Again Hardison lack of knowing to hold that thing tight.
NM Bowl Thread UTEP vs Fresno St
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Well I will say, they played better than most of us thought. So good job Miners. Let’s see what next year holds!
Had our chances, played alot better than most thought, Damn Hardison makes a good play then a bone head play. Very entertaining game!
Dimel always looks happier than I’m comfortable with after a loss. That said, good game and I’m optimistic about UTEP football for the first time in a long time.
I’m proud of what this team did. BUT I’m still disappointed that the same issues that plagued this team all year did them in today. Awful QB play, penalties and poor game management.
I am pretty sure we will have some yapping and moaning from people in here about today but they showed themselves well and I can say I am honesty happy with this season and looking forward to next year with some optimism for once in a very long time
Miner Football is in a great place right now. But we need a QB from the portal.
The most average of seasons. Oh well. One day we will beat a good team and not lose.
Dang....well at least the Miners were'nt overcome by national tv stage fright this time ....they played well enough to hopefully get a lot more folks to now really say...cant wait till next year!!!
Next year will be tough to open at OU, vs NMSU, at UNM, Boise St at home. We will see if Dimel is actually the answer or not. I have a feeling Senter probably already extended though.
It all started during that last possession of the first half. Miners can't finish and grass is green. I expected us to get blown out but I'm still pissed because this game was winnable in the end. Hope we can continue to improve for next year when we play a tougher schedule. Hardison has to work on his mid range passes and turnovers in clutch situations. This streak of not winning a bowl game is tiresome. I'm still pissed. Go Miners.
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Always a couple of key mistakes, turnovers, penalties, allowing score before half. What separates UTEP from being a good team is they're not disciplined. While I blame coaching, the players are put into position and need to make the right decisions. All in all very impressed with how they played against a good Fresno team with their star QB playing!! Let's get em next season!
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We all expected to be blown out. Despite everything we did wrong we still had a chance to win in the final minutes of the game. Expectations have been raised.
It will be interesting to see if Dimel enters his 5th yeat without an extension. Setting up a win or bust year.
It will be interesting to see if Dimel enters his 5th yeat without an extension. Setting up a win or bust year.
Official from Senter, he is extending Dimel
I'd much rather have something to work with than someone who can't throw. Right now, he's a poor man's Josh Allen. If I recall, the knock on Allen in college was that he could throw it through a wall if he could hit the wall.
He should know his deficiencies by now, and hopefully he works on them in the offseason. But it's up to him. And he's still only a sophomore.
Can’t put this all on him. I thought for the most part he was outstanding today
Expected a bigger loss, but turmoil in the Fresno program certainly played a factor.
We sqeaked by D2 and lower level D1 programs, and got handled by good D1 programs. Overall, game could have looked a lot worse
We sqeaked by D2 and lower level D1 programs, and got handled by good D1 programs. Overall, game could have looked a lot worse
If he’s a poor man’s Josh Allen then I’m a poor man’s Michael Jordan.
Sure. Just happens that UTEP can’t win one of those games during a “good” season.
Dimel also brought in a JC QB last year. I can't imagine Dimel switching from Hardison.
Why not? You didn’t get there riding his mediocre arm. Jacob Cowing and that defense put in work all season and they’re the ones who carried this team.
I’d love a great punter, fg kicker and new special teams coach. Special teams cost us a game or two this year. Price is terrible.
He's a loyal guy. Gavin is the fifth qb in UTEP history to reach 5k yards and the first in 7 years to have a winning season. Hardison is playing until he graduates or is injured.
Look at his stats in all of their losses:
Against Boise: 12/24 for 233 yards 1 TD and 3 Ints
Against FLA Atlantic: 23/46 327 yds 2TDs and 2 Ints (garbage time padded his stats)
Against UTSA: 13/30 240 yds 3 TDS and 0
Ints
Against UNT: 15/29 273 YDS 1 TD and 1 INT
Against UAB: 21/34 204 YDS 1 TD and 1 INT
And against Fresno: 12/26 252 YDs 1 TD and 1 INT.
So in UTEP’s losses Hardison completed 51% of his passes for an average of 254 ypg, to go with 9TDs and 6 INTs. Those are not good numbers.
Aside from 2 minutes in garbage against FAU Hardison’s arm didn’t carry the team. I hate to be Captain Obvious over here but you can’t win with a QB who’s going to complete 50% of his passes while throwing the same number of picks as TDs in 5 of 6 losses.
I agree with you but all Dimel sees is the yards and the 10-10 the last 2 years in the regular season since Hardison became the full time starter.
Today Hardison shrank when we needed him the most. Had two chances at the end to take the lead and fumbled them both times.
Agree with this ^^^
But also know Corona's first sentence is true. Dimel is a loyal guy
Hardison throws a nice deep ball, but he hasn’t yet shown he’s an Alpha QB that can will his team to win against better opponents.
We say that a lot on this board but how many times does he hit those passes?
Well, his completion % YOY was about the same, but his passing yards were way up this year.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4575668/gavin-hardison
UTEP's fake qb sneak toss to the te for a td has been passed around the country by a number of sports writers and broadcasters calling it the trick play of the year. It was beautifully executed and has been seen on line an absolute ton. Love watching it too.
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