Coach Mike Sanford wants his football program to keep his focus on them amid uncertainty about his own future.
“Your tunnel vision has to be set on one thing and one thing alone,” Sanford said Monday. “If you start allowing other factors to come into play of what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, that’s when you’ll get caught up.
“We’re going into this game against UTEP to win this game for these seniors and win this game for these players that have been fighting.”
The Hilltoppers take a 1-9 overall record and 0-6 mark in Conference USA play into their game Saturday with Texas-El Paso (1-9, 1-5).