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UTEP tight end Jess Trussell makes quick impact Bret Bloomquist, Wochit

The line out of the UTEP football team following a 31-13 Conference USA-opening loss to Southern Miss is that the Miners are just a play here and a play there from being decent.

That's true to a point. Against teams at their level, they win almost as many plays as they lose. They lose far more games than they win, they fell to 1-3 Saturday, because the handful of truly big plays, time after time, go the wrong way.