That’s right, a power in CUSA. UTSA has only been playing football since 2011, which is a fraction of the time UTEP has been playing. In that short time span UTSA won CUSA championships in 2021 and 2022. Their combined record in the last two years was 15-1 in CUSA play and 23-5 overall. Not to mention they were also ranked in the top 25 in both 2021 and 2022. They were the team to beat in CUSA the last two years they were here.
From what I remember utep stopped running the ball. Brownholtz getting hurt didn't help, but uteps OL was pushing utsa around. Allowed utsa more time to take advantage of uteps weak secondary and hit some quick strikes. So basically, poor coaching. Didn't dimel use all 3 of uteps timeouts in the 3rd?
Our OL and DL played great in the first half and Brownholtz played his best game as a Miner. UTSA made adjustments and started exploiting our secondary with their taller and talented receivers. They had two scores before the first half ended and this was the start of their comeback. After Brownholtz went down the momentum shifted. Dimel and staff did not make the proper adjustments and saw our big lead evaporate.
No one will argue that UTSA has turned the corner and would be considered one of the top mid majors out there. I gave you stats that prove my point. By the way, UTSA was picked to win or finish 2nd in a conference that’s regarded as better than CUSA..
