Last season the Red Raiders
traveled to El Paso to play the UTEP Miners for their second game of the season
and squeaked out a 38-35 win in overtime. Darcel McBath picked off UTEP QB
Jordan Palmer’s pass, setting up a game winning field goal attempt for Alex Trlica from 49 yards out.
Trlica shanked the ball off the upright, but fortunately it went in.
“It was really close last year and a heck of an environment there in El Paso,”
said Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach. “Probably the 2nd loudest
place we played all year, so it’s good to have them here at our place."
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WR Danny Amendola will need to step up again against UTEP |
The Red Raiders played SMU on
Monday and have only 5 days to prepare for their contest this Saturday against
UTEP. With such a short turnaround time, playing a team and coach that they
have faced recently and are familiar with may seem to be an advantage for Texas
Tech.
There is just one problem with that though.
“The trouble with those teams you are familiar with is that they are familiar
with you too,” said Leach.
UTEP is coming off a hard fought 10-6 win against New Mexico. UTEP only managed
195 total yards of offense and allowed the Lobos to rack up 383 yards, but
somehow they were able to keep them out of the end zone and pull out the
victory.
“They played real hard and had one of those wins against New Mexico that you
have to fight for everything you get, which I thought they did a good job of
doing together,” said Leach. “They’ll be a good challenge and I look forward to
having another game too.”
Texas Tech and UTEP will square off at 6 p.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.
47,052 tickets have been sold as of Tuesday.
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