The question in front of the UTEP football team, and it's one they'll spend the offseason pondering, is where did Saturday's 52-24 victory over North Texas come from and how can it be duplicated on a weekly basis?
A season after going 5-7 with an unsustainable rash of injuries, the feeling around the Miners was that with good health, this was an eight-win team. Well, there was good health, and as it turns out, half that many wins.
What was supposed to happen this year finally happened Saturday afternoon. The defense flew around and made plays. The offense established a run game behind Aaron Jones, which opened up the play-action passing game behind the man who should have been the quarterback from day one, Ryan Metz.