Live updates: Western Kentucky at UTEP football
UTEP and Western Kentucky aren’t having the seasons they envisioned two months ago, but one of them can get some momentum and go a ways towards salvaging something when they square off in the next-to-last Miner game in the Sun Bowl this year.
WKU was the preseason pick to win Conference USA, but comes in with a 4-4 record and are fourth in the nine-team league. For a UTEP team picked in middle of C-USA, disappointment means a 3-6 record and the need to win out to have a chance at a bowl.
What hasn't changed is that the Hilltoppers have an electric offense with one of the most prolific quarterbacks in college football in Austin Reed and a big-time receiver in Malachi Corley.
A banged-up Miners team may end up leaning on Deion Hankins, who comes in off back-to-back 100-yard games, the first UTEP player to do that since another El Paso tailback, Aaron Jones in 2016.
Live updates Western Kentucky at UTEP
Bret Bloomquist can be reached at 915-546-6359; bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on Twitter.
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