Friday, February 17, 2012

UTEP VS Oklahoma in 2012 Season Opener


I was pretty surprised this week when UTEP head football coach Mike Price announced that the Miners would be playing Oklahoma in the 2012 season opener.  I know Mike Price always talks about being confident in his team but come on we are talking about the Oklahoma "We killed Texas Texas 55-17 last year" Sooners.

I for one am glad that Utep has decided to take on the mighty Boomer Sooner Nation.  What a great game for El Paso football fans in our own backyard.  I know plenty of El Pasoans think Price has lost his mind with the tough schedule he has laid out for next year but I think it is pure genius.  He packs the Sun Bowl and can use the quality of opponents as a great recruiting carrot to dangle in front of potential players.

Maybe the Miners will catch a little bit of the Linsanity underdog bug and pull off the epic upset.  Maybe they get crushed and have to put their punter in as quarterback by the time Conference play comes around.  Either way, you got to be jumping at the chance to see if the Miners can create their own version of the David and Goliath story.

What do you think?  Is Price insane or a football genius?  Oklahoma vs UTEP in the Sun Bowl.  Another reason why we love living on the border!



Here is the complete UTEP 2012-2013 Football Schedule:













Saturday
09/01/12
Sooners
Oklahoma Sooners
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX


 Saturday
09/08/12
Rebels
at Ole Miss Rebels
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS


Saturday
09/15/12
AggiesNew Mexico State Aggies
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX


Saturday
09/22/12
Badgers
at Wisconsin Badgers
Camp Randall Stadium, Madison,
 WI


Saturday
09/29/12
Piratesat East Carolina Pirates
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC


Saturday
10/06/12
Mustangs
SMU Mustangs
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX


Saturday
10/13/12
Hurricanesat Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK


Saturday
10/20/12
Green Wave
 Tulane Green Wave
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX


Saturday
10/27/12
Cougarsat Houston Cougars
Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX


Saturday
11/03/12
---Open Date

Saturday
11/10/12


Knights

UCF Knights
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX



Saturday
11/17/12
Golden Eagles
at Southern Miss Golden Eagles
M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS


Saturday
11/24/12
OwlsRice Owls
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX


Saturday
12/01/12

Conference USA

C-USA Championship Game
Hosted by team with highest C-USA winning %

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