One of the odder and unreported stories about UTEP football is the short camp. UTEP will have the fewest practices of any fbs school. This year the ncaa has banned two a days. A school can practice 29 times before their first game. Most schools opened up camps on Monday. UTEP doesn't begin until Tuesday. If UTEP practiced everyday until the first game, which they wont, they would only have 24 practices. It can be safely assumed UTEP will not use at least eight of the practice days they could have used. This year camp Ruidoso is three days longer than last year. Are they giving up practices because they are going be more physical than usual? Are they doing it to reduce wear and tear? I don't know why the shortened camp. It's highly unusual for a coach to give up practice days.