Just when matters were at their most dire for the UTEP football team, when their 2022 season looked to be dead on the side of the road, the Miners found some life at a most unlikely time against a most unlikely opponent.
In what amounted to a last stand, two-touchdown underdog UTEP thrashed Boise State 27-10 in perhaps the most out-of-nowhere Miner result since the Miners routed No. 12 Houston in 2010 a week after a 57-point loss to Texas.
The trouncing was more complete than the the score indicated. The defense was as good as it has been in decades, holding Boise to 177 yards, 75 of which came on a drive to open the second half.