The nature of the college football means the window of enjoying a big victory is short, even for a rivalry-game win like UTEP just achieved or an overtime upset of Notre Dame, which Texas accomplished in a Sunday night instant classic.
What's easy to assume is that when the Miners and Longhorns meet Saturday in Austin UTEP won't be feeling any hangover from their 38-22 victory against New Mexico State. The mantra for a money game like this is to get out healthy, but for the Miners it also represents a unique opportunity.
"This is very exciting for our players, an opportunity to play a Big 12 team in front of 100,000 fans," coach Sean Kugler said at his Monday press conference.