Bret Bloomquist covers UTEP for the El Paso Times. This week, he was kind enough to give insight on the Miners heading into Saturday's season opener at Oklahoma.
UTEP enters Saturday’s game as a 44-point underdog. What has been the feel of the team leading up to the Oklahoma game?
While not much is expected of them outside of their own locker room, they have some confidence. They are in the second year of offensive and defensive systems and they feel they have the right guy at quarterback in Ryan Metz. The offense was much better in the last half of 2016 after Metz was put in and that entire offensive line is back.