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Mother nature gets the best of UTEP quarterbacks

Given the 30-mile-per-hour winds, throwing the ball figured to be tough at Friday's opening scrimmage of spring and the numbers showed that.

Ryan Metz was 4-of-10 for 36 yards with an interception, Zack Greenlee was 2-of-9 for 33 yards and Mark Torrez was 1-of-2 with 20 yards and a touchdown to former Eastwood teammate Richie Rodriguez. Seven different receivers made the seven receptions.

"It affected my first ball, well, actually that wasn't the wind," Metz said. "Conditions shouldn't affect me. We might have to play Oklahoma (in the opener) in windy conditions and we'll have to play through it.