The UTEP football team's blueprint for a successful 2021 was well documented.
Hope the improved talent shows on the field, pick up some early wins against the soft part of the schedule, then gain confidence to turn a good start into something more.
That the Miners are 6-1 right now for the first time since 2005 speaks to how that went.
More specifically, the defense receives an "A-plus," coach Dana Dimel said of a group that ranks 15th nationally and first in Conference USA. "The way they are overcoming adversity at the midpoint. We're pleased with the way they are coming together as a unit.