Video: UTEP practice at Del Valle Bret Bloomquist, Wochit
The UTEP football team didn't plan anything special for its annual spring trip to the East Side of El Paso, but just being at Del Valle High School and Conquest Stadium on Friday night made the evening special.
As has been the case with every workout this spring, there was no tackling and players were not supposed to go to the ground, but with several hundred spectators in the stands under the lights, coach Dana Dimel giving commentary from the press box and NFL players Aaron Jones and Will Hernandez on the sidelines, there was a buzz not normally associated with 9 a.