UTEP plays Oklahoma and Wisconsin by Sept. 22nd of this upcoming season. If the Miners can survive the thrashing they will probably take in those two games, both mentally and, more importantly, physically, I believe the Miners should be pretty good when they play their CUSA schedule.
Veteran coach Mike Price, in his 9th year with the school, has a returning QB in Lamaison, a nice receiving corps, and a veteran offensive line( 4 of 5 starters return). The RB position is relatively sparse, but, Price has done a very good job of coming up with very productive RBs at ElPaso, and I believe he'll do the same this year.
Okay, his defense can be scary- they gave up 30 points per game in '11- but, they do have 7 starters back, including experience in every defensive category, and that might be enough to make them more than just competitive in Conference USA.
The wild card for this team might be their strong special teams play. I'll give extra points to a head coach who has consistently good special teams. You would never expect a forgotten Texas team like UTEP to have cosistently good ST play, but, that's exactly what Price produces almost every year.It's a sign of a well-coached team.
I won't call UTEP a go-with team, but, they are well worth watching in '12.
Friday, August 3, 2012
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