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Price: 'This victory will be like the Super Bowl'

UTEP coach Mike Price talks about the play of freshman tailback Joshua Fields. Bret Bloomquist/El Paso Times

Mike Price stood before a dais for the final time as UTEP head coach Monday and laid out the stakes of Saturday's finale against UAB, the last chance for the Miners to avoid 0-12.

"For many of the players, the game against UAB is the last game they'll ever play," he said. "Knowing that, I think they'll go out and play as hard as they possibly can.

"This is the last time for this coaching staff with these player, its their last time together.