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UTEP Miners: Dimel excited for chance to play at Texas as 43-point underdog

The task gets much taller for the 1-0 UTEP football team this week, and coach Dana Dimel thinks that's a good thing.

The Miners travel to Austin as a six-touchdown underdog to Texas and what Dimel sees is a chance to improve.

"It's going to be a really, really tough test for us," Dimel said. "They have 330-pound-plus, 340-pound-plus defensive linemen. That's one of the strengths of their team right now is how big and wide and strong and athletic they are up front.

"It's going to be a huge test for us this weekend and I think it will make us better.