How much did the rare taste of success and a trip to the New Mexico Bowl last season change things for the UTEP Miners?
Dana Dimel, the fifth-year coach who last year led UTEP to just its second winning season since 2005, was asked this week if his 0-2 team is already facing a must-win situation on Saturday night when they host rival New Mexico State in the Sun Bowl in the 99th playing of the Battle of I-10.
“You don’t want to go 0-3 – just dig a deeper hole,” Dimel said.
The Aggies, meanwhile are off to a matching 0-2 start and, like the Miners, dropped a Week Zero game at home (NMSU lost to Nevada on Aug.