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Miners feeling confident as they travel to Southern Miss

Miners feeling confident as they travel to Southern Miss

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 9, 2017

A loss by one point means one more speck of hope that the Miners (0-6, 0-2 C-USA) will get their first win against Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Saturday. Interim head coach Mike Price believes the team’s spirited efforts in their...

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Video: UTEP football vs Western Kentucky

Video: UTEP football vs Western Kentucky

October 7, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ZYoKz_SDI&t=16s

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Special teams falter as Miners lose heartbreaker to WKU and fall to 0-6

Special teams falter as Miners lose heartbreaker to WKU and fall to 0-6

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2017

Almost all the stars aligned for the Miners on Saturday evening, except for the one thing they lacked all year—a win. UTEP fell short to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, 15-14, after a hard fought, 60-minute war. They had the most yards on...

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UTEP cheerleaders and Gold Digger preformed during the Homecoming Pep Rally at centennial plaza.

Homecoming pep rally gathers UTEP community

October 5, 2017

UTEP students, faculty and football players gathered at Centennial Plaza Thursday afternoon for the annual homecoming pep rally in anticipation for the Miners-Western Kentucky football game on Saturday. The event featured food, live music and special...

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Interim head coach Mike Price returns to UTEP and promises effort

Interim head coach Mike Price returns to UTEP and promises effort

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 3, 2017

After getting the call on Monday to take the reigns of interim head coach for the UTEP football team, Mike Price had less than 24 hours to pack all his belongings from his lake house in Idaho to travel to the Sun City and get back to business. As...

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With Kugler gone and Price in, what's to come of UTEP football?

With Kugler gone and Price in, what’s to come of UTEP football?

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 2, 2017

If you were to tell anyone who knows the slightest thing about UTEP football that at the start of the season Athletic Director Bob Stull would retire, Sean Kugler would resign after starting 0-5—firing offensive coordinator Brent Pease along the way—and...

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Kugler’s craving for local talent sank him

Kugler’s craving for local talent sank him

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter October 2, 2017

During Sean Kugler’s time as head coach of the UTEP football team, he made it a point to recruit and build his teams with many local talent from the El Paso and Las Cruces area. There is no doubt that’s a good idea, but the way Kugler went about...

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Mike Price named interim head football coach

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 2, 2017

One day after Sean Kugler announced his resignation with the program, UTEP Athletic Director Bob Stull named Mike Price interim head coach for the football team. “I’ve asked Mike if he could help us in this situation,” Stull said in a press...

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Sean Kugler steps down as head coach for UTEP football

Sean Kugler steps down as head coach for UTEP football

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 1, 2017

After a 0-5 start, the first time since 1992, UTEP football head coach Sean Kugler has chosen to resign from the program. Kugler was 18-36 during his five-year tenure with the Miners, including a New Mexico Bowl appearance in 2014. After meeting...

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Miners still winless after loss to Army

Miners still winless after loss to Army

Mike Flores, Reporter September 30, 2017

In a tale of two halves, UTEP played their best football of the season in the first half of today's game at Army . The Miners got their first lead of the season, moved the ball well due to spectacular running by Quadraiz Wadley and were tied at 14 with...

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The UTEP Miners take on the rival NMSU Aggies, Saturday at the Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces.

Football: UTEP @ NMSU 2017

September 26, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMdn51Yp-4k

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The UTEP football team travels to West Point this weekend to face Army.

Miners searching for first win against Army

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief September 25, 2017

Head coach Sean Kugler and his squad are back again in a similar situation as last week—another must-win game this Saturday against Army—coming off, yet again, another tough loss. The Miners were hammered by rival NMSU, 41-14, in Las Cruces on Sept....

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