The UTEP football team begins its 2022 season with one of the true toss-up games on the schedule when it hosts one of Conference USA's departing teams, North Texas, on Saturday night in a Sun Bowl that should be sold out or close to it.
This is Mean Green's first trip to El Paso since 2018 and the last one on the schedule for the foreseeable future. The biggest issue will be how the Miners handle the hype and pressure of playing in front of 45,000 fans.
The game against North Texas marks the earliest-ever opener for both schools and was revealed on March 30 when Conference USA issued a revised schedule following the announced departure of three schools for the Sun Belt Conference.