"A chance at redemption"

Miners look to exorcise last year's loss in Las Cruces


THE BATTLE OF INTERSTATE TEN CONTINUES!



UTEP Prospector's Mr. Quinton Martinez lays it on the line, September 18, 2008. The following sadapted from Mr. Martinez's original work.

"Fresh off of being manhandled by a pair of Big 12 opponents, UTEP and New Mexico State will take their shot at one another in Saturday night's renewal of the Battle of I - 10.

"Two weeks ago, the Miners took their best shot at Texas in the Sun Bowl and came away with a 42 - 13 loss, whie NMSU fell at Nebraska 38 - 7 to open up their season last weekend.

"NMSU, under third - year head coach Hal Mumme, is far from the team coached by Tony Samuel that UTEP shut out 45 - 0 in [Coach Mike] Price's first season.

"Mumme, along with senior quarterback Chase Holbrook, has transformed the Aggies into one of the most dangerous air attacks in the country..."