After playing the East Tennessee State Buccaneers and winning easily 59-3, Tennessee football may be in for an even easier showdown this week despite going up against an FBS opponent. The Vols play the worst team on that level in the UTEP Miners, a team that is on a 14-game losing streak after going 0-12 last year.
New head coach Dana Dimel is trying to bring the offense he installed with the Kansas State Wildcats to the team, but after two weeks, it’s produced results no better than last year’s 0-12 team. UTEP opened the season with a blowout loss to the FCS Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, and they followed that up with a blowout loss to the UNLV Rebels.