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Whats the biggest bone head play ever done in Utep History?
Football and Basketball
One that comes to mind is the holding call that cost The Miners a win vs Buffalo in 2009.
That holding call happened to our left guard at the 2:15 mark of the below video. While that call really hurt us(it voided the potential winning TD) I honestly don’t think that was a terrible call, it certainly could have gone either way. Our guard appears to pull him down as he is being run over.
The only thing i could think of its not a play. But its when the 3 amigos point shaved games in the Bahamas or what ever they did. How do you point shave by getting blown out?
ECU at UTEP. This final seconds breakdown of coverage made me literally sick.Whats the biggest bone head play ever done in Utep History?
Football and Basketball
Yup this is a top one for me.For me the football game that comes to mind is the ECU game in 2007. UTEP is up by 7 with 3 seconds left. ECU has the ball at midfield throws a hail Mary and they have a running down the middle of the field wide open with nobody playing deep. It seemed liked the ball hung up forever and the kid caught it just short of the goal line and momentarily stopped expecting to be hit. He didn't realize he was all by himself. UTEP lost the game in OT. In all the years I've watched football it's the only game I've seen a hail mary completed to a wide open receiver. To the this day I have no idea what the hell the defense was thinking.
Whats the biggest bone head play ever done in Utep History?
Football and Basketball
Uhmm there was no point shaving going on, just gambling.
Playing Kevin Beal in the WAC tournament despite knowing he was ineligible. Forfeited the game after beating Hawaii.
The 2006 season comes to mind for me. We thought we had finally turned the corner with Price at the helm. We were off to a great start going on the road to beat SDSU. And then losing in OT to a ranked Texas Tech. After a 4-2 start we found ourselves at .500 needing to beat RICE in our homecoming game. We quickly dug ourselves into a big halftime deficit. During the third quarter Palmer showed signs of life and brought us marching back to a 37-31 score. RICE got the ball with about 8 minutes. It was a big loud crowd. Every third down your ears were ringing from the noise level. For the lives of us we could not get a stop. RICE kept converting third after third down and ran out the clock. The air was let out of the stadium. It was the second to last 40k+ crowd for a conference game. The last one was the ECU game mentioned above.
For me it was Dec 9, 2006 @ New Mexico State. We were ahead by 10 with 1 minute remaining and Malik Alvin (I believe) fouls on a made 3 pointer, making it a 4-point swing and we lose 69-71! U-G-L-Y
GO MINERS!
I remember that game, as much as I would like to forget it. I was living in San Diego, streaming the audio to the game, chatting with a bunch of guys from Digs. We were so happy and confident going into that last minute - until turnovers, missed free throws, stupid fouls, and the Aggies getting hot from 3 made for a miserable final minute. Damn it LT, I've spent the almost two decades trying to forget that game!
How about Mike Price going for the 2 point conversion three different times in that Texas Tech game and failing all 3 times! If he just kicked the extra point on 1 of those 3 touchdowns instead of going for 2, then that game never would have gone to overtime and UTEP would have beaten Texas Tech. Remember that Tech even had to make a 2 point conversion late in that game just to force overtime. Kicking just one of those extra points almost certainly would have given us a big win.
How about Mike Price going for the 2 point conversion three different times in that Texas Tech game and failing all 3 times! If he just kicked the extra point on 1 of those 3 touchdowns instead of going for 2, then that game never would have gone to overtime and UTEP would have beaten Texas Tech. Remember that Tech even had to make a 2 point conversion late in that game just to force overtime. Kicking just one of those extra points almost certainly would have given us a big win.
Blame that on Nord. Was it the 2000 conference game and after a walk thru practice or whatever, he gathers the team on top of their mascot logo and has them jump and down on it? Well, of course TCU knew of it and trounced UTEP. I'd be pissed too showing that kind of disrespect.Maybe not the "biggest" but in the 2016-17 season before the team came on for conference play Omega Harris was dribbling near half court as the offense set up. He dribbled behind his back and hit his own calf and the ball rolled out of bounds.
In 1990 RB Larry Sims tried to hurdle over a defender. The guy pretty much grabbed him out of midair and slammed him the the ground. Again, not the worst but looked terrible.
The entire 1999 and 2000 games vs. TCU were vomit inducing.
Are you sure it was UT Pan American? We have never lost to them in our history. What year are you thinking about? Maybe it was someone similar.I was 11 years old and attending a game in the SEC. Haskins hadn't lost a home game against an unranked opponent in quite awhile. UTEP was automatic at home. Yet, on this night, Texas Pan American ate our lunch. It may have been the opening game of the Sun Carnival Tournament that year. They weren't fazed one bit by the loud and boisterous Miner Maniacs in attendance.(sold out game too) It was deafening quiet as the clock went 00:00.
I was 11 years old and attending a game in the SEC. Haskins hadn't lost a home game against an unranked opponent in quite awhile. UTEP was automatic at home. Yet, on this night, Texas Pan American ate our lunch. It may have been the opening game of the Sun Carnival Tournament that year. They weren't fazed one bit by the loud and boisterous Miner Maniacs in attendance.(sold out game too) It was deafening quiet as the clock went 00:00.
Texas Pan American lost both games when they played here in 1994.
It definitely wasn’t part of the Don Haskins Sun Bowl tournament.This game was played in the mid-80's. I could be mistaken on the lower level opponent...it was (at least) 33 years ago, but I vaguely recall it being TPA.
This game was played in the mid-80's. I could be mistaken on the lower level opponent...it was (at least) 33 years ago, but I vaguely recall it being TPA.
Arkansas-Little Rock twice. In 89 they spanked us by 23.
Not sure if that helps.