The UTEP Miners are going into Saturday's game against UNLV looser, but confident. Bret Bloomquist/El Paso Times
The first criterion this UTEP football team will be judged is on wins, and that task Saturday at UNLV is going to be a difficult one.
The Miners are a 24-point underdog, and after a three-touchdown loss to Northern Arizona of the FCS, coupled with the Rebels' competitive loss at USC, that seems about right.
The next way head coach Dana Dimel's first team will be measured is by how much it improves.