The UTEP football team has put itself in position where most of its Conference USA games are going to come down to a handful of plays.
In a 24-13 loss to Middle Tennessee on Saturday that joins the list of games the Miners let get away, there are three worth circling.
UTEP dropped a potential 75-yard touchdown pass from Gavin Hardison to Trent Thompson on the first play of the second half; Middle Tennessee didn't drop a 75-yard touchdown from Chase Cunningham to Jaylin Lane in the fourth quarter.
That back-breaking Blue Raider score that accounted for the final points came two snaps after the Miners lost a potential game-tying touchdown pass with less than eight minutes remaining on a questionable, and much argued, offensive pass interference call that negated a 15-yard score from Hardison to Tyrin Smith.