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Three months ago, UTEP had a plate full of questions, the biggest of which were defense and wide receivers.

On the Trail Archive PLAYER NEWS & NOTES 1 2 Next Miners corral James Davidson Safety James Davidson of Huntsville, Texas, has agreed to a Class of 2009 scholarship offer from UTEP.

UTEP's 36-10 victory over SMU began shaking out before the Miners even took a snap.

The simple assumption all season is that six UTEP victories would get it to a bowl, but the chances of that happening took a hit with Southern Miss' upset of East Carolina and Houston's upset of Tulsa on ...

Line: UTEP by 10 1/2. Series Record: SMU leads 9-6. Last Meeting: 2007, UTEP 48-45. UTEP has to win 2 of its final three games to become bowl eligible.

Leslie Westbrook / Daily Advertiser UTEP running back Daniel Palmer was brought down after gaining several yards during the Miners game against the Ragin' Cajuns on Saturday night in Lafayette, La.

For most of the past decade, November has been a time when UTEP opponents give thanks for having the Miners on the schedule.

For most of the past two years, the UTEP defense has looked like a team run over by a truck.

Trevor Vittatoe threw five touchdown passes to lead UTEP to a 37-24 victory against Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday night.

Police have named Helaman "Doez" Quinonez, 17, of the 9100 block of Morelia, as the suspect in the city's latest homicide, according to a police news release.

UTEP was leading 17-14 after the first quarter. The Miners scored first on a 46-yard Jose Martinez field goal and then added two touchdowns - a 37-yard pass from Trevor Vittatoe to Kris Adams and a 53 yard pass ...

Series Record: Teams have never played. UTEP needs to win 3 of its last four games to become bowl eligible.

UTEP head coach Mike Price discusses the past week's game against the Rice Owls that gave the Miners its fifth loss of the season with a 49-44 defeat Saturday night in the Sun Bowl.

El Paso police on Monday identified a women killed in car crash on Friday. Olive Ellis, 19, a passenger, was transported to Thomason Hospital, where she later died.

It was a night of dueling quarterbacks on a cool November evening in the Sun Bowl.

If the UTEP football team believed purely in numbers, the defense would be searching for a white flag right now.

The Houston Astros are freezing 2009 ticket prices at 2008 levels. The ticket prices at Minute Maid Park will range from $7 for adults and $1 for children for upper deck tickets in the left and right field ...

UTEP has two new linebackers this week, each moving to the position from different units.

The Arena Football League realigned its divisions Monday, placing the two-time Eastern Division champion Dallas Desperados in the Southern Division.

In a different context, the daily sight of UTEP running back Jason Williams running for yard after yard and safety Braxton Amy roaming all over the Sun Bowl would be a wonderful sign.