UTEP football took on the UNLV Rebels at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. The final score: Rebels 52, Miners 24. El Paso Times
There are parallels between UNLV's football team in 2015 and UTEP's in 2018, which is the most positive thing possible to say about the Miners right now.
The Rebels were bad then, perhaps not in quite as low of a spot as the Miners are now, but bad.
Tony Sanchez was in his first year as head coach, wins were rare, a tradition of excellence was not there and hope hadn't landed in Las Vegas.