staying with the miners… former utep