UTEP hopes to end dreadful season on high note against Southern Miss

The Miners (1-10, 1-6 C-USA) will get one last crack at a win this week, as they host Southern Miss (5-5, 4-3 C-USA) on Saturday at the Sun Bowl. However, Southern Miss is playing incentivized, as they are contesting a bowl berth with a win. 

"We need to be locked in," first-year head coach Dana Dimel said. "We don’t need to give gifts. We were into the gift season last week. That’s what cost us the game. We just gave them the football game. That was what was so disappointing. In order for us to pull an upset this weekend, we got to be the team that doesn’t turn the football over."