UTEP had a slightly unusual practice Wednesday afternoon as the offensive line and tight ends, as well as the entire scout team, were in full pads while everyone else was just in shoulder pads.
"The offensive line was doing some drills and they needed to be in full pads for protection of their knees," coach Mike Price said.
August is a month when the calendar year begins to get old and Mike Price turns young.
The UTEP football coach is 65 years old, but at Friday afternoon's Kick-Off Luncheon, as he grabbed a microphone, strode out into the convention center crowd and did his imitation of a revival preacher, he looked younger than the Miners he coaches.
EL PASO, TEXAS – Individual tickets to each of UTEP’s six 2011 home games will go on sale Monday at the University Ticket Center, 2901 North Mesa.
The ticket center phone number is (915) 747-5234. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
The Miners will kick off the season against Stony Brook on Sept. 3, and also play host to Houston (Sept. 29), Colorado State (Oct. 22), Southern Miss (Oct. 29), East Carolina (Nov. 12) and Tulsa (Nov. 19).
El Paso - The UTEP football team is going to be put to work over the next few days, as if football practice wasn't enough.
The players and coaching staff are holding several events for fans, starting with their Annual Kickoff Luncheon at the El Paso Convention Center downtown. The luncheon is sponsored by the touchdown club. Head Coach Mike Price said it is a great opportunity to sit down and get to know the playersthe players, "There will be two players and a coach at every table. You'll see them without their helmets, and you will be able to talk to them. The coaches will speak. It will be a fun time" Price said.
The decision won't be official until he enters a game, but the true freshman most likely to play right away is receiver Malcom Trail.
Two seasons ago, he was a quarterback at Class 2A Dallas Life School Oak Cliff before taking a grayshirt season in the fall.
"I probably won't" redshirt, said Trail, who joined the Miner team after the 2010 fall academic semester for its New Mexico Bowl workouts. "This is the way I want it. I want to play as quickly as possible, get as much experience as I can.
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