2011 Record: (5-7, 2-6 in C-USA) Head Coach: Mike Price (174-174 All-Time, 45-42 at UTEP) Last Bowl Game: 2010 New Mexico Bowl: lost to BYU 52-24 Four Year-Coaching Trend: 5 wins and 7.25 losses overall, 3 wins and 5 losses in C-USA per year   Schedule Glimpse: 2012 Schedule Link Big Name Opponents: 9/1 vs Oklahoma, 9/8 at Ole Miss, 9/22 at Wisconsin Must Win: 9/15 vs New ... read more...

Autrey Golden returned a fourth-quarter kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and the Texas-El Paso defense held when it counted most to propel the Miners past Southern Mississippi 34-33 Saturday night. After Golden's big return gave UTEP (3-8, 2-5 Conference USA) the 34-27 lead, the Golden Eagles (0-11, 0-7) responded with an 86-yard drive that cut the lead to one with 2:48 l... read more...

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On this date, 31 years ago, the Brigham Young Cougars went to the edge of the Mountain Time Zone to play a team dressed in blue and orange. The UTEP Miners were no match for BYU. For the fourth consecutive season, BYU held UTEP to single digit points. The Cougars also topped the 60 point mark against UTEP for the fourth time in the LaVell Edwards era.BYU didn’t waste any... read more...

Miner fans, the UTEP basketball season may be over, but March Madness is just about to hit high gear. Here's your chance to fill out an NCAA tournament bracket, compete against other Miner fans, and win cool prizes. Best of all, its ... read more...

We talk about how this is Coach Tim Floyd's professional home, and his love for El Paso. Let's look at what it might be, now that there's speculation he could return to USC as its college basketball coach, bye bye... read more...

This has been a violent weekend in sports.  Trent Williams got knocked over the head at a night club in Honolulu.  Yesterday fans got so bored at the Pro Bowl that they started brawling in the stands. Now comes video courtesy of The Big Lead where a college kid absolutely loses his mind.  Shamarr Bowden is a 6’4 guard for the Pirates who has provided some offensive spark f... read more...

We would like to thank everyone who joined this year's edition of the Miner Rush Bracket challenge. I for one found this year's tournament to be very interesting, mostly because my picks were horrible and games were... read more...

Check out Shamarr Bowden of ECU punching Konner Tucker of UTEP in the face twice in their game on Saturday.  The two players went to the ground after a layup attempt when Marshall Guilmette of UTEP put back a huge dunk.  While Marshall was hanging on the rim Bowden dropped two huge punches to Tucker's face.  Not really sure what caused the fight, but it wasn't pretty.  Bow... read more...

Back from some time away from this blog: It's really no surprise that UTEP Basketball Coach Tim Floyd is not going to USC. Andy Enfield, the Florida Gulf Coast coach, got the big job. But what about future jobs for... read more...

Over the last day and a half, there has been much speculation that Sam Houston State defensive coordinator Scott Stoker was the leading candidate to replace the departed Jeff Choate as the defensive play caller for t... read more...

All good things must come to an end and the men’s basketball season is no exception. We went from the low points to even the chance... read more...

As was first reported yesterday by Pete Roussel of www.coachingsearch.com, UTEP's top target to take over the defensive coordinator duties is current Sam Ho... read more...

UTEP's Sophomore guard McKenzie Moore drilled a three at the buzzer to propel Texas-El Paso from two down to the 68-67 win over East Carolina in front of a stunned Minges Coliseum crowd of... Full story at Bob's Blitz ~ http://www.bobsblitz.com read more...

UTEP’s McKenzie Moore might have kept the Miners NCAA Tournament hopes alive.  Moore hit a shot from mid-court at the buzzer on the road to shoot down East Carolina in a battle between Conference USA bubble teams. Here’s the highlights with the big shot at the end. "Anytime you make one like that at the end, you feel like you've got a horseshoe up your tail.” ... read more...

Why in the world would UTEP Football Coach Sean Kugler pronounce Blaire Sullivan to be "our starting quarterback," even as he qualified that with the proverbial — at least for now? The Miners need to sell season tickets. Sullivan was... read more...

Rumor has it that UTEP's new defensive coordinator Jeff Choate will be leaving town before ever coaching a game in the Sun Bowl. While there is no confirmation from UTEP Athletics, word has it that Choate has accepte... read more...

The tournament, to be played November 28-30 2013, will take place on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and will feature the likes of Kansas, Iowa, Tennessee, UTEP, USC, Villanova, Wake Forest, and Xavier. As was... read more...

Why Coach Tim Floyd should/should not leave UTEP if there really is a deal to return to USC as head basketball coach. Leave: UTEP looks to be going nowhere in the conference world. Realignment is taking the top programs/cities in... read more...

Exactly 20 years ago, today, the Brigham Young Cougars opened the season taking on the UTEP Miners in El Paso, Texas. Not only was it the first game of the 1992 season, it was BYU’s first game without three-year starter and Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer. Replacing the NCAA record holder for career passing yards and touchdown passes was sophomore John Walsh. UTEP was the ... read more...