INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — The Indianapolis defense may have turned Aaron Rodgers into a believer Sunday. Everyone else might want to take notice, too. After allowing three touchdown passes and 28 first-half points, the Colts gave up only three second-half points. They also forced a game-changing fumble less than a minute into overtime for a 34-31
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EL PASO, Texas — The college football schedule has been thrown into disarray, with 16 games canceled or postponed this week due to Covid-19 infections on teams. UTEP was among the teams impacted when opponent UAB suffered an outbreak. It’s the second straight week college football has lost double-digit games to its schedule. With cases
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Wednesday that Derek Plucienski has been named the Miners’ new men’s golf coach. Plucienski was an All-Conference USA player at Southern Miss before rising through the coaching ranks and spending the last year and a half as the head coach at McNeese State University. “We would like to
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners have yet another week off after their scheduled game against UAB (The University of Alabama at Birmingham) was cancelled. UTEP currently sits with an overall record of 3-4 and is coming off a 52-21 loss on the road against UT-San Antonio (UTSA). It was UTEP’s 4th straight game
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team will start its season at home on Nov. 25 against regional rival New Mexico State University. The Miners will play 24 total games, including 13 home contests. Both the Miners men’s and women’s teams released their schedules on Tuesday. The Miner women will be home for
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s been a difficult task for UTEP head coach Rodney Terry putting together a schedule for his basketball team. On Tuesday, UTEP released its 2020-2021 basketball schedule. UTEP opens the season on the night before Thanksgiving (Nov. 25) in the Haskins Center against UT-Permian Basin. The contest will be part of a double-header
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EL PASO, Texas — Green Bay Packers star running back Aaron Jones’ breakfast cereal will soon be available on grocery store shelves here in El Paso. The former UTEP Miners standout and El Paso native is featured on the cereal boxes for Touchdown Squares. In a social media post, Vista Markets announced that the cereal
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EL PASO, Texas – An annual El Paso tradition won’t be taking place in 2020. The Sun Bowl Association’s holiday college basketball tournament has fallen victim to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Monday, the Sun Bowl Association announced the 2020 WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational will be canceled. The SBA Basketball Committee, which is led by Tournament
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The Green Bay Packers avoided what would have been a major upset loss to Jacksonville on Sunday with a 24-20 win. Green Bay got receiver Davante Adams back from an ankle injury in time for him to catch the go-ahead touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers. The Packers improved to 7-2 and
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — After narrowly trailing at halftime, UTEP failed to put up any points in the second half as the Miners were routed by UTSA 52-21. UTSA shattered their single-game record for total offense with 600 yards in Saturday’s game at the Alamodome. UTSA (5-4, 3-2 Conference USA) pounded UTEP (3-4, 0-3 C-USA) behind a
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP’s football game against UAB, scheduled for next Friday in Midland, has now been canceled after numerous UAB players tested positive for Covid-19 and were quarantined. UAB also cancelled its game vs. North Texas this Saturday for the same reason. UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter said he was “disappointed that we won’t be able to
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s upcoming football game against UAB is being moved from the Sun Bowl to Grande Stadium in Midland because of concern among UAB officials about the recent surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations in El Paso. The game has also been moved up one day to Friday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. MT/11
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s point guard Katia Gallegos was one of 20 players named Monday to the watch list of potential candidates for the 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award, according to The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. Last year as a freshman, Gallegos led UTEP in assists (154),
Continue Reading SANTA CLARA, California — Packers star running back Aaron Jones returned after missing two games with a calf injury and made an immediate impact as the Green Bay Packers overwhelmed the undermanned San Francisco 49ers 34-17 on Thursday night. The El Pasoan and former UTEP standout touched the ball on the first four plays to
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EL PASO, Texas – In these times of uncertainty, UTEP is asking Miner faithful to support the men’s basketball team from afar. In order for COVID-19 safety protocols to be followed, seating capacity in the Don Haskins Center will be significantly reduced for the 2020-21 season. As a result, UTEP cannot, at this time, welcome
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Bryson Williams is getting some recognition before the start of the season, and rightfully so. Thursday, the senior forward was named to the 2020-21 Conference USA Preseason Team as voted by the conference’s 14 head coaches. In his first season played with the Miners, the 6-8 forward averaged 17.8 points per
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EL PASO, Texas – Dates have now been set for the UTEP football team following the postponement of two of the team’s home games. Wednesday, Conference USA announced the re-scheduling of the games that were postponed earlier this season due to COVID-19-related issues. Both games will be played during the first two weeks of December.
