The path to victory for the UTEP football team this week in Charlotte goes over the ground.
The Miners' run game hasn't been consistent this season, but when it's good, they win. That simple formula applies even more this week against a 49ers team that likes to control the ball and the clock while blitzing on defense.
This will be a game of keep-away and UTEP's trail to a win will go through tailback Deion Hankins and the offensive line's ability to give him some room. Hankins and Joshua Fields may not run it a huge quantity of times, but they need to run it with high quality.