Ryan Metz will start at quarterback for the UTEP Miners football team when they take on the UNT Mean Green at the Sun Bowl. Bret Bloomquist, El Paso Times
In terms of the ultimate goal for this UTEP football season — winning at least one game and breaking that long losing streak, Saturday's home game against North Texas is a tough climb.
The Miners are 27-point underdogs against the Conference USA favorites, a Mean Green team that can draw motivation from an upset loss last week and a blowout loss at UTEP two years ago — which happens to be one bookend of the Miners' 17-game drought.