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EL PASO, Texas – Per a news release from Florida International, this Saturday’s UTEP vs. FIU game has been canceled. https://t.co/ugTk4cnnII— FIU Football (@FIUFootball) November 3, 2020 In the statement released by FIU, the game is being called off due to a lack of healthy scholarship football players at Florida International. The game will not
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EL PASO, Texas – Kalaii Griffin walked into Shredskinz by accident. After he graduated in 2020, the UTEP football alum had always set his sights on playing in the NFL. While training for NFL camps this past summer, Griffin needed a quick way to burn calories to stay in game shape. He tried working out
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — UTEP alum and New York Giants’ starting left guard Will Hernandez is in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19, ESPN reported Thursday citing team sources. The Giants, in a statement, indicated that one of its players had tested positive on Wednesday night, but didn’t identify that person. ESPN said it confirmed Hernandez
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP hasn’t played a football game at home since September 19. The Miners were looking forward to their return to the Sun Bowl with a scheduled conference game against North Texas on Saturday. However, the wait for the return home will continue after North Texas refused to travel to El Paso
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s home football game against North Texas on Saturday has been postponed. UTEP Athletic Director Jim Senter confirmed to ABC-7 Tuesday evening that the decision to postpone the game was made by North Texas. North Texas is refusing to come to El Paso due to the current surge in Covid-19 cases
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP wide receiver Jacob Cowing has been added to the Biletnikoff Award watch list, according to an announcement from the group that spearheads the award. Cowing is ranked 10th nationally and second in Conference USA in receiving yards with 515 yards on 34 receptions. He has three 100-yard games this season.
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — Green Bay Packers starting running back Aaron Jones had a calf injury that kept him out of Sunday’s game at the Houston Texans. But even absent Jones, the Texans were dominated by the Packers 35-20. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns to lead Green Bay in a game
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – For a moment, it looked as if UTEP could open up a double-digit lead heading into halftime. But a costly penalty wiped that away, and from then on, Charlotte controlled the ballgame en route to a 38-28 victory. UTEP (3-3, 0-2 C-USA) had three turnovers, including two that led to 49er
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EL PASO, Texas – Some good news came the way of the UTEP Miners on Wednesday. The NCAA announced that UTEP redshirt sophomore transfer Kristian Sjolund will be eligible to play during the 2020-21 season. Sjolund is a 6-foot-8 forward who played at ACC program Georgia Tech. “We’re excited that Kristian will be able to
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP running back and Parkland High School graduate Deion Hankins has been named to the Freshman All-America Watch List by the Football Writers Association of America. The FWAA Freshman All-America team will be its 20th since its inception and will feature a list of seven semifinalists and three finalists later this
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are hoping everything goes according to plan this week. After UTEP’s home game against Southern Miss was postponed due to a spike in COVID-19 cases (Southern Miss), the Miners now turn the page to Charlotte. It was an unplanned week off for the Miners, and it will be
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – This Saturday’s UTEP football game has been postponed after multiple players for opponent Southern Miss tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced Friday morning. The exact number of infected players for the Golden Eagles wasn’t disclosed. UTEP athletic officials said they were working with Conference USA in the hopes of rescheduling the
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EL PASO, Texas — As part of the revised city restrictions to combat the coronavirus, Mayor Dee Margo has mandated that El Paso sporting events will not allowed to have fans. However, that excludes the two teams that are expected to draw the most fans in the city this weekend: UTEP and El Paso Locomotive
